Transfer Portal (Furman and Others of Note)

[FUwolfpacker]

I didn’t want to clutter up the recruiting thread, so I thought I’d create a thread for all the portal activity.

I have no inside info, but I’d be surprised if we didn’t see at least a few guys transfer out of Furman (grad transfer or otherwise). Hopefully it’s minimal like the last couple of years.

Other SoCon Transfers of Note

Furman:
CB Micah Robinson - Tulane
DE Jack Barton - Georgia Tech
BAN Luke Clark
QB Tyler Huff
P Ryan Leavy
CB Ivan Yates
LS Julian Ashby - Vanderbilt
OL Pearson Toomey
C Wyatt Hughes

WCU:
RB Desmond Reid - Pitt
S Andres Keaton - Temple
WR Censere Lee - Pitt
LB Giovanni Ricciardi
WR Cade Snotherly
OL Hudson Jones
WR Terrance Horne

Samford:
OL Jabari Brooks - Committed to UCF
RB/WR Jocquet Jiles
RB John Collins
LB Josiah Cotton
DE Kobe Stewart
DB Avery Hughes
RB Jay Stanton
DB Kourtlan Marsh

Wofford:
LB Eli Purcell - Tennessee
TE Bryce Dickerson
ATH Chase Soper
S John DiRoberto
LB David Powers

Mercer:
WR Zay Brantley
OL Jose Gonzalez
S Josh Pickett
QB Carter Peavy
OL Riley Bell
QB Drew Moore

Chattanooga:
DL Nick Charles
OL Jeremiah Katt
TE Camden Overton
WR Jamoi Mayes
LB Bo Spearman

The Citadel:
DB Dominick Poole
QB Ryan Skinner

ETSU:
OL Will Flowers
QB Tyler Riddell

VMI:
Too many to count

[gofurman]

Wow


Mercer starting QB

[Thorny]

It's a whole new world. I really don't know how the recent changes to college football are going to work out.

One of my concerns was college football becoming musical chairs but 4 to 5 transfers a school, even if it includes once in a generation talents like Desmond Reid, isn't absurd.

[gofurman]

How about we grab Desmond Reid or Censere Lee. Or a super OL

[FUwolfpacker]

How about we grab Desmond Reid or Censere Lee. Or a super OL

Reid has multiple FBS offers. Lee has at least one from Pitt. Furman isn’t likely to get guys like them. They left looking for a bigger opportunity and probably a little NIL money.

We don’t know what we need most pressingly yet. I doubt exit interviews have even happened to this point.

[The Jackal]

Also worth noting that entering in the portal isn't the same thing as transferring. It's not uncommon for guys to stay where they are.

[AstroDin]

Peavey’s dad is an FU former player

[FUBeAR]

It's a whole new world. I really don't know how the recent changes to college football are going to work out.

One of my concerns was college football becoming musical chairs but 4 to 5 transfers a school, even if it includes once in a generation talents like Desmond Reid, isn't absurd.

5/11/23 - https://www.axios.com/2023/05/11/ncaa-f ... tal-record

The college football transfer portal's 2022-23 cycle ended earlier this month, and athletes yet again used the portal at a record clip.

By the numbers: 8,699 NCAA football players entered the portal between Aug. 1, 2022, and May 1, 2023, per ESPN. That's a 5.5% increase over last year's then-record number (8,242) and more than double the tally from the inaugural 2018-19 cycle (4,076).

Looking only at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) transfers shows a similar increase, with a record 3,284 FBS players entering the portal.

That's up 6.5% from last year (3,083) and roughly double 2018-19's tally (1,717), per 247 Sports.

Wild stat: That 3,284 figure means over 20% of all FBS players are looking to transfer this offseason. And it's not just benchwarmers, either.

These numbers will grow again this year, despite then institution of ‘portal time windows.’ It’s exceedingly absurd.

[The Jackal]

I think Furman is going to keep being an attractive landing spot for graduate guys, which has helped the program out immensely.

Furman is also not a spot guys are transferring out of en masse. There's coaching, culture, and a chance to play for meaningful titles. That means something to the type of kids we are hoping to retain.

[FUwolfpacker]

UTC’s Jamoi Mayes has entered the portal. I believe that is the SoCon‘s leading receiver and running back. You have now entered the portal according to Scott Keeler.

[Roundball]

[Paul C]

Ugh. That hurts.

[gman84]

Who knows, he could change his mind, it’s happened before.

[Sad Din]

Best of luck to him..

Its the sports world we live in... sounds cold but plenty of fish in the pond.

Everybodies looking to move up. Last year the Gamecocks best running back was kid from Newberry

[FU3]

Travis Blackshear went in the portal and then decided to stay. MR has graduated and may be looking for a different Grad program… who knows.This is the new reality in college sports but I think CCH and staff have done a great job in both retaining our players and recruiting portal guys who contribute almost right away.