Cutting an incoming transfer has always wreaked havoc in previous versions of the game, and that's just one of those things that EA will never fix. I've had the transfer tag randomly assigned to other players when I've cut transferred players. Sometimes those guys newly tagged as transfers have been upper classmen that didn't have a redshirt available. I'd rather not take that chance. Also, I'm guessing (but not certain) that transfers affect the number of recruits that can be signed. Last year, I have a 22 player recruiting class plus three transfers. I had plenty of players on my board, with me in the top spot. There was no other reason for me only having 22 recruits. This season in my OD, I have signed 25 recruits prior to the offseason. I have zero transfer requests, despite being in a prime position for a ton of requests to come my way.