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

I was hoping that the local guys like Cam Edwards, Neider and/or Victor would have stayed. I’m surprised where Victor and John are going but hope they get playing time. It kind of reminds me of MBB where we used to rely on in-state talent but now recruit internationally.
 
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UCFBfan said:
How did I never catch that I taught this kid when he was in 4th grade?!?! I never even realized he was at UConn. Wow! Best of luck to him. Really great kid and family.
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Neat. At Kingswood or in W Hartford system? Sad, our man Stinger says he’s no longer local since he’s heading to Worcester.
 
AllHusky said:
Neat. At Kingswood or in W Hartford system? Sad, our man Stinger says he’s no longer local since he’s heading to Worcester.
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West Hartford public schools. I thought he went to Conard but guess he went to KO for high school.
 
TheDrifter75 said:
By this logic, no local kids will play in the NFL MLB NBA or NHL and that is just S A D
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Are they from CT? Yes. Are they from UConn? Not anymore. Do I root for players from CT that go to other schools out of high school? No I don’t.

Should they make the NFL, which school do you think will be displayed under their picture? It won’t have anything to do with UConn.

Growing up in Bridgeport, we had tremendous basketball talent, and the state was loaded. Many went elsewhere. But then many started staying or coming back. Is Burrell a CT guy? How about Gminski?

In this day and age I am contributing to NIL and their salaries. Did I invest in UConn so they could go to MSU? Not really. Pay to play and NIL has very much changed the game for me.
 
Stinger92860 said:
Are they from CT? Yes. Are they from UConn? Not anymore. Do I root for players from CT that go to other schools out of high school? No I don’t.

Should they make the NFL, which school do you think will be displayed under their picture? It won’t have anything to do with UConn.

Growing up in Bridgeport, we had tremendous basketball talent, and the state was loaded. Many went elsewhere. But then many started staying or coming back. Is Burrell a CT guy? How about Gminski?

In this day and age I am contributing to NIL and their salaries. Did I invest in UConn so they could go to MSU? Not really. Pay to play and NIL has very much changed the game for me.
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Not what you originally said and not my point
 
Can't get attached to any players or coaches. Since everyone is here to better themselves, my motto now is "go win my team games before you leave."
 
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What we’re learning from this is that we absolutely had a P-4 level offense last year. Anyone who contributed is able to move up into the P-4 and presumably get more money. I just hope for a lot of these kids we are unable to match the money, and it’s not just Candle wanting to clean house. And I agree with an earlier post. Diomande, Lindbergh Coleman and Gilbert are now at the top of the list of those I’d like to see us make a real effort to retain.
 
businesslawyer said:
What we’re learning from this is that we absolutely had a P-4 level offense last year. Anyone who contributed is able to move up into the P-4 and presumably get more money. I just hope for a lot of these kids we are unable to match the money, and it’s not just Candle wanting to clean house. And I agree with an earlier post. Diomande, Lindbergh Coleman and Gilbert are now at the top of the list of those I’d like to see us make a real effort to retain.
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I think Gilbert was in La recently at UCLA
 
businesslawyer said:
What we’re learning from this is that we absolutely had a P-4 level offense last year. Anyone who contributed is able to move up into the P-4 and presumably get more money. I just hope for a lot of these kids we are unable to match the money, and it’s not just Candle wanting to clean house. And I agree with an earlier post. Diomande, Lindbergh Coleman and Gilbert are now at the top of the list of those I’d like to see us make a real effort to retain.
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Thought I saw Diomande committed somewhere, can’t find it tho
 
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huskymedic said:
He hasn’t - he’s still conducting visits. Yesterday was planned to be Colorado State.
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Any info whatsoever on retention interest or offers? Another poster thought it seemed weak or low interest. Feels like that, but who knows?
 
It doesn't appear that Candle is making much of an effort to retain our players in the portal. Only Tucker and Hicks have come back, backups at best. This may be his philosophy, if you aren't sure you want to be here then you are dead to me. Values loyalty. Could explain why he rarely lost a lot of Toledo players to the portal.
 
AllHusky said:
Any info whatsoever on retention interest or offers? Another poster thought it seemed weak or low interest. Feels like that, but who knows?
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It would be a an extreme pleasant surprise if he decides to stay @ UConn. I’ll never say never but there is wide interest in his talent, he has an agent so his $$ value should be known and the coach who recruited him to UConn and who Oumar refers to as a second dad is now the Linebacker Coach @ Colorado State..

 
zmart said:
It doesn't appear that Candle is making much of an effort to retain our players in the portal. Only Tucker and Hicks have come back, backups at best. This may be his philosophy, if you aren't sure you want to be here then you are dead to me. Values loyalty. Could explain why he rarely lost a lot of Toledo players to the portal.
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it will be weird rooting for a team with minimal player retention. I can’t recall this ever happened before but these are uncharted waters with coaching change combined with NIL and portal.
 
Hate losing Rosa and Neider, don't blame them for going. Seems like we are bringing in a lot at WR to compete with Neider, and Rosa was probably looking for a fresh start. Still think Rosa could have been a hero in the CAA but don't blame him for taking the bag.

I know we are going through the tumult and turnover now, but Candle is known for keeping his guys. There will always be portaling but once we get through this the water should be calmer for the next few years...
 
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HCCForever said:
it will be weird rooting for a team with minimal player retention. I can’t recall this ever happened before but these are uncharted waters with coaching change combined with NIL and portal.
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Yes, it will be. This season is exaserpated by the coaching change, but the overall turnover of college rosters in general is going to impact fan interest and loyalty.

Interestingly, last night I believe they stated that Oregons number three RB did not play in the CFP opting to go into the portal and not play. Oregon got thumped, but that ended up being a big hit to their chances given their injuries at that position. I think it's only a matter of time before we see players opting out of the CFP unless there are financial incentives to play.
 
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