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UConn 2026 Outbound Portal Transfers (*No transfer speculation until announced/posted*)

businesslawyer said:
It’s a simple formula right now. Everyone who hasn’t been playing regularly is in the portal to see if they can go somewhere where they can play, and everyone who has been playing regularly is in the portal to see if they can go somewhere where they will be paid, or be paid more. And some are in the portal for the old fashioned reason — they have been told their scholarship isn’t going to be renewed anyway. We are at the point and time where most players with eligibility will declare every year, and after a coaching change almost all will.

So I expect almost the entire team will declare for the portal. And then we’ll see how many want to be back if they aren’t blown away by another offer, and how many Candle wants back.
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After seeing Iowa State's current list I don't feel quite so bad (knowing full well this is the new reality). Still doesn't feel good, but hope those NIL coffers are rocking.
 
So do we have any offensive starters coming back?? lol!! It’s seems like every starter either graduated/ran out of eligibility or is in the portal. lol!! I understand why kids are doing it and that hopefully we get some back but honestly, who is left that started for us on offense last year??
 
I've read (here and other places) that UConn alums and/or Connecticut businesses stepped up NIL for football when Mora made noise. Have we heard what donor feelings are with Candle? He seems quieter than Mora which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you still need to stroke some egos and sell the vision. The hiring seemed to get universal praise, but I haven't heard about booster / insider feelings.
 
Chuck said:
I've read (here and other places) that UConn alums and/or Connecticut businesses stepped up NIL for football when Mora made noise. Have we heard what donor feelings are with Candle? He seems quieter than Mora which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you still need to stroke some egos and sell the vision. The hiring seemed to get universal praise, but I haven't heard about booster / insider feelings.
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Who do you think was pushing for Jason Candle? The Donors.

The video of him arriving in CT was him and his family arriving on a donor owned aircraft.
 
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No idea WTF that is, but if that's the case then it's probably better off that he entered the portal.
 
Would you be able to give me a list of who is staying? It would be smaller than this list.

Let's see who Coach Candle can get to stay and how he does in the portal on Jan 2nd.
 
I'm not going to worry about the portal, because every school has people entering. Do I think the portal needs to be fixed? Hell yes, because if you can announce that you are transferring every year, it becomes a joke.

You should only announce that you are in the portal and if it a coaching change - you can play right away at your new school, if you are in the portal because you think you can start, you will have to sit out a year.

The portal is broken...it needs to be fixed.
 
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Looking back at the players that have moved on from UCONN over the past couple of years
no one really stands out for their on field performance. Most have struggled to get playing time.
I guess the saying the grass is always greener on the other side rings true. I feel bad for these kids.
I lived through a coaching change as a player. I went home on Dec 18 and when I return to the campus
on January 5 and there were already 20 junior college transfers enrolled for classes. There was no NCAA limits on scholarships the total recruiting class was 105 players and 205 player on the first day of summer camp.There was no portal or NIL and that situation was total chaos.
 
The NCAA brought this situation on by not dealing with player compensation the courts opened the doors and now things are totally out of control. I have no idea how academic eligibility of these players that are on their 3 or 4th schools is even calculated. The truth is everyone has lost players in the past.
Players have privately contemplated transferring or just quitting but now with social media, the portal and NIL everything is public.
 
DawgEnjoyer said:
Lmao exactly…we gotta stop with the Rosa fantasies.

In the past four years I’ve seen people suggest he should play slot WR, QB and my favorite….a backup “hard nosed” PG on the basketball team.

It’s so weird
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I think that all stems from where we were in 2022, that season was the first bright spot for UConn football in years and Rosa was a big part of the success that year. We want him to do well and think of him in probably higher terms because of where we were then.
 
HardFacts said:
Looking back at the players that have moved on from UCONN over the past couple of years
no one really stands out for their on field performance. Most have struggled to get playing time.
I guess the saying the grass is always greener on the other side rings true. I feel bad for these kids.
I lived through a coaching change as a player. I went home on Dec 18 and when I return to the campus
on January 5 and there were already 20 junior college transfers enrolled for classes. There was no NCAA limits on scholarships the total recruiting class was 105 players and 205 player on the first day of summer camp.There was no portal or NIL and that situation was total chaos.
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Keelan Marion, Nate Carter! Justin Joly, Langston Hardy, Cam Ross
 
jmsjoejms said:
I think that all stems from where we were in 2022, that season was the first bright spot for UConn football in years and Rosa was a big part of the success that year. We want him to do well and think of him in probably higher terms because of where we were then.
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He’s been nothing but a true blue, hometown Husky from day 1. He has given us his 4 years of his college career and he needs to go find his success. I don’t think there is any person here that hates Victor. If they do, they have their own issues. If I was him, I’d leverage his situation and head to an Ivy (not sure he can at this stage). He’d be great, get his reps, and it’s a viable path the the NFL if he tears it up.
 
noeynox said:
I want him to play on Sundays just once now so his haters have to eat crow.
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We had a Joe Fagnano redemption thread. No reason we can't have a Victor Rosa redemption thread.
 
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Anybody else thinking all these guys are getting phone calls from Colorado?

He has a whole roster to turn over, all his guys stink. He needs numbers. That would explain all these bench warmers, as well as the obvious targets.
 
HardFacts said:
Looking back at the players that have moved on from UCONN over the past couple of years
no one really stands out for their on field performance. Most have struggled to get playing time.
I guess the saying the grass is always greener on the other side rings true. I feel bad for these kids.
I lived through a coaching change as a player. I went home on Dec 18 and when I return to the campus
on January 5 and there were already 20 junior college transfers enrolled for classes. There was no NCAA limits on scholarships the total recruiting class was 105 players and 205 player on the first day of summer camp.There was no portal or NIL and that situation was total chaos.
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For many of these kids, the portal and moving to a different school is a hope they will find PT where there is none here. For others, it’s the promise of money and playing time. Maybe they know that they’ll need to compete for PT but they can’t pass up the money because they know the NFL is a long shot so why not get what they can now. I can’t blame them. However, you gotta think that somewhere inside they have to be wondering if standing on the sideline for the money was worth it when they could be starting and making less. I don’t know the answer tbh.
 
king conn said:
Anybody else thinking all these guys are getting phone calls from Colorado?

He has a whole roster to turn over, all his guys stink. He needs numbers. That would explain all these bench warmers, as well as the obvious targets.
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Looks like CSU has 25 +/- in Transfer Portal.

Just as likely some of these Huskies have been put up for adoption as they have been told they have been/will be recruited over.
 
huskymedic said:
Looks like CSU has 25 +/- in Transfer Portal.

Just as likely some of these Huskies have been put up for adoption as they have been told they have been/will be recruited over.
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With the one short portal window, do you even have time to load up half a roster like it looks like we have to do? At some point it has to be a bird in hand doesn't it? Previously there was more time and windows to do this. I hope he hasn't been encouraging more, although the end result is the same.

If he has been, hopefully he has a ton in the portal at Toledo he is counting on. Do you have their numbers in?
 
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king conn said:
With the one short portal window, do you even have time to load up half a roster like it looks like we have to do? At some point it has to be a bird in hand doesn't it? Previously there was more time and windows to do this. I hope he hasn't been encouraging more, although the end result is the same.

If he has been, hopefully he has a ton in the portal at Toledo he is counting on. Do you have their numbers in?
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Toledo currently has a dozen +/- in the Transfer Portal and growing each day. There are also at least 3 previous Toledo Commits/Decommits who have new UConn offers. Plethora of moving pieces.
 
dfrancis15 said:
Keelan Marion, Nate Carter! Justin Joly, Langston Hardy, Cam Ross
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So out of this group who is better off regarding playing time and on field performance than if they had continued here. Marion had 20 some catches with Miami last night which is now his third school. Carter is with the Falcons as a free agent he rush for 499 yards at Michigan State in 2024. Ross is on third stop and had a fair year at Virginia this year. Joly never had a better year than his second season here.
 
huskymedic said:
Looks like CSU has 25 +/- in Transfer Portal.

Just as likely some of these Huskies have been put up for adoption as they have been told they have been/will be recruited over.
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They should always expect to be recruited over if they play for a halfway decent program.
 
HardFacts said:
So out of this group who is better off regarding playing time and on field performance than if they had continued here. Marion had 20 some catches with Miami last night which is now his third school. Carter is with the Falcons as a free agent he rush for 499 yards at Michigan State in 2024. Ross is on third stop and had a fair year at Virginia this year. Joly never had a better year than his second season here.
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Joly had 661 yards and 4 TDs last year for NC State, which was 83 yards more than he ever had in a season here. His 4 TDs that season were exactly how many he had in 2 years here.

Marion had way more than "20 some catches" for Miami this season. His stat line was 49 catches for 626 yards and a TD this year. Both are substantially better than the 28 catches and 474 yards he had in his lone season here. The only thing he did better while here was catch TDs (5 that season vs 1 this year.)

Langston Hardy had about a 50% increase in his total tackles this year, and had twice as many sacks for Wake Forest this season (7) as he did for us last year (3.5)

Nate Carter is in the NFL. Kind of tough to knock his decision making when he got paid more to be at Michigan State and is now playing on Sundays. Even so, he still had 1297 rushing yards and 9 TDs over the course of 2 seasons at Michigan State. It's not like he was unproductive whilst there.

I find it funny that you kind of threw Cam Ross a bone and said he had a fair year, when he is quite literally the only player on that list you can point to that fits your narrative. 53 catches, 543 yards and 2 TDs for Virginia this year vs 60 catches, 723 yards and 4 TDs as a freshman here.
 
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After an incredible three weeks here at State U, I’ve decided it’s time to take my talents elsewhere and enter the transfer portal. First, I want to thank the fans for the deafening silence every time I dropped a pass; your lack of expectations really allowed me to grow as a person. To the coaching staff: thank you for the "constructive" 4:00 AM film sessions where you reminded me that my high school highlights were a lie. While I deeply value the free Gatorade and the degree in "General Studies" I haven't started yet, my heart—and my agent’s Twitter DMs—tells me that my true home is whichever school offers a slightly more luxurious locker room and a NIL deal with a local car dealership. I am 1000% committed to my next journey, or at least until a better offer comes along in January

Respect my decision. No interviews (unless you have a check)
 
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