Sampson James (RB Indiana, transfer to Purdue, transfer BACK to Indiana)

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Aaaaaaaand back in the portal.

https://247sports.com/Article/India...ers-NCAA-Transfer-Portal-Tom-Allen-168989959/

 

[ScriptOhio]

Well, I know its the interwebs and not everything you read has the bonafides like Mcbutthurt but here is something posted on 11W 2019 class thread:

Hoosierbuck7 41 MINUTES AGO
Circled back to my sources - for confidentiality I'll just say there's a lot more going on here than what Birm and Wiltfong are reporting. Wish James the best of luck, as apparently he's been playing at 60% all season. If he heads to IU...they've gotten themselves a good young man.

Let me break it down for people:

OSU: your having a sub par senior year.
Sampson: I'm only playing with 60% effort.
OSU: That doesn't cut it at OSU
Sampson: What about IU?
OSU: Yup.
Sampson: see ya
OSU: see ya

Surprised by this

Re: He was a hell of a steal from Ohio State on the recruiting front. Would be a big loss yo the backfield.

Maybe not that much of a steal for Indiana as some people originally thought. He was either "over rated" or is grossly under preforming. I find it hard to believe he's still playing at 60% in college, but who knows?

 

[buchtelgrad04]

Entering the portal twice clearly illustrates that he isn’t or hasn’t bought all the way in. I doubt that it’s a team problem.

Good luck to the young man.

 

[NFBuck]

Re: He was a hell of a steal from Ohio State on the recruiting front. Would be a big loss yo the backfield.

Maybe not that much of a steal for Indiana as some people originally thought. He was either "over rated" or is grossly under preforming. I find it hard to believe he's still playing at 60% in college, but who knows?

Overrated, underperforming, or had the misfortune of being coached by Bike Hart?

 

[LordJeffBuck]

 

[OHSportsFan]

Wow. Going to the rivals.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Wow. Going to the rivals.

At least the move wasn’t very far…

 

[BayBuck]

Chris Barclay > Bike Hart

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

That's weird.

 

[NFBuck]

 

[pnuts34]

That's weird.

Agreed. I guess he wanted to stay in the B1G, and the top teams (OSU, Pedsters, Wisky) had no openings.

 

[Abenaki]

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

i’m not 100% convinced Chambers ends up at RB... he might start there.. but i don think he finishes his buckeye career there

props for this post

 

[Abenaki]

Specifically, no.

But Sampson was at the game yesterday. I'm guessing that he got some bad vibes from the coaching staff.

Ohio State's depth chart is also not favorable: Dobbins has one year left and he will be the man next season; it looks like Snead and Teague will redshirt this year, giving them 4 more years each; Steele Chambers now looks like an RB for the Class of 2019; and Darvon Hubbard is the guy for 2020.

It's fun looking back sometimes and seeing how things work out.