The Portal, 2025 Style

[RamPride]

Someone needs to track success rates for players signed out of the portal. I bet it’s dismal, just don’t understand these decisions unless it’s more about scholarship money.

[Ram040506]

Shepherd officially lost 2 this weekend:
1. Cam Dorner committed to FBS North Texas
2. Lek Powell committed to FCS Charleston Southern

Good luck to both. Hopefully Dorner finds some playing time. Transfer up for WR's has not had a lot of success stories (especially for 1 year mercenary types). I thought he would have been better off just finding an Air Raid offense in either FCS or one of the midwest D2's and he'd have a better shot of professional ball from that point.

Lek is going to one of the worst FCS teams in the country. Looks like they have a returning sophomore QB who split time. I'm sure he'll have a chance to compete and hope he does well. He will definitely have a better completion percentage then his competition so there is that!

CB Donte Harrison looks to have committed to FBS Northern Illinois of the MAC too.

[Boro33]

And you lost your starting QB, even though it didn't seem he was very appreciated down there.

Shepherd officially lost 2 this weekend:
1. Cam Dorner committed to FBS North Texas
2. Lek Powell committed to FCS Charleston Southern

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Not even close. Nobody in this conference is fully funded. IUP is probably in the vicinity of 25 +/- 5. Gannon might be at 30 +/- 3 but that's Kohls Cash and coupon codes.

I haven't been 'asked' to donate in years. IUP lives off a few (for D2) whales. They have a handful of big donors and a couple big corporate partners.

They are missing out on thousands and thousands of dollars by not soliciting Average Joe Alumni.

Athletic Fundraiser should be a full-time position at IUP (and all of our schools).

Tell somebody that and they'll look at you like you have three heads.

[TheBigCat2192]

Fully funded in what?

IUP isn't even close.

Could have sworn that people on here were telling us that Shepherd was close to fully funded just a year or two ago. Now Shep fans are telling us IUP is closer? Lol.

[Sec10-A-14]

Gannon
Jonathan Bowden, TE
Charles Calhoun, LB
Jerome Lee, RB
Donovan Marcus
Tank Mason, WR
Jaden Self, ATH
Daquan Stevenson, DL
Jayden Whitaker, QB

CORRECTION

DONNY MARCUS PLAYED 23/24 at Central Connecticut State

https://ccsubluedevils.com/sports/fb...cus_donny_1gw7

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP is fully funded, Shepherd is not. It’s more about scholarship money than anything else..

Fully funded in what?

IUP isn't even close.

[Fightingscot82]

IUP is fully funded, Shepherd is not. It’s more about scholarship money than anything else..

Not even close. Nobody in this conference is fully funded. IUP is probably in the vicinity of 25 +/- 5. Gannon might be at 30 +/- 3 but that's Kohls Cash and coupon codes.

[RamPride]

If you have less than five kids in the portal at this stage, your program is doing something right to retain players. Even 5-7 isn’t horrible. When you get to double digits and several are your better players, that’s a problem. How on Earth IUP hasn’t had a single player enter the portal yet is astonishing. You’d think one or two would leave for reasons ranging from being disgruntled to wanting to play closer to home. Shepherd’s long list is most surprising to me.

IUP is fully funded, Shepherd is not. It’s more about scholarship money than anything else..

[EyeoftheHawk]

If you have less than five kids in the portal at this stage, your program is doing something right to retain players. Even 5-7 isn’t horrible. When you get to double digits and several are your better players, that’s a problem. How on Earth IUP hasn’t had a single player enter the portal yet is astonishing. You’d think one or two would leave for reasons ranging from being disgruntled to wanting to play closer to home. Shepherd’s long list is most surprising to me.

[Fightingscot82]

From the school and fans perspective, this is a sh*t show. It is now impossible to build a program in the traditional sense at any level other than top of the P4.

Anyone skeptical of the portal should check out these kids recruiting trails. Many have G5 offers and nearly all have FCS offers. We are the minor league.

[Bart]

Bowes I don’t really care about but losing one of the only kickers on the roster sucks. I don’t know if I can take another season of Riley (assuming he comes back) doing all of the kicking.

Paserk already transferred in from Lackawanna, and played in 2 games. Not much to judge him on. There were 4 other kickers injured too. Crews was the best DL if he goes. Bowes missed nearly 2 of his 4 years with injuries, but would have been nice to have back for a 5th. It seemed the new offense didn't use TE much until injuries took out the wr core.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Bowes I don’t really care about but losing one of the only kickers on the roster sucks. I don’t know if I can take another season of Riley (assuming he comes back) doing all of the kicking.

The market is flooded with kickers. They won't have any trouble finding one.

[TheBigCat2192]

Here's my best attempt from late last night when I couldn't sleep:

Bloomsburg
Matthew Bowes, WR
Charles Crews, DL
Benjamin Paserk, K

Bowes I don’t really care about but losing one of the only kickers on the roster sucks. I don’t know if I can take another season of Riley (assuming he comes back) doing all of the kicking.

[Fightingscot82]

Here's my best attempt from late last night when I couldn't sleep:

Bloomsburg
Matthew Bowes, WR
Charles Crews, DL
Benjamin Paserk, K

California
Brandon Choi, LB
Rashan Murray, DB
Eric Willis, WR

Clarion
Ty Hurst, QB
Jermere Jones, WR
Kolt Kqira, WR
Paul Newton, RB
Hunter Robertson, K
LJ Samuels, DB
Trevon Tate, WR

East Stroudsburg
Justin Cook, WR
Tahir Mills, RB
Adewale Obayanju, DB

Edinboro
Teagan Brown, WR
Matt Carlisle, QB
Ryan Cochran, DB
Wilfredo Diaz, LB
Zach Malpica, LB
Terrance Pendergrass, RB

Gannon
Jonathan Bowden, TE
Charles Calhoun, LB
Jerome Lee, RB
Donovan Marcus
Tank Mason, WR
Jaden Self, ATH
Daquan Stevenson, DL
Jayden Whitaker, QB

Indiana
None so far

Kutztown
Mekhi Gibson, WR
Sincere Thomas, WR

Lock Haven
James Bermudez, RB
Matthew Fredrick, OL
Donovan Jones, OL
Kyle Keckler, QB
Blayz McGhee, DB
Sean Petzold, DL
William Pickett, QB
Richard Scott, OL
Jacob Sturm, RB
Oscar Uduma, DB/LB
T'Iar Young, WR

Millersville
Angel Cabrera, RB/LB
Jalen Carter, WR
Robert Footman, QB
Wilson Gonzalez, DL
Mekhi Johnson, DB
Titus Kruah, WR
Jordan Miller, RB/WR
Amir Muhammad, DB
Jabriel Rhodes-Nelson, LB
Gus Ross, DB

Seton Hill
David Awuah, DB
Taiyon Battle, WR
Ky’ron Craggette, RB
Brady Greenough, LB
Emanuel Mason, LB
Donato Stepney, DB
Musa Tama, LB
Oscar Uduma, DB

Shepherd
Jaden Bacon, DB
Brodie Carroll, LB
Cameron Dorner, WR
Miles Greer, DB
Donte Harrison, DB
Brett Kwoka, LB
Asa Mayo, WR
Jahmari Nelson, RB
Harold O'Neal, LB
Will Patterson, WR/ATH
Lek Powell, QB
Jt Kouame Yao, LB

Shippensburg
Jaimen Bryant, WR/KR
Mike Fayemi, DB
De’chaunè Jackson, DB
Tanner Luther, K
Ty_Kephart, DB/LB
Ryan Orr, LS
Jaquan Redfern, DL
Sam Stoner, QB
Joshua Waite, OL

Slippery Rock
Thomas Lane, DL
Daniel Long, DL

West Chester
Mike Darcy, TE
Dan Hicks, DL
Matt Marshall, DB
Patrick Methlie, OL
Connor Noble, LB