Redshirt freshman quarterback Tyrik Rollison, who rocked the Auburn football world with a startling Facebook status this morning, is transferring to Sam Houston State, according to a report on AuburnSports.com.

I’m still waiting on word from Auburn to officially acknowledge the transfer.

Rollison’s motivating factor, apparently, was to get closer to home, according to the report. Sam Houston State is roughly four hours from Rollison’s home in Sulphur Springs, Texas.

That’s where Rollison established himself as one of the top dual-threat high school quarterbacks in the nation, compiling a combined 5,822 yards to lead the country in total offense while leading his school to a Texas 4A Division II state title.

He never really caught on at Auburn, though, as he briefly contended for the starting quarterback job before falling into a third-string role, never seeing the field in 2009. He was suspended for an unspecified violation of team rules shortly after the Iron Bowl and missed out on all the Outback Bowl perks and fun. The signing of junior-college standout Cameron Newton bumped Rollison from his post as the frontrunner for Auburn’s vacant quarterback job, and may have ultimately set the wheels in motion to find a place he could play.

Rollison was expected to compete with Newton, Neil Caudle, Barret Trotter and Clint Moseley for Auburn’s vacant starting quarterback job. Now, the race is apparently down to four.

Sam Houston State, an FCS school, was recently the landing place for Oklahoma’s Rhett Bomar, who, after a strong 2005 season, was dismissed from the team for allegedly getting paid to work at a car dealership owned by an Oklahoma donor and not exactly “earning” his paycheck. Bomar, despite not having much success winning games, went on to have a banner career with the Bearkats, passing for 5,564 yards and compiling 6,159 yards of offense—both good for school records.

Bomar, a fifth-round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, is now a reserve quarterback on the New York Giants.

Because Sam Houston State is an FCS school, NCAA transfer rules do not apply and Rollison will be able to play in 2010.