The long wait for a transfer decision from Notre Dame graduate Malik Zaire appears to be nearly over.

A report from Alex Wilcox of WNDU-TV in South Bend quotes sources saying Zaire has chosen Florida and is simply waiting for the SEC to alter its graduate transfer restrictions. The league currently prevents schools that have previously taken graduate transfers who did not hit certain academic benchmarks once transferring from taking further graduate transfers for a period of three years.

Florida is one of the schools currently penalized by that rule, after graduate transfers Mason Halter and Anthony Harrell did not meet the SEC's academic requirements in 2015.

But if the league alters the rule -- and Florida sources feel confident it will -- it could clear the way for Zaire's transfer. The league will review the rule at its spring meetings, which begin on Wednesday.

The Notre Dame graduate would immediately enter into a competition for the starting job with freshman Feleipe Franks, who left the spring with the lead for the job.

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