Transfer Portal News

[KleShreen]

G5/FBS = full scholarship.

Generally the guys from D2 schools who are getting offers from FBS schools are probably already on full scholarships from their D2 schools. It usually is the D2 ass-kickers who are making these moves, not the depth guys, I would think. But I'm just making assumptions.

[champgymusa]

Sorry, GV's education doesn't quite carry enough weight in the real world to afford to write a check back to them.

Actually if you major in the right areas it sure did for my kids. Maybe you should reflect on your own degree and not the school that issued it?

[champgymusa]

And those G5 schools are recuiting kids from the portal to replace the ones that they probably lost that opted to transfer and try to get a ride at a Power 5 school. Sooner or later a school is going to do it and not even bother with going after HS seniors and just go exclusively to the portal.

You know that is right!

[yote_7]

Former GV Jadhae Walker transferred to Texas A&M and found great success. He became a starter after one of his teammates got injured. He’s put up big numbers in the SEC once he got playing time. But for every success story like Jadhae, there’s probably 5 failures.

[MrsThortonMelon]

Former GV Jadhae Walker transferred to Texas A&M and found great success. He became a starter after one of his teammates got injured. He’s put up big numbers in the SEC once he got playing time. But for every success story like Jadhae, there’s probably 5 failures.

Ask Tillman how that transfer to Bowling Green worked out? He did catch one pass this year in garbage time but hey the NFL will be calling him as well. Some hit some miss. Now se what the new coaching staff at A&M think of Walker going forward..wish them all the best but your eyes better be pretty damn wide open.

[GorillaTeacher]

You know that is right!

Aren’t there rules to how many new scholarships can be given out each year?

[champgymusa]

Aren’t there rules to how many new scholarships can be given out each year?

Scholarship and NIL money are two different things....NCAA has no limit on NIL...the genie is out of the bottle...we will all be watching the NFL G League before long.

[KleShreen]

Niles King took down all his Twitter posts about receiving offers......but it doesn't say he has committed anywhere. Wonder if maybe he's considering coming back to GV. That would be fantastic.

[tip79]

Any news on players coming to GV?

[KleShreen]

Any news on players coming to GV?

Probably won't know about that until the D2 signing day since kids are gonna spend the whole time up to then trying to get other D1 spots.

[mtsax305]

From keeping an eye on Twitter, I count 9 guys from WSU's roster that entered the portal that weren't listed on Senior Day.

R-Fr QB - Cole Canter - Hillsdale - I'm not shocked, WSU is clearly moving to a spread option type offense. Coach DeMasi straight up said he's a pure pocket passer.
R-So WR - Dion Brown, Jr. - #2 receiver
R-So OT - Adam Sarjo - Davenport
Jr - WR - Te'Avion Warren - Top receiver
R-Jr - LB - Blake Gilliam
R-Jr - OT - Blake Bustard - Eastern MI - Billed as a top 100 player in D2, not surprising he'd move up to the MAC
R-Jr - TE - Nathaniel Eberly-Rodriguez - Charlotte - A guy I wanted to see do well this year being 6'5" - 240.
Sr - QB - Josh Kulka - As with Cole, not surprising. After an exciting couple games in 2021, 2022 was a downer, and by this season he must not have fit the offense.
R-Sr RB - Kendall Williams - Second year as WSU's leading rusher and a solid kick returner.

I'm not surprised at the amount of guys leaving on the offensive side of the ball. They were recruited into one system and had to play in one quite different this season.

[NewEraWarrior]

From keeping an eye on Twitter, I count 9 guys from WSU's roster that entered the portal that weren't listed on Senior Day.

R-Fr QB - Cole Canter - Hillsdale - I'm not shocked, WSU is clearly moving to a spread option type offense. Coach DeMasi straight up said he's a pure pocket passer.
R-So WR - Dion Brown, Jr. - #2 receiver
R-So OT - Adam Sarjo - Davenport
Jr - WR - Te'Avion Warren - Top receiver
R-Jr - LB - Blake Gilliam
R-Jr - OT - Blake Bustard - Eastern MI - Billed as a top 100 player in D2, not surprising he'd move up to the MAC
R-Jr - TE - Nathaniel Eberly-Rodriguez - Charlotte - A guy I wanted to see do well this year being 6'5" - 240.
Sr - QB - Josh Kulka - As with Cole, not surprising. After an exciting couple games in 2021, 2022 was a downer, and by this season he must not have fit the offense.
R-Sr RB - Kendall Williams - Second year as WSU's leading rusher and a solid kick returner.

I'm not surprised at the amount of guys leaving on the offensive side of the ball. They were recruited into one system and had to play in one quite different this season.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but that is a real bad look. Especially with 4-5 of these players being what you'd consider a leader of the program (Bustard, Gilliam, Williams, Brown, Warren). I have a real bad feeling about WSU's football program next season. If you thought this past season was underwhelming, it's only going to get worse. Having these players want to leave indicates to me they don't like where the program is headed, not because the offense changed. VERY skeptical of Wheatley and his staff's coaching ability. Being completely honest, if you do a deep dive on on their past coaching resumes, it leaves A LOT to be desired.

[KleShreen]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but that is a real bad look. Especially with 4-5 of these players being what you'd consider a leader of the program (Bustard, Gilliam, Williams, Brown, Warren). I have a real bad feeling about WSU's football program next season. If you thought this past season was underwhelming, it's only going to get worse. Having these players want to leave indicates to me they don't like where the program is headed, not because the offense changed. VERY skeptical of Wheatley and his staff's coaching ability. Being completely honest, if you do a deep dive on on their past coaching resumes, it leaves A LOT to be desired.

In their defense, in watching Twitter, Wayne has gotten quite a few talented high school commits already.

[mtsax305]

Not to derail the thread too much, but if it was a program-wide issue, I would expect to see a similar number of defensive guys hop into the portal as well. I think they will be young team still, but trending upwards. They've won the same amount of games in 1 season as they had in the previous 2 (and should have had 2 more wins imo). They have a young QB that seems to fit and excel in the new system and that has retained his redshirt. And yeah, like Kle said, they've already got a bunch of commitments. My memory's a little short, but I don't remember them having this many commits this early.

For the portal guys, the litmus test will be where they end up playing and what they do there.

[KleShreen]

Not only has Niles taken down all the posts about offers he got from D1 schools, but he also took out the "Transfer portal" bio description. Maybe he's back!