Look Who's Transferring Now (The Portal)

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[ScriptOhio]

Look who is not transferring now: Many of the potential 2027 QBs

College football transfer QB market faces severe shortage with top passers staying put

With Mississippi State's Kamario Taylor finalizing a deal to become the latest high-profile quarterback to resign with his team, the 2027 college football transfer QB pool is looking like a seller's market

www.cbssports.com

College football transfer QB market faces severe shortage with top passers staying put​

With Mississippi State's Kamario Taylor finalizing a deal to become the latest high-profile quarterback to resign with his team, the 2027 college football transfer QB pool is looking like a seller's market​

Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor is set to become the latest quarterback to re-sign with his program on Wednesday as he finalizes a deal with the Bulldogs, multiple outlets report.

With a contract expected to make him the highest-paid quarterback in the sport, Taylor's retention is a game-changing moment for the program. It's also yet another shot into the heart of the transfer portal quarterback class.

Over the past several weeks, Missouri's Austin Simmons, Oregon State's Braden Atkinson and Nebraska's Anthony Colandrea have all reportedly signed deals to return to their programs. While plenty of contracts could be tested -- similar to Darian Mensah at Duke last season -- the number of portal targets is quickly declining.

Out of the top 25 passers in college football, only 13 of them are listed as underclassmen. From that group, several are expected to either enter the NFL Draft early or return to their current schools, including Alabama's Keelon Russell and Oklahoma State's Drew Mestemaker.

There's another group of quarterbacks who recently transferred into a program and might not want to start all over again. That includes names like Wake Forest's Gio Lopez, Baylor's DJ Lagway and Kentucky's Kenny Minchey.

Unless something changes, the top quarterbacks on the board could be Memphis's Marcus Stokes, Texas State's Brad Jackson or NC State's CJ Bailey -- good players, but not ones ready to swing a national championship race.

Complicating matters, there's a stunning number of teams hoping to find a program savior in the transfer portal. Texas A&M and Oklahoma view themselves as a quarterback away from returning to the playoff. Indiana and Miami have ridden transfers to the top. Even Oklahoma State and Notre Dame could look to the market if they lose passers to the NFL.

Of course, there are a few wild cards in the mix. Texas quarterback Arch Manning has settled down in the second half of the year, but there were rumors he could explore his options. The same is true for Oregon's Dante Moore, who turned down being the No. 2 pick in the NFL Draft to return to school. After missing the second half of the season with a concussion, he might want a fresh start.

Schools like LSU (Sam Leavitt) and Ohio State (Julian Sayin) will also have to make difficult decisions on quarterback contracts. But after looking to the market, they would be smart not to overthink things.
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[Jaxbuck]

Look who is not transferring now: Many of the potential 2027 QBs

College football transfer QB market faces severe shortage with top passers staying put

With Mississippi State's Kamario Taylor finalizing a deal to become the latest high-profile quarterback to resign with his team, the 2027 college football transfer QB pool is looking like a seller's market

www.cbssports.com

College football transfer QB market faces severe shortage with top passers staying put​

With Mississippi State's Kamario Taylor finalizing a deal to become the latest high-profile quarterback to resign with his team, the 2027 college football transfer QB pool is looking like a seller's market​

Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor is set to become the latest quarterback to re-sign with his program on Wednesday as he finalizes a deal with the Bulldogs, multiple outlets report.

With a contract expected to make him the highest-paid quarterback in the sport, Taylor's retention is a game-changing moment for the program. It's also yet another shot into the heart of the transfer portal quarterback class.

Over the past several weeks, Missouri's Austin Simmons, Oregon State's Braden Atkinson and Nebraska's Anthony Colandrea have all reportedly signed deals to return to their programs. While plenty of contracts could be tested -- similar to Darian Mensah at Duke last season -- the number of portal targets is quickly declining.

Out of the top 25 passers in college football, only 13 of them are listed as underclassmen. From that group, several are expected to either enter the NFL Draft early or return to their current schools, including Alabama's Keelon Russell and Oklahoma State's Drew Mestemaker.

There's another group of quarterbacks who recently transferred into a program and might not want to start all over again. That includes names like Wake Forest's Gio Lopez, Baylor's DJ Lagway and Kentucky's Kenny Minchey.

Unless something changes, the top quarterbacks on the board could be Memphis's Marcus Stokes, Texas State's Brad Jackson or NC State's CJ Bailey -- good players, but not ones ready to swing a national championship race.

Complicating matters, there's a stunning number of teams hoping to find a program savior in the transfer portal. Texas A&M and Oklahoma view themselves as a quarterback away from returning to the playoff. Indiana and Miami have ridden transfers to the top. Even Oklahoma State and Notre Dame could look to the market if they lose passers to the NFL.

Of course, there are a few wild cards in the mix. Texas quarterback Arch Manning has settled down in the second half of the year, but there were rumors he could explore his options. The same is true for Oregon's Dante Moore, who turned down being the No. 2 pick in the NFL Draft to return to school. After missing the second half of the season with a concussion, he might want a fresh start.

Schools like LSU (Sam Leavitt) and Ohio State (Julian Sayin) will also have to make difficult decisions on quarterback contracts. But after looking to the market, they would be smart not to overthink things.
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[buckeyebri]

Went back to January in the thread and there was genuine excitement about the incoming portal class for this season. Moore and Little, Russaw and Smith were D headliners. Here’s a flashback from 11W on what we gained what we lost.

Ohio State Transfer Portal Tracker: Buckeyes Add 18 Transfers, Lose 31 Players to Transfer Portal

Ohio State has added 18 transfers, including three former Alabama defenders and Baylor kicker Connor Hawkins, while it lost 31 scholarship players to the portal.

www.elevenwarriors.com

 

[ScriptOhio]

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/50453999/ncaa-multiple-transfers-lowering-graduation-rates-sports

NCAA: Multiple transfers tied to lower graduation rates across college sports​

The NCAA released data Wednesday that showed the graduation rate for a set of Football Bowl Subdivision players who transferred more than once was 27% lower than those who stayed put their entire career, numbers it portrayed as a "warning sign" in the ongoing legal wrangling over eligibility and player movement.

The NCAA provided the data to The Associated Press during a season in which it is being sued around the country by players seeking a fifth year of eligibility, with that fifth year almost always involving a transfer. Courts have ruled against the NCAA's new eligibility rules in multiple cases.

The statistics analyzed the six-year graduation rate -- considered on time when redshirts and other factors were weighed in -- for around 36,000 athletes who enrolled in college in the 2018-19 school year. Black athletes across all sports saw the most precipitous decline -- from an 82% graduation rate with no transfers, to 74% with one and 62% with more than one.

The data showed that regardless of race, gender or sport, multiple transfers typically had graduation rates 10 percentage points lower than those who transferred once and 15 to 20 percentage points lower than peers who never transferred.

"This data should serve as a flashing red warning sign that the court-imposed transfer rules are resulting in worse academic outcomes for many student-athletes," NCAA President Charlie Baker said. "But thankfully Congress is closer than ever to passing a bill to reverse this trend."

The Protect College Sports Act, which faces an uncertain future in the House, would curtail future eligibility lawsuits against the NCAA, though the current legal actions would not be impacted.

Among other data provided by the NCAA:

-- While the FBS players saw a 28% decline in the graduation rate between non-transfers and multiple transfers, the number was 21% for players in the smaller-school Championship Subdivision.

-- In women's basketball, the rate fell from 90% for non-transfers to 77% for multiple transfers.

-- Men's basketball actually saw an uptick in graduation rates for non-transfers (74%) to those who transfer once (80%). Often, those transfers play their final year at a different college after earning their degree at the original school. But the number drops to 67% for multiple transfers.

-- The graduation gap for Black athletes who didn't change schools and those with multiple transfers was 20%, while for white athletes it was 14%.

 

[Gizmo]

What?!?! Kids being paid millions to not go to class, aren't going to class? At least when the money was scholarships, they had to be held to some kind of academic standard.

 

[Jaxbuck]

This data should serve as a flashing red warning sign that the court-imposed transfer rules are resulting in worse academic outcomes for many student-athletes," NCAA President Charlie Baker said. "But thankfully Congress is closer than ever to passing a bill to reverse this trend."

Truth: “I don’t give a flying fuck if any of the meat on the hoof lives or dies as long as they perform and draw eyeballs. Speaking of money- our lobbiest are closer than ever to buying us an anti trust exemption so we can keep most of it”

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

What?!?! Kids being paid millions to not go to class, aren't going to class? At least when the money was scholarships, they had to be held to some kind of academic standard.

Only at the places that tried to abide by the rules

North Carolina flouted those rules completely and got a slap on the wrist.

Rules are only rules if they’re enforced

The ncaa only enforces rules if you cooperate, and they define cooperation as a full on, Ohio State style bend over ankle grab

 

[scarletngray]

The NCAA has got everything under control. Nothing to see here folks. Time to move along.