2025 Transfer Portal Thread

[StarkVegasSteve]

Dazmin James is on his visit now. Grace should get here later today, got delayed at the airport.

[DEDawg]

Carter Miller committed to UCF.

geez we are getting worked the past few days

[StarkVegasSteve]

geez we are getting worked the past few days

From what our guys have said(Jones and Robertson) we didn't have a spot for him right now and he couldn't wait.

[DEDawg]

From what our guys have said(Jones and Robertson) we didn't have a spot for him right now and he couldn't wait.

makes sense. do we have our center for next year? I thought we didn't but maybe I missed it. Figured we'd make a spot for this guy ASAP to be the starter next year

[Really Clark?]

makes sense. do we have our center for next year? I thought we didn't but maybe I missed it. Figured we'd make a spot for this guy ASAP to be the starter next year

Yes, we have multiple options for center next year. That's why Miller didn't make sense. OT is really the offensive line spot we would like to add 1 more.

[StarkVegasSteve]

makes sense. do we have our center for next year? I thought we didn't but maybe I missed it. Figured we'd make a spot for this guy ASAP to be the starter next year

I think the staff is pretty high on Keenum, but Lee can play center as well. He started for Eastern Michigan this past year. I think in a perfect world, Keenum could play center and Lee could play guard. At least that was the thinking with Kennedy. Loadholt may have a different line of thinking.

[Todd4State]

That's a big loss. No way around that. Bumphis is currently getting worked on the recruiting trail. It's time to start to have that conversation. Now, maybe he pulls a couple out of his hat, but we're at the point now where you're taking potential over production and that's a scary place to be. You could still get Markus Allen and he was a pretty good production guy last year, but you've missed on some big ones for one reason or the other. It's weird, last year we could get them to visit, but couldn't get commits. This year we can't even get visits. If it was on the defensive side I would understand because they were atrocious, but we actually put some good numbers up on offense.

And yes, I understand he played for Rich Rod at Jax State so he's probably just following him there, but this is a guy that was supposed to visit and we were told by him and his reps that he just was going to push it to when the visits opened up, and he didn't.

Could the reading of the riot act leading to Bumphis not being so forthright with access to boosters be a coincidence?

[StarkVegasSteve]

Could the reading of the riot act leading to Bumphis not being so forthright with access to boosters be a coincidence?

We are not going to cost ourselves recruits to teach the position coach a lesson. If we wanted to do that, we would just circumvent him in the recruiting process. Lebby would just have his own list he was working from.

[BigDawg81]

NIU WR Cam Thompson commits as expected

[StarkVegasSteve]

NIU WR Cam Thompson commits as expected

Not a real shock on that one. I mean he'll be a nice piece in the return game. If you could get 25/350/3 out of him then that'd be incredible

Good news....I think we've shored up that NIU game. Making sure they can't beat us by taking all their players.

[KOdawg1]

Not a huge fan but I'd love nothing more for him to prove me wrong.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Not a huge fan but I'd love nothing more for him to prove me wrong.

Same. Loved to be proved wrong, but I don't see him being better than any of the slots we currently have.

[KOdawg1]

Same. Loved to be proved wrong, but I don't see him being better than any of the slots we currently have.

I think he's got good straight line speed. I didn't see the quickness and "wiggle" like Coleman had. Should be a decent return man. Hope Ricky Johnson has a good offseason.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I think he's got good straight line speed. I didn't see the quickness and "wiggle" like Coleman had. Should be a decent return man. Hope Ricky Johnson has a good offseason.

Agree. I think he'll be really good in the return game, but I think anything we get out of him as a receiver will be an unexpected bonus.

I'm extremely high on Ricky Johnson. I hope he takes the next step and can contribute for us next year.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Sounds like Ayden Williams will visit either tomorrow on Wednesday. We're trying to get some visits in last minute before this winter storm affects travel. Robertson seems to think we'll kick the tires on Anthony Evans, the UGA WR, as well as Brandon Cisse, NC State CB.

With Evans, Lebby recruited him out of HS and he was actually committed to them for a couple of months so a relationship exists there.

I would not feel terrible on closing with Williams, James, and Evans. There's not a whole lot of production between the 3 but there's size with Williams and James and speed with all 3.

[DEDawg]

Damon Wilson in the portal

[StarkVegasSteve]

Damon Wilson in the portal

Be a huge get and a guy you make room for. However, I feel like that's one of those he knows where he's going before he enters the portal guys

[StarkVegasSteve]

So here's just what I've kind of been able to piece together from a bunch of different people over the last day or so:

Thompson is being brought on for speed more than anything. He's going to be a deep threat guy and a return specialist. He's not going to be a guy that is going to be an exceptional route runner and can route himself open. He knows that and we know that.

We are really high on Williams and James and want both very badly. I feel great about James and good about Williams, as I have for almost a month and a half now. You obviously don't ever like a prospect visiting somewhere else, but Ayden and his dad both feel that he can come here and contribute far more than he was ever going to at OM. He was buried on the depth chart there and then got recruited over before he had the chance to contribute.

On Evans, Lebby loves him and wants him. He really wanted him at OU and didn't like when he decommitted. Thought there was a chance we'd get him last year but couldn't get him to enter.


I say all that to say, the 3 WRs number is kind of fluid because they don't exactly see Thompson in that WR number. He'll play there but probably would only play 5-10 snaps a game there. Look at him as your Creed replacement.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I'll work on getting some DB info a little later on. This crap moves so fast that good info could be bad info within 15 minutes.

[Brobi-wan]

Thanks for the update! Appreciate you grinding it out.