Football Transfer Portal Thread

[Pancho]

JJ and Crosby can handle what comes

[KB21]

He isn't a transfer, but I wonder if we have a shot at Bear McWhorter.

[Pancho]

He isn't a transfer, but I wonder if we have a shot at Bear McWhorter.

Well, he is from the state of Georgia so, maybe so.

[Chuck3124]

Well, he is from the state of Georgia so, maybe so.

Also helps knowing his cousin just signed to be a Bulldog as well

[JimBobDawg]

JJ and Crosby can handle what comes

I think they are going to be some good ones. They both had great games in the 7A championship game.

[BigDawg81]

I know the portal is not open officially but we all know that there is tampering. What guys are we trying to get them to jump in the portal? I think Caleb Cunningham is one them but the last I heard he is staying at Ole Miss but that was before Kiffin jumped ship.

[Chuck3124]

Did Fatt Clark jump into the portal late last night?

[Pancho]

slow feet will do it to ya every time. yes he did

[HoopsDawg]

It was absolutely six figures.

Wait, what? We were paying Burnside 6 figures?! Horrible management

[Pancho]

yea, that was pretty bad

[Todd4State]

Jimothy Lewis in the portal.

And yes the looked awful this year but he was also just a freshman. I wouldn't have minded keeping for him for another year or two because of his upside.

[KB21]

DJ Lagway in the portal.

[StarkVegasSteve]

A couple of names I've been told we are targeting:

Miles McVay-OL from UNC. Played at Bama as well. Started games at both places. Started a bit more at UNC. He's 6'6 350 so he's what Loadholt is looking for

Mark Robinson-OL from UTEP. Started all 12 games. Again....he fits the Loadholt mold. He's 6'6 320.

Mekhi Mason-LB from La Tech. 68 tackles this year, including 11 against LSU.

Elliot Washington II-CB from Penn St-A little shorter than some of the corners we have went after recently but he's a good player with a lot of upside. Has a ton of speed as well.

[StarkVegasSteve]

DJ Lagway in the portal.

I will be very interested to see where he goes. OM will heavily pursue. I also wouldn't count out reuniting with Billy at James Madison. He can run up some gaudy numbers and get his confidence back against a little less competition.

[KB21]

https://x.com/Hayesfawcett3/status/2...883082083?s=20

KD Daniels in the portal. Who would have thought that would happen?**

[Goldendawg]

A couple of names I've been told we are targeting:

Miles McVay-OL from UNC. Played at Bama as well. Started games at both places. Started a bit more at UNC. He's 6'6 350 so he's what Loadholt is looking for

Mark Robinson-OL from UTEP. Started all 12 games. Again....he fits the Loadholt mold. He's 6'6 320.

Mekhi Mason-LB from La Tech. 68 tackles this year, including 11 against LSU.

Elliot Washington II-CB from Penn St-A little shorter than some of the corners we have went after recently but he's a good player with a lot of upside. Has a ton of speed as well.

Didn't we get a center from UTEP this last cycle that couldn't beat out a 5th year 1st year center starter for us this year? The portal is a crap shoot of hoping players from lessor divisions or guys on the bench at major colleges can play productively for you. We need to have a great evaluation department. We took a lot of "bodies" at OL, DL, and WR that couldn't see the field last year except on our under performing ST.

Without a 5 star and about three 4 star flips our and volume signing, (29), our 2025 HS/JC class is in the high 40's instead of 27th. Fourteen players are ranked .86 or .85 with one .84 JC and only about 3 have SEC offers except us. We have a long way to go in evaluation/recruiting.

[StarkVegasSteve]

https://x.com/Hayesfawcett3/status/2...883082083?s=20

KD Daniels in the portal. Who would have thought that would happen?**

Added. I think we pass though. He's going to want starter money and we have Fluff, who's better, already.

I would watch for OM on this one. They're going to need a couple of RBs this cycle with Lacy transferring and Diggs out of eligibility.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Didn't we get a center from UTEP this last cycle that couldn't beat out a 5th year 1st year center starter for us this year? The portal is a crap shoot of hoping players from lessor divisions or guys on the bench at major colleges can play productively for you. We need to have a great evaluation department. We took a lot of "bodies" at OL, DL, and WR that couldn't see the field last year except on our under performing ST.

Without a 5 star and about three 4 star flips our HS/JC class and volume (29 signees), is in the high 40's instead of 27. Fourteen players are ranked .86 or .85 with one .84 JC and only about 3 have SEC offers except us. We have a long way to go in evaluation?recruiting.

We got Brennan Smith, who had started 1 game at C but was mostly a left guard for them. I do agree we need a better eval dept and a lot of money is being put into that dept. You probably won't hear about many of those hires but I know we are expected to bring on 6-8 peoples in those type of scouting roles with 4-6 solely dedicated to the portal.

[HancockCountyDog]

Wait, what? We were paying Burnside 6 figures?! Horrible management

Lebby could not afford the PR hit in his first year. I do not blame him.I was told the bears ran up the price in him.

Kid has some talent, wish we could have figured it out.

[Goldendawg]

We got Brennan Smith, who had started 1 game at C but was mostly a left guard for them. I do agree we need a better eval dept and a lot of money is being put into that dept. You probably won't hear about many of those hires but I know we are expected to bring on 6-8 peoples in those type of scouting roles with 4-6 solely dedicated to the portal.

Good to know. When you are processing about 40 to 50 players, HS, JC, and portal from the previou$ class, I see little hope to build a "team" the next year. Notice the $, as some will think that they can $ee a bigger payday each year in the portal and that's the world we exist in now.

That said, the vast majority of players that we have signed, HS, JC, and one year removed from last portal class land at a lessor program and several are out of football never to be heard from again. The NCAA doesn't seem to care that their chance to earn an education through an athletic scholarship is gone. When I hear an announcer in the game state that a player is at his fourth school with two years of eligibility left, I wonder about his GPA and progress toward a degree. He better have a good NIL and be managing it well for the future as only about 2% make the NFL or NBA I think.

It is what it is, a me$$.