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Possible portal targets

RSTuthill said:
Not necessarily. Charlton probably knows his potential and sees something.
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I’m not sold on Charlton by any means, nor his judgment. The last couple of outings were utter clown shows on O. We’ll see what happens next year.
 
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Palatine said:
I agree about QB and OC. I also think that a big RB is a glaring need.

But we just signed two TEs, one high school, one portal. And we have very good depth returning at WR. Cam Ross looked terrific in South Carolina. Aaron Turner and Keelan Marion return and I think the staff still has high hopes for Dajon Harrison.

Mitchell returning helps the LB core quit a bit. There are lots of answers at DB.

Ultimately, we need either an upgrade from the outside at QB or for one of the roster QBs to make a HUGE jump.
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Harrison is a disaster. He either needs to get quadruple better or not see the field. He couldn't block on WR screens, drops passes and couldn't function as a PR.
 
Skiblets said:
UCLA also got the Kent State QB.

The gap between the haves and have nots will
Just grow with this unlimited free agency. Need some structure around this
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businesslawyer said:
You just described the structure. Yes, the freedom, overall, benefits players, but the only reason the players were granted the freedom was because the larger schools with the leverage realized this system would be in their interest.
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This is exactly how I see it. Throw NIL money into the equation and it's hard to see how talent doesn't get concentrated with premier programs that can offer dollars. Sad.......
 
I’m more optimistic. I think our approach to portal is really good right now. Find top FCS kids and young kids who were highly rated and are now buried on a P5 roster. Develop them here and build depth over time. Will we continue to develop a Nate Carter to see him leave, but I think net net, the portal will help us. It’ll kill a Maryland, who may never get to a playoff as there best players head to the bamas of this world, but I’m seeing more good than bad from it thus far ( of course, I will do a 180 when our top players leave for P5).
 
gioff2323 said:
I’m more optimistic. I think our approach to portal is really good right now. Find top FCS kids and young kids who were highly rated and are now buried on a P5 roster. Develop them here and build depth over time. Will we continue to develop a Nate Carter to see him leave, but I think net net, the portal will help us. It’ll kill a Maryland, who may never get to a playoff as there best players head to the bamas of this world, but I’m seeing more good than bad from it thus far ( of course, I will do a 180 when our top players leave for P5).
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I agree. I think the Fagnano kid would be a good add. Has proven productivity and is a healthy body that can compete. Everyone thinking P5 guys are going to flock here in large numbers...why do you think that? And don't say "Mora". There are a ton of coaches with good track records getting kids to the next level.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Harrison is a disaster. He either needs to get quadruple better or not see the field. He couldn't block on WR screens, drops passes and couldn't function as a PR.
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The staff seems to believe in him. They designed plays for him. They see him every day. So who knows?
 
Palatine said:
The staff seems to believe in him. They designed plays for him. They see him every day. So who knows?
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He was a somewhat high profile recruit back in HS. I think they will continue to invest in him and try to unlock his potential in 2023. We shall see.
 
Palatine said:
The staff seems to believe in him. They designed plays for him. They see him every day. So who knows?
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He's very fast. Needs to catch the ball. His instincts on returns were not the best when given the chance. Speed like that, you hope it all comes together for the kid.
 
I still think the portal is a positive for those on the lower rungs. The big guys can't stockpile talent the way they used to. And titans already had pretty much all the best guys already. So they add a couple more.
 
Waquoit said:
I still think the portal is a positive for those on the lower rungs. The big guys can't stockpile talent the way they used to. And titans already had pretty much all the best guys already. So they add a couple more.
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Agreed. There are always going to be guys like Bembry and Bouyer-Randle looking for playing time. If you hit at a 50 percent clip on successes on the field, like Bouyer-Randle, you are crushing it. I don't think we are getting any all conference types out of the P5 to come here, though I would love to be wrong with a local kid like Bothroyd.
 
I think our targets need to be the P5 highly rated guys who didn’t break into significant pt early. The Penn State qb is a good example though it is tough to evaluate him after an injury that early. He was good enough to be the backup as a freshman but likely got recruited over. One difference between UConn and say Penn State is we are going to spend time developing guys because we need to develop guys They don’t do they won’t. So we can take a shot on a kid with an upside who didn’t have the polish to step into a high P5 2-deep by his redshirt freshman year.
 
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That would be ideal, but I didn’t see any that fit that description on QB’s available. Do you have anyone in mind freescooter or are you hoping someone will make themselves available? I am more worried however about the lines than QB, but if someone came in to the portal that could help us than we need to make an offer.
 
CCSUblue said:
Just seeing that almost every coach is following this kid...and so is Jake Guidone. Expect the offer is coming. Hope the offer is coming.
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Him and Guidone played at Dartmouth I think. I thought he was a tackle though.
 
Looks like UVA moved him inside. Has he snapped?

2021: Second Team All-Ivy League selection … started all 10 games at left tackle … Dartmouth ranked No. 1 in the Ivy League and No. 21 in FCS with 193.7 rushing yards per game … Dartmouth went 9-1 on the season, captured the 20th Ivy League title in program history and ranked 23rd in the final FCS Coaches Poll.
 
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CCSUblue said:
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Our next center?
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ShakyTheMohel said:
His Twitter shows lots of offers...but no offer from UConn. Do you know something Twitter doesn't know?
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CCSUblue said:
Just seeing that almost every coach is following this kid...and so is Jake Guidone. Expect the offer is coming. Hope the offer is coming.
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Anything is possible and one positive is that On3 doesn’t have him 100% to UConn ;) but UConn offered Flores coming out of Dartmouth as a grad transfer last December before he chose UVA.
 
Hoophound said:
You are worried about the top of the depth chart. This is likely a bottom of the depth chart addition. We didn’t even have enough QBs available to run proper practices at times this season. We need some bodies and we may still lose a QB or two. We just don’t know.

As far as this signing goes, I haven’t watched him play nor do I know anything about him. Maybe he is better than we think. I don’t know much about Maine, their OL or anything else going on there. Nick Charlton is very familiar with him though. Maybe he sees something in him.
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First, Fagano is 6'3" and 225 lbs which is good size for a QB. Here are his career stats:

27 games played
461 for 772, 59.7% completion %
5,655 yards
46 TDs
12 INTs
535 rushing yards and 5 TDs

You are not going to find many QBs in the portal with this kind of resume and my guess is there will be many FBS teams interested in him and not just for depth.
 
UConnJim said:
First, Fagano is 6'3" and 225 lbs which is good size for a QB. Here are his career stats:

27 games played
461 for 772, 59.7% completion %
5,655 yards
46 TDs
12 INTs
535 rushing yards and 5 TDs

You are not going to find many QBs in the portal with this kind of resume and my guess is there will be many FBS teams interested in him and not just for depth.
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The 46 tds to 12 int really standouts. Looks like he’s more of a game manager qb who will give you at least 200 yards a game. Looking at his season stats he did rush a lot, so he’s not afraid to use his feet. I do think with a better supporting cast, he may do a lot better at UConn than he did at Maine if he decides to come here.
 
UConnJim said:
First, Fagano is 6'3" and 225 lbs which is good size for a QB. Here are his career stats:

27 games played
461 for 772, 59.7% completion %
5,655 yards
46 TDs
12 INTs
535 rushing yards and 5 TDs

You are not going to find many QBs in the portal with this kind of resume and my guess is there will be many FBS teams interested in him and not just for depth.
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100 percent. You can find highlights of him against BC on Youtube. Makes some nice touch passes, and threw some from some odd arm angles that were Mahomes like. No I'm not saying that he's Pat Mahomes but I would take this kid in a nano second to come here and compete with with is here already. Last I checked he also had an offer from Western Michigan.
 
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UConnJim said:
First, Fagano is 6'3" and 225 lbs which is good size for a QB. Here are his career stats:

27 games played
461 for 772, 59.7% completion %
5,655 yards
46 TDs
12 INTs
535 rushing yards and 5 TDs

You are not going to find many QBs in the portal with this kind of resume and my guess is there will be many FBS teams interested in him and not just for depth.
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At minimum he’s good depth. We didn’t have anyone on the bench this year that could spot Zion when he struggled.
 
I gotta admit...I will be disappointed if the QB room is the same next year. Fagone would be a nice addition.
 
I find this discussion funny. He played for Charlton. If he got an offer, it’s because Charlton knows that him being here can help us. Whether that’s because we still don’t have depth at the position or by challenging to get on the field, we have no idea. But the staff does.

if he’s not being brought in to challenge to start, however, I’m still hoping we bring in THAT person as well.
 
noeynox said:
Looks like UVA moved him inside. Has he snapped?

2021: Second Team All-Ivy League selection … started all 10 games at left tackle … Dartmouth ranked No. 1 in the Ivy League and No. 21 in FCS with 193.7 rushing yards per game … Dartmouth went 9-1 on the season, captured the 20th Ivy League title in program history and ranked 23rd in the final FCS Coaches Poll.
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We should be looking into whether it was the move inside that lead him to snap or if it was something more serious.........:rolleyes:
 
No judgement just information.

Fagano was 21-43 for 289, 2 TDs 2 INTs versus BCU last year. His team got blasted.

Turner was 11-19 for 173, 1 TD 0 INTs versus BCU last year. UConn put up a "W."

Turner probably was surrounded by a better cast.
 
businesslawyer said:
I find this discussion funny. He played for Charlton. If he got an offer, it’s because Charlton knows that him being here can help us. Whether that’s because we still don’t have depth at the position or by challenging to get on the field, we have no idea. But the staff does.

if he’s not being brought in to challenge to start, however, I’m still hoping we bring in THAT person as well.
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He would challenge to start by default. Not enough healthy bodies at the position currently.
 
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