2025 Transfer Portal Thread

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Originally Posted by DEDawg

They are ranked #2 in the portal rankings which does not account for HS rankings, but actual transfer rankings. You can disagree with me but you are disagreeing with a lot of others as well. They are doing a killer job and it?s okay to admit they?re doing way better than we are. That?s how we get better at this, see where we can improve.

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They’re only 3 spots ahead of us. That’s not way better. We’re in the top 5 and aren’t done yet. They have to replace a lot of contributors. We’re replacing a lot of non-contributors and a couple contributors. Different situations.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

A lot of smoke that Cam Vaughn, WR from Jax State will be visiting Sunday and he is a priority. He?s a freshman and was CUSA All Freshman.

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I saw him today on TV and I was like "we need THAT guy."

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Originally Posted by DEDawg

They are ranked #2 in the portal rankings which does not account for HS rankings, but actual transfer rankings. You can disagree with me but you are disagreeing with a lot of others as well. They are doing a killer job and it?s okay to admit they?re doing way better than we are. That?s how we get better at this, see where we can improve.

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Context matter too though. They have like 5-6 commits more than us. They brings their point total up.

If you look at average ours is actually comparable if not better.

That said, I think the most important thing is that we fill our needs. If we do that we should be in good shape and we can close the gap with smart moves.

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Originally Posted by Brobi-wan

They’re only 3 spots ahead of us. That’s not way better. We’re in the top 5 and aren’t done yet. They have to replace a lot of contributors. We’re replacing a lot of non-contributors and a couple contributors. Different situations.

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Both of us essentially are completely replacing our teams from last year. For different reasons. But still.

Ole Miss will have a HUGE drop-off from last years team. They had top 5 talent and still tanked. Not making the playoffs hurt them with those elite players

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Originally Posted by Brobi-wan

They’re only 3 spots ahead of us. That’s not way better. We’re in the top 5 and aren’t done yet. They have to replace a lot of contributors. We’re replacing a lot of non-contributors and a couple contributors. Different situations.

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All I said is they are killing it. Which they are.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Context matter too though. They have like 5-6 commits more than us. They brings their point total up.

If you look at average ours is actually comparable if not better.

That said, I think the most important thing is that we fill our needs. If we do that we should be in good shape and we can close the gap with smart moves.

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They are higher. They also have 5 four star transfers vs our 1 four star (LK)

Would not be wholly shocked to see JJ Harrell remove his name from the portal and return. I think he thought the interest in him was stronger than it actually was. He got some bad advice and thought OM was going to pay him a bag. He is now realizing that he will either have to go mid tier P4 and learn a new system, go G5 and hope to show out, or come back here and battle for a spot.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Would not be wholly shocked to see JJ Harrell remove his name from the portal and return. I think he thought the interest in him was stronger than it actually was. He got some bad advice and thought OM was going to pay him a bag. He is now realizing that he will either have to go mid tier P4 and learn a new system, go G5 and hope to show out, or come back here and battle for a spot.

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He's going to have a make a move, because I think his classmates Ricky Johnson and Sanfrisco Magee are clearly ahead of him, and he's got incoming freshmen Davian Jackson, Isaiah Mitchell, Gracin Harris, and Anson Lewis to compete with now.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

They will not be as good on DL, QB, or WR. Their fans can convince themselves that Simmons is better than Dart but he is not. Maybe he ends up being at that level, but I think they will be portal hunting for 26 QB. Their schedule is not ours but it will definitely be tougher next year. Their home games are USCe, Arkansas, Florida, and LSU. They have to travel to UK, UGA, OU, and us. That looks a lot touchier now than it would have looked in October. I see them between 7-9 wins.

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OM has two easy schedules the SEC gave them and they're going after it as they should. After next season when that schedule flips, it can't be as easy for them. If they miss the playoffs again, Lane might as well leave.

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

OM has two easy schedules the SEC gave them and they're going after it as they should. After next season when that schedule flips, it can't be as easy for them. If they miss the playoffs again, Lane might as well leave.

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I have heard he is chasing 3 NFL jobs right now. Saints, Giants, and Bears.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

I have heard he is chasing 3 NFL jobs right now. Saints, Giants, and Bears.

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I know an ex-Saint. Can't say who or how b/c of HIPPA. He told me a couple of weeks ago that Lane is lobbying HARD for the Saint's job. There is interest but they are also looking at a couple of guys with more NFL coaching experience.

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Originally Posted by TrapGame

I know an ex-Saint. Can't say who or how b/c of HIPPA. He told me a couple of weeks ago that Lane is lobbying HARD for the Saint's job. There is interest but they are also looking at a couple of guys with more NFL coaching experience.

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Be nice for him to leave at the start of the next portal cycle and teams poach the heck out of them. One can hope for a Christmas miracle!!

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Originally Posted by TrapGame

I know an ex-Saint. Can't say who or how b/c of HIPPA. He told me a couple of weeks ago that Lane is lobbying HARD for the Saint's job. There is interest but they are also looking at a couple of guys with more NFL coaching experience.

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As a saints fan, I wouldn't hate it.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Texas DT

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Any word on this guy? Weren?t we getting tweets about him from our writers?

Edit: I guess this was Mitchell who promptly went to LSU after our writers tweeted.

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Originally Posted by KB21

Weekend list:

Koby Keenum, C, Kentucky
Luke Petitbone, OG, Wake Forest
Justus Boone, Edge, Florida
Matthew Alexander, DL, UCF
Demarko Williams, DB, WKU
Waymond Jordan, RB, JUCO

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Announced Visitors for the weekend:

Darron Reed, DL-Auburn
Fluff Bothwell, RB-South Al
Emmanuel Henderson Jr, WR-Bama
Josh Moton, DB-Marshall
Dwight Lewis, DB-Marian (I think it is in Indiana)


The Lewis kid will probably be brought in to compete for a ROSTER spot in the spring.

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Who showed up out of these lists?

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Originally Posted by Bdawg

Any word on this guy? Weren?t we getting tweets about him from our writers?

Edit: I guess this was Mitchell who promptly went to LSU after our writers tweeted.

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No it is Bledsoe. He is going to “officially” announce Sunday. But he committed to the staff yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Bdawg

Who showed up out of these lists?

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All but the Wake guy showed up yesterday. All guys have shown up for todays. Our offer to Moton will be STRONG. Same with Bothwell.

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Originally Posted by KB21

He's going to have a make a move, because I think his classmates Ricky Johnson and Sanfrisco Magee are clearly ahead of him, and he's got incoming freshmen Davian Jackson, Isaiah Mitchell, Gracin Harris, and Anson Lewis to compete with now.

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Our coaches are EXTREMELY HIGH on Johnson and Magee. They love Johnson and think he could be a breakout guy this year.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

All but the Wake guy showed up yesterday. All guys have shown up for today's Our offer to Moton will be STRONG. Same with Bothwell.

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That's 2 starters if we land them.