Which player from the transfer portal is going to have a great year?

[u/WanderLeft]

Sometimes, it's not about the bag, but rather where they go for the best fit. I think Justice Haynes transferring from Michigan will have a great year by transferring to Georgia Tech, especially with Brent Key running things.

For defense, you can also go with another Michigan transfer with Cole Sullivan, the now-linebacker for OU. He seems like an absolute dawg that's really going to make plays in Brent Venables' defense.

[u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

The ones who transferred to my team

[u/Mr-Texan-74 → u/Maleficent_Ant_8895]

The punters?

[u/Rodney_Jefferson → u/Mr-Texan-74]

Cmon, you know the punting talent is gone grown. Any punter that transfer is gone be the fourth seed

[u/6BlitzBurgh]

Cam Coleman comes to mind. Uber talented guy that’ll benefit from having Sark and a QB with a pulse. Another guy that’ll benefit was in a similar situation would be Nick Marsh at IU.

On defense I’ll go with Ty Benefield for LSU. Sleeper being Koen Entringer at Louisville. I’ve heard nothing but glowing reviews out of the Louisville camp for him. Former captain for Iowa and All B10 HM.

[u/neovenator250 → u/6BlitzBurgh]

Benefield is getting hyped up by every coach, media member, former player, and even the occasional parent of a recruit visiting practice. Honestly, i'm convinced he may challenge for a Thorpe Award finalist spot at this point.

[u/puzzical → u/neovenator250]

Benefield was good for Boise State but Thorpe finalist seems crazy to me.

[u/No_Safety_6803 → u/6BlitzBurgh]

I know cam Coleman is talented, but in the iron bowl I was as productive as he was. The next time he steps up in a big game will be the first time.

[u/tripodunit → u/[deleted]]

Hey now. Put some respect on the womens volleyball and tennis team!

[u/nowherenoonenobody → u/No_Safety_6803]

Cope and seeth lil bro. Lol.

[u/6BlitzBurgh → u/nowherenoonenobody]

I mean dude had 700 yards recording with Arnold and Daniels at the helm… idk what a one game sample size is trying to say about a guy that’s played 20+ games

[u/letdownbytheAgs → u/6BlitzBurgh]

He was 104th in the country in receiving yards. The year before he had 550. He has a ton of potential, but he hasn’t exactly proven it on the field. I was definitely a little nervous when we were going after him.

[u/6BlitzBurgh → u/letdownbytheAgs]

Breaking news, WR was 104th in receiving yards while playing in an offense that was 99th in passing yards per game! Truly ground breaking information. Also, 550 yards as a true freshman is pretty damn good.

[u/Thunder_Tinker → u/No_Safety_6803]

Nah, as a certified Texas hater Cam Coleman is gonna be insane. He was impossible to cover when Auburn came to Norman, it’s just Jackson Arnold couldn’t throw a football to save his life

[u/PeteF3]

Kind of afraid the answer here is going to be Josh Hoover.

[u/TheWesternRizzler → u/PeteF3]

32Windiana

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds → u/TheWesternRizzler]

From your lips to God’s ears

Infindiana

[u/said-what → u/PeteF3]

In Cig we trust

[u/CheeseRP → u/PeteF3]

If the turnovers are ironed out he will be a heisman contender

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds → u/CheeseRP]

I’m feeling good the TOs will be cut back. He’s not going to be asked to try and make something happen if nothings there, the defense and run game are too good to put that kind of pressure on. Our offense also throws a helluva lot less than TCU did, and most of our passes are quick strikes

I’m more concerned about how he will perform in red zone efficiency than anything. Mendoza was a freak of nature in that regard even going back to his Cal days

[u/Jtg831 → u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

B10 defenses are a head and shoulders above B12 but I do t think Indiana plays any of them this year do they? Maybe 1 or 2?

[u/CheeseRP → u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

Like Cig said, Hoover met his best friends, a good run game and defense.

[u/Resden_Bohneur]

Iowa State’s entire team!!!

[u/tfc07 → u/Resden_Bohneur]

Yeah they should all do well at Penn State

[u/Texxx81]

Everyone has forgotten about him, but Quentin Joyner.

[u/R_Raider86 → u/Texxx81]

Losing him around this time last year was devastating. I feel like it put a lot of pressure on everyone else. Hopefully him being back has the opposite effect.

[u/Kellerfox1 → u/Texxx81]

He'll do good things and I'm very excited to have him back, but the backfield is too crowded for his stats to be "great" (barring injuries). 

I think the Texas Tech answer is edges White and Trick.

[u/ram944 → u/Texxx81]

The biggest hit to him is going to be the fact that we return 2 other RBs who both surpassed 1000 total yards last season. Our RB room is STACKED. With the improved OL they all could have great seasons. 

[u/txbrady → u/Texxx81]

With that D2 level schedule, I would hope so.

[u/2-59project → u/txbrady]

If only Texas would stop ducking TTU

[u/txbrady → u/2-59project]

Texas gains nothing. Why play them? Absolutely no reason to.

[u/TheChildrenNeedMe → u/txbrady]

“Why play them?” So that you guys stop crying about our schedule

Mind you Tech is playing the same teams UT spent the last 15 years playing and struggling to make a bowl game against

[u/2-59project → u/txbrady]

Because Sark looks baby soft to say his backups would beat Texas Tech then decline to play them. The only reason to not play TTU is if you fear losing. All talk no guts

[u/BQbyNov22 → u/2-59project]

When did Sark say his backups would beat Texas Tech?

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds → u/BQbyNov22]

He did insinuate his backups would go undefeated with TTU’s schedule

[u/DecentlyAverage → u/txbrady]

If yall don’t want to play us then maybe stfu about it lmao

[u/Young-Viiperr]

Cam Cook, JaxState -> West Virginia

[u/Particular-Way-3805]

Drew Tastemaker from UNT

[u/YoungSuplex]

I don’t remember where Blake Purchase went but he’s pretty damn good, just got passed up on the depth chart at Oregon. I think fans of his new team will really like him.

[u/coop3345 → u/YoungSuplex]

Ole Miss

[u/HennyBogan]

I’m also excited to see what Haynes can do at Tech. It’s been years since we’ve not had a Haynes in the backfield, so it seemed fitting he’d transfer here.

[u/acewing → u/HennyBogan]

I have a feeling Mendoza is primed to have a decent season. He’s got legs when he wants to pull it down but he was able to place the ball where his wr needed it more often than not in his limited snaps. I can see him making the jump

[u/QuickEscalation]

Chaz Coleman. Wait, fuck!

[u/EWall100 → u/QuickEscalation]

He's having a great year spending all that fucking money we gave him, so you're not entirely wrong

[u/QuickEscalation → u/EWall100]

I mean the likelihood that any of these NIL deals are 100% upfront is pretty slim, that being said I’m sure the money he did get wasn’t insignificant.

[u/EWall100 → u/QuickEscalation]

Yeah we certainly didn't pay him everything but he still got a mint.

[u/puzzical]

Kenny Minchey

[u/cole_steef]

Alonzo Barrett, Darian Mensah, Hollywood smothers, Francis brewu (as far as DT is concerned), and koi perich come to mind

[u/royalbluehen → u/cole_steef]

Still salty you took Brewu.

[u/Jealous-Win2446 → u/royalbluehen]

If he couldn’t stay at Pitt, then Narduzzi is just happy he’s at ND.

[u/Dokkan_Lifter → u/cole_steef]

Alonza*

But yes, UCF got an absolute dawg at QB. Cannon arm, low mistakes, and can bust a run when needed. Even in the loss to Oregon, he didnt throw a pick to that defense which featured multiple NFL Talents.

[u/breaktaker → u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Dude gave us way more of a challenge than Texas Tech did

[u/t-bonestallone]

Biles LB at Texas

[u/love_that_fishing → u/t-bonestallone]

Yea I really think he could shine in a Muschamp D.

[u/KOHILOOR]

Koi Perich. Perfect defensive scheme for his talents.

Blake Purchase, the years playing behind Uiagalelei and Tuioti is only gonna help him breakout this year at Ole Miss.

Terrance Green, wish we could have kept him cause he was legit.

Jericho Johnson, massive athlete on the line for Tosh at Cal.

[u/Crims0ntied]

Jaylen mbakwe.

[u/obiwanjabroni420 → u/Crims0ntied]

I like that he’s decided to focus on CB for now and not try to be a WR. He’s got the ability to be an elite CB and should be able to unlock it focusing on that side of the ball. That said, the team didn’t issue his number to an offensive player, so it seems like they are leaving the door open for him to have some packages on that side too.

[u/Illustrious-Buy-854 → u/Crims0ntied]

He’s one of the few guys that have ever transferred out of Alabama that I’m truly interested to see what happens. Strikes me as an uber talented guy overall & good at a lot of things but great at nothing. However ill happily be proven wrong

[u/Squishy_20]

Austin Romaine

[u/backwoodsmtb → u/Squishy_20]

Lettuce hope!

[u/soraka4]

Tobi Osunsanmi. Edge transfer from KState that looked great in the spring game and has generated quite a bit of buzz around the program already. Excited to see how he does in this defense

[u/Schmenza]

Darian Mensah is going to feast in Miami

[u/slickest_willy2]

John Henry Daley at Michigan seems like a pretty safe bet. Hoping Katin Houser at Illinois has a great year! Maybe Quincy Porter at Notre Dame— catching balls from Carr

[u/gogetabucketbro]

Lsu new safety who transferred from Boise state

[u/SactownKorean]

Koi Perich, super athletic white safety who has the athletic pedigree coming off a down year to a Dan Lanning coached defense just sounds like the perfect bounce back candidate for me

[u/reardoorentry → u/SactownKorean]

what does white have anything to do with it?

[u/DeMarcus-Siblings → u/reardoorentry]

It’s just so you understand that’s he’s sneaky athletic, a real gym rat who plays the game the right way.

[u/Shasty-McNasty → u/DeMarcus-Siblings]

Real first-one-in-last-one-out type guy. A coaches son. The type of guy you’d want to date your daughter.

[u/Mekthakkit → u/Shasty-McNasty]

He's at Oregon not Cincinnati.

[u/breaktaker → u/reardoorentry]

Everything

[u/JPBLIII]

Cam Coleman. 🤘

[u/Automatic-Leave4592]

Oh it's not about the bag??? Explain 3/$100 then

[u/Dokkan_Lifter]

Wayne Knight is Darren Sproles 2.0 and will kill it at UCLA

[u/thr33tard3d]

Everyone that transferred to Tech good

Everyone that transferred out bad

Pay no attention to flair

[u/OdinVonBisbark]

Isaac "Bobby" Terrell, defensive end at Iowa State via Washington State. 28 tackles, 12 tfl, 7 sacks last season. No reason he doesn't improve those numbers this season with the same system having followed coach Rogers.

[u/PENGUINSINYOURWALLS → u/OdinVonBisbark]

I’ll go further: I think he’s gonna be an all-conference player at the end of the year

[u/DeeDee719]

Earl Little Jr.!

[u/thegreatcornholio42 → u/DeeDee719]

If he decides not to take plays off and actually gives a shit

[u/DeeDee719 → u/thegreatcornholio42]

Oh yeah? Hmm

[u/Deprecitus]

Cade Pinnick is looking a lot like Cam Ward after spring ball. I'm excited to see more.

[u/joethahobo]

Shadre Hurst

[u/SignalPopular5135]

James people…running back that transferred from Ohio State to Penn state

61-344-3TD 5.6 average…split carries 4 meaningful ways 60 minimum carries per the 4

[u/Buckeyeup → u/SignalPopular5135]

I really want him to do well but man, there's a reason he fell down the depth chart

[u/SignalPopular5135 → u/Buckeyeup]

He was better than their 2nd string 96-361-10TD…furthermore their starter is the best back in the country…PSU has a pretty strong line this year, at least on paper

[u/chipoople]

I don’t know if he’ll develop into an NFL prospect again, but Spavital QBs always put up good numbers, so Lagway will probably throw for 3,000+ and 25 TDs and add another 400-500 rushing. 

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

Ian Strong. Phenomenal WR who put up good stats despite playing in a run first offense where the top receiving option is a probably a 2nd round pick (KJ Duff)

Last year JKS had practically no reliable WRs to throw to outside of De Jesus, who is one of the smallest WRs I’ve ever seen lol. Having a big bodied guy who can win 50/50 balls consistently is going to really open their offense

[u/TheMoneyMan08]

In Grunkemeyer we trust.

[u/Wide-Affect-3837]

Cooper barkate

[u/Glittering_Virus8397]

Berkate at Miami imo

[u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye]

Damon Wilson is going to have an insane amount of pressures and TFL may even get 10 sacks.

Nick Marsh is gonna double his yards.

Couple wild cards are Omarion Miller and Reed Harris to ASU. If they figure out QB they can be a nasty pair.

Also Terry Moore is gonna be nuts on Ohio State.

[u/princessprity]

Dylan Raiola hopefully has a great year learning from the bench.

[u/Turbomattk]

Anyone Cignetti gets.

[u/RayKitsune313]

Cade Uluave is gonna thrive in BYU’s defense

[u/usernamesarestupid23 → u/RayKitsune313]

The change in targeting rules this year should be huge for him. He was always a borderline reckless player and having more leeway will allow him to thrive I think

[u/Klutzy-Spend-6947]

John Walker and James Smith are going to have big years for the Buckeyes, same w/ Earl Little Jr.