When Alabama football fans last saw Seth McLaughlin, he was struggling to snap the ball throughout the Crimson Tide’s Rose Bowl loss to Michigan. Since that game, McLaughlin entered the transfer portal, heading to Ohio State.

He spoke to reporters there on Tuesday, when he was asked about the snap issues that plagued him throughout that game and the 2023 season.

“Once you have a bad one, you kind of start thinking about, ‘OK, I’ve got to get this right,’” McLaughlin said in a video posted by Eleven Warriors. “I don’t think I was struggling from a mental standpoint, it was a matter of it just happened. I can’t really explain what was going on and what went into it, but that’s really in the past and I’m looking on moving forward.”

On the final play of the game, with the Crimson Tide needing a touchdown from short range to push the College Football Playoff matchup into double overtime, McLaughlin sent a low snap toward Jalen Milroe. The Alabama quarterback went down short of the goal line, and the Tide’s season was over.

After the game, McLaughlin declined to speak to reporters in the locker room. He was the subject of tough criticism from Alabama fans after the season.

He said the response to his snapping struggles forced him to look internally.

“I can’t control what happened in the past,” McLaughlin said. “I can’t control what happened in the game, I can’t control the public reaction to that. But I’m here now. I’m in a great place to continue my development and play for an incredible program, play for incredible coaches. Really I’m very positive. I have no negative feelings about what happened.”

At Ohio State, McLaughlin will be playing for offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien, who he crossed paths with earlier in his Alabama career. McLaughlin mentioned how thankful he was for his Alabama experiences, noting that UA will always be his alma mater.

Still, he was excited for what is to come in Columbus.

“I thought Ohio State is one of the greatest programs in college football,” McLaughlin said. “Coming from a place like Alabama, I thought I wanted to go to another similar place that’s always competing to win championships and has great coaching and great development.”