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Message: [QUOTE="kibblesnbits, post: 5159719, member: 97"] I'd like to see some real evidence this is happening - D2 and D3 players moving into the full scholarship ranks in numbers significant enough to observably impact D1 high school FB recruiting. The difference between full scholarship football and partial or no-scholarship football is huge. I would just have two comments: (1) When it happens it's a good thing because it indicates that kids who were not judged as being worthy of a full scholarship out of high school are earning them on collegiate fields: and (2) It's hard to imagine that it is significant since it would require FCS coaches to ignore a pool of high quality high school players that you've identified as falling off FBS recruiting boards. If I'm the coach at Central I might pick up an occasional late bloomer from Southern, but more often than not I'm going to give priority to a higher performing high school kid who would have signed with UConn but for available D1 transfers taking the spot (schools selected for illustrative purposes only). Hell, with easy portal transfers you may even see FBS programs directing players just off their recruiting boards to friendly FCS schools in much the same way they help them get to preps or JUCOs to be available as future signees. [/QUOTE]