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NCAA Transfer Portal - The process

I truly hope we can make some serious waves in getting a few more IMPACT kids thru the portal We currently have DJ Morgan (maybe one more on offense.. jury's still out, but I'm sure a lot of doubt might be set in now, unfortunately).. We need more.. LB depth is still paramount for us... along with OL, TE, DT depth help... We gotta start winning a few more battles up front... no more excuses in the trenches...
 
Kids looking for PT who were perhaps buried on depth charts at big time programs like ND maybe our ticket. Quite franky, even though he was knicked up every game it seemed, Morgan provided better LB play all year than anyone we've had the last 2 years. He wasn't great but he was certainly serviceable. Ardell Brown looked decent but was hobbled all year.
 
You simply have to work this angle just as hard as your HS recruiting. Illinois ... made a big jump & 75% of the kids that are memorable to me on that playing field for them were GRTransfers or Transfers.
 
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noeynox said:
Kids looking for PT who were perhaps buried on depth charts at big time programs like ND maybe our ticket. Quite franky, even though he was knicked up every game it seemed, Morgan provided better LB play all year than anyone we've had the last 2 years. He wasn't great but he was certainly serviceable. Ardell Brown looked decent but was hobbled all year.
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Exactly bro! Kids buried on depth charts at Big Time programs... That should be our target... Going the D2 route , at this phase of our rebuild, terrible idea... If we were a more stable football team, and were a few players off (unfortunately, we're wayyyy more than that off) it would've probably worked out better, especially for a kid like Ardell Brown (who showed the flashes you want to see in an impact player)....

Hoping some of these kids see the opportunity.. There are plenty out there right now for us to sift through... Seeing what DJ Morgan has done for us I think it's pretty CLEAR....
 
Pudge said:
You simply have to work this angle just as hard as your HS recruiting. Illinois ... made a big jump & 75% of the kids that are memorable to me on that playing field for them were GRTransfers or Transfers.
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IF we don't then we're gonna be disappointed next year (again)... It's inexusable for us not to work this angle as hard as we can.. all the while, recruiting for the future (2 to 3 years down the road)..
 
You can see some schools positioning themselves for the Portal. How? Their recruiting classes seem smaller than expected for this time of year. For example, SMU has 11 commits and Houston has 8 commits. Last year, SMU took in 16 transfers and Houston took in 12. It also seems like P5 kids from the Dallas and Houston area look to go home when they are transferring.
 
UConnJim said:
You can see some schools positioning themselves for the Portal. How? Their recruiting classes seem smaller than expected for this time of year. For example, SMU has 11 commits and Houston has 8 commits. Last year, SMU took in 16 transfers and Houston took in 12. It also seems like P5 kids from the Dallas and Houston area look to go home when they are transferring.
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thats a very good insight
 
Pudge said:
thats a very good insight
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SMU and Sonny Dykes seem to be taking full advantage of transfers and JUCOs. It looks like they have 24 transfers and 10 JUCOs on the roster which helps explain their success this year. Transfers/JUCOs make up 5 offensive starters and 2 backups, 6 defensive starters and 6 backups, and the starting kicker, kick off specialist, and punter.

The SMU strategy would not fly at UConn, but we should take more than we currently do.
 
It’s pretty incredible

How do you manage the roster to leave that much space for 85 scholarships. Did he run a bunch off?
 
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Been waiting for this one... Edsall made a big push for Blackshear the first time around a couple years ago. This evening he and Corey have jumped on the new opportunity now that he is in the portal. I think Blackshear is a great player stuck on a an over powered roster.
 
UConnJim said:
SMU and Sonny Dykes seem to be taking full advantage of transfers and JUCOs. It looks like they have 24 transfers and 10 JUCOs on the roster which helps explain their success this year. Transfers/JUCOs make up 5 offensive starters and 2 backups, 6 defensive starters and 6 backups, and the starting kicker, kick off specialist, and punter.

The SMU strategy would not fly at UConn, but we should take more than we currently do.
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It should fly.
 
Exit 4 said:
Been waiting for this one... Edsall made a big push for Blackshear the first time around a couple years ago. This evening he and Corey have jumped on the new opportunity now that he is in the portal. I think Blackshear is a great player stuck on a an over powered roster.
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Talk about a kid w/ commitment issues...
 
Didn't know if I should've posted this inquiry in the transfer portal post or 2020 recruiting thread so I just decided on the transfer one.
@huskymedic - it seems we might be going after juco (Butler CC) OL Adam Sheriff... Allen and Giufre are following him they Twitter. Looks like he's following back. Do you know if we've offered him? Lord knows we need some serious OL help with the recent departures.
 
ktuck911 said:
Didn't know if I should've posted this inquiry in the transfer portal post or 2020 recruiting thread so I just decided on the transfer one.
@huskymedic - it seems we might be going after juco (Butler CC) OL Adam Sheriff... Allen and Giufre are following him they Twitter. Looks like he's following back. Do you know if we've offered him? Lord knows we need some serious OL help with the recent departures.
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I’ve seen nothing about an offer or a visit and see the same things you’ve seen. UMass is chasing as well.
 
The idea of going after P5 guys buried on the depth chart is a good one. A selling point that no one else in the AAC could say is "come here and and play 5 games against P5 opponents". Can any non P5 team say that? As I've said before, UCONN has a chance to be something special. That said, I've been an optimist who refuses to learn his lesson!
 
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Bubba1957 said:
The idea of going after P5 guys buried on the depth chart is a good one. A selling point that no one else in the AAC could say is "come here and and play 5 games against P5 opponents". Can any non P5 team say that? As I've said before, UCONN has a chance to be something special. That said, I've been an optimist who refuses to learn his lesson!
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Let's face it, we are not getting kids with a bunch of fbs offers out of HS. A kid like Morgan wasn't sniffing the field at ND. Here was the best LB we had.
 
noeynox said:
Let's face it, we are not getting kids with a bunch of fbs offers out of HS. A kid like Morgan wasn't sniffing the field at ND. Here was the best LB we had.
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I think I agree with your overall premise, although DJ had a lot of offers. Ultimately, We need to focus on kids like him who just want the opp to play and local kids who simply want to come home and play in front of friends and family.
 
gioff2323 said:
I think I agree with your overall premise, although DJ had a lot of offers. Ultimately, We need to focus on kids like him who just want the opp to play and local kids who simply want to come home and play in front of friends and family.
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I disagree with your analysis. There will be way more kids in the portal than available FBS scholarships. Look at last year's portal and you will see plenty of 4*s and 3*s out of high school that did not find a landing spot last year. UConn's biggest problem is the desire to take either transfers or Grad transfers. A kid like DJ who graduated from Notre Dame is not an issue.

Remember, many kids from schools that are headed to bowls or the playoffs have not entered the portal yet. Still, look at these numbers so far:

QBs: 10 4* and 11 3*
RBs: 2 4* and 24 3*
WR: 1 5*, 8 4*, 37 3*
TE: 2 4*, 10 3*
LBs: 1 5*, 30 3*
DBs: 9 4*, 45 3*

What are harder to find in the portal are linemen. Look at what is available so far:

OL: 1 5*, 3 4*, 16 3*
DT: 1 4*, 5 3*
DE: 1 5*, 3 4*, 8 3*
 
gioff2323 said:
I think I agree with your overall premise, although DJ had a lot of offers. Ultimately, We need to focus on kids like him who just want the opp to play and local kids who simply want to come home and play in front of friends and family.
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That is what I mean. A kid with a ton offers that got recruited over with other kids who had a ton of offers. He came here and provided the best LB play of anyone on our roster the last 2 years.

We could provide a place for these kids to showcase themselves given all the P5 opponents we are trying to play.
 
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Since when is McMurphy a funny guy?
 
Maryland Twin DTs Breyon and Brandon Getty entered the portal.. Redshirt sophmores.. ... Just sayin....
 
This OL guy is somebody we should be all over. He's a grad transfer and has good bloodlines. Couldn't hurt

Ole Miss junior OT Bryce Mathews has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, per sources:

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Exit 4 said:
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I sure hope we're doing our due dilligence on this. Hopefully we can make SMU like moves... Get this thing turned around. Winning games will cure a lot of what we're going thru... Putting guys on this squad that could help us win NOW has to be a top priority... We don't necessarily need to go bowling (would be a nice bounce back), but we need to see 5 to 6 wins and show a ton of LIFE in most of the losses...
 
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