Transfer Portal

[SW_Mustang]

Figured it was a lock once the offer came

Yeah. Curiously he's being labeled as a Safety, and with Perich leaving... might be a pathway for him to get some solid playing time too. Seems like the stars aligned.

[CollegeFBGuy]

Bemidji's all conference d-end/rush, Tyler Sappit received a football "opportunity" from somewhere, so he entered the portal yesterday. He should be announcing his new school soon.

Last year, Bemidji had big DL Eli Coenen who left in the spring, visited and was offered by Baylor and Illinois...he went to Illinois and played all season for them. He recently entered the portal again and will be on the move again this year.

It's all so interesting to follow

[Purple Mav Man]

Bemidji's all conference d-end/rush, Tyler Sappit received a football "opportunity" from somewhere, so he entered the portal yesterday. He should be announcing his new school soon.

Last year, Bemidji had big DL Eli Coenen who left in the spring, visited and was offered by Baylor and Illinois...he went to Illinois and played all season for them. He recently entered the portal again and will be on the move again this year.

It's all so interesting to follow

Seems to mirror ‘the real world’. Loyalty isn’t much rewarded by many large companies, so the way to get ahead (especially early in your career) is to job jump. Apparently the NCAA actually really is getting students ready for life after college!! 😆

[CollegeFBGuy]

Sounds like USD made the call on Sappit and he will likely go there. The chance to go from the NSIC to FCS or above might be a good recruiting edge for our teams, as mentioned above. It seems like most teams have had a guy or a few guys move up the progression, either to FCS or even to the B1G.

[Iowacoo]

With some schools like Iowa State having a fair amount of guys heading to Penn State (with the HC), they are needing quality bodies that have been proven in college gameplay and that's when we see D2 guys getting those offers. The hard part to know is....are those players good enough to see the field on the regular basis or will they just be depth guys. Often times my fear is the depth needs.

And they probably aren’t asking for the world in NIL. I know Iowa State to almost start from scratch in their OL room.

[SW_Mustang]

It feels gross, but I wonder if any programs will begin to use the transfer portal as a recruiting tool, almost as if it's a JUCO feeder program. "Come here and help us by playing well for a year or two, you might get ____ offers at that time."

One of our coaches was tweeting support for PK's signing - made me think of your post again.

Might have been genuine support, but definitely had a "see what we did here? Come play for us" kinda vibe.

[MrMustang]

D2 is going to have now get diamonds in the rough and hope to get 2 good years from them.

And then work the FCS bounceback thing hard to replace those players.

That is the future

[SW_Mustang]

SMSU Transfer-Outs + Offers (Commits):

Parker Knutson DB - Bryant, Robert Morris, Western Illinois, NCCU, UTEP, UT-Martin, Campbell, James Madison, Arkansas State, North Texas, Iowa, Colorado State, Iowa State, Minnesota
SaMaury Alexander DB - New Mexico Highlands, UT-Martin, North Alabama, Lindenwood, Central Arkansas, Tennessee State
Miskir Esayas QB -
Kaden Lunsford Safety - Jamestown, Olivet Nazarene, Sioux Falls, Western New Mexico, St. Ambrose, Pace, Glenville State
Jamsley LaGuerre DB - Ottawa-AZ, WVWU, Arkansas Tech, Lake Erie
Carlos Turner QB -
Wendell Tchalassi DB/WR - Hastings, Augsburg
Wyatt Oak QB - Ottawa-AZ, Kansas Wesleyan
Trever Schauer WR - UWW, SJU, UWRF, Winona State
Maliek Igiehon DB - Ottawa-AZ, Shaw, Virginia-Lynchburg, Glenville State, WVWU
Kevin McGee RB -Arkansas Baptist, William Wood
Payton Allen DL - UWRF
Roman Garcia OL - UW-Stout
Cam Enright Safety/OLB - Lincoln (MO), Sioux Falls
Calvin McIntosh RB -


List updated. I removed Cohen Bloemers (DE) as it appears he was not in the portal - not sure why I thought he was.

[Iowacoo]

Caden Maas to Iowa State. Congrats to him .

[Stanger86]

One of our coaches was tweeting support for PK's signing - made me think of your post again.

Might have been genuine support, but definitely had a "see what we did here? Come play for us" kinda vibe.

Might be a little bit of both, but it seems like genuine support out of Marshall....

"Parker put himself into a strong position like this," Underwood told St. Cloud LIVE on Tuesday, Jan. 6. "He came here as a redshirt and developed into the player he is now. He had five interceptions (as a redshirt freshman) and eight this past season. He put himself on the radar and led all divisions in interceptions for most of this season. He has great football acumen. He's one of the smartest defensive backs I've ever coached.

"He puts in a lot of film study, understands defenses and knows that piece so well. And, his hand-eye coordination is top-notch. He makes interceptions in traffic and is always in the right spot. Some if it is the coaching, but more of it is him putting in the work to get to this level."

https://www.stcloudlive.com/sports/c...golden-gophers

[Purple Mav Man]

It’s my belief the portal is proving what the vast majority of us already think, but generally don’t say out loud too often…
The lines between good D2 players and FCS (even FBS) caliber players are very blurry. Elite FBS is of course another level entirely, but we get the opportunity to see some damn good players.

[Stanger86]

It’s my belief the portal is proving what the vast majority of us already think, but generally don’t say out loud too often…
The lines between good D2 players and FCS (even FBS) caliber players are very blurry. Elite FBS is of course another level entirely, but we get the opportunity to see some damn good players.

Absolutely. It's often about funding and depth of talent more than anything.

[Matt Witwicki]

I'm waiting to see more NAIA and D3 guys move into D2. Seems like that would be the next thing..naturally.

[SW_Mustang]

I'm waiting to see more NAIA and D3 guys move into D2. Seems like that would be the next thing..naturally.

I was thinking about that - I can see some of that happening, but I always thought D3 had a lot of academic appeal that D2 doesn't have. A solid player at Carleton might not be as interested in moving to D2 as a solid player at SMSU is interested in going D1, if that makes sense.

It will be interesting to see what happens either way.

[SW_Mustang]

Might be a little bit of both, but it seems like genuine support out of Marshall....

"Parker put himself into a strong position like this," Underwood told St. Cloud LIVE on Tuesday, Jan. 6. "He came here as a redshirt and developed into the player he is now. He had five interceptions (as a redshirt freshman) and eight this past season. He put himself on the radar and led all divisions in interceptions for most of this season. He has great football acumen. He's one of the smartest defensive backs I've ever coached.

"He puts in a lot of film study, understands defenses and knows that piece so well. And, his hand-eye coordination is top-notch. He makes interceptions in traffic and is always in the right spot. Some if it is the coaching, but more of it is him putting in the work to get to this level."

https://www.stcloudlive.com/sports/c...golden-gophers

Yeah, I think it was meant to be genuine (Bullerman's tweet), it just kinda read like an advertisement. I think what caught me off guard is seeing a coach be publicly supportive of a departing player, I don't think I've seen it before (aside from the usual media-trained pleasantries).

Then again - it would be kind of a low thing not to be supportive. The guy worked hard, gave us our all, left on good terms for an opportunity he clearly earned. No reason not to support something like that.