• Transfer Portal Thread

 #95704  by gofurman
 Tue Dec 17, 2024 1:09 am
FUATT wrote:
Mon Dec 16, 2024 5:40 pm
FUwolfpacker wrote:
Mon Dec 16, 2024 3:00 pm
FUwolfpacker wrote:
Mon Dec 16, 2024 11:19 am
FUATT wrote:
Mon Dec 16, 2024 11:11 am
I would not expect Maier, Robinson or Hicks to be back. I think Hinton and Chappel could come back. Not sure on Balliew.
Since Balliew committed to UWG, that feels pretty definite. If Maier and Robinson aren't likely to come back, then I doubt anyone will be back. Hinton and Chappel seem like they have enough offers at this point to expect that they won't be coming back. Those that have come back in the past (Blackshear, Yates, and Clark) did not have many public offers. Of course none of us know for sure.

If no one comes back AND no one else goes in, Furman will have had less portal turnover than most. Again, a lot can happen in 12 days. We'll see where everything shakes out in the spring.
Just following up on this. I just noticed that Maier is not on the 2025 roster. Given Chappel and Hinton are on the roster and Ingram and Holmes are not, I'm guessing there is something else going on here (either he graduated and is off the roster like Hicks and Robinson, or he's off for some other reason like Holmes and Ingram). Either way, feels very likely he's not coming back. We'll see how the coaches address it going forward.
I kind of hinted earlier that Maier would not be back...
This
 #95716  by FUBeAR
 Tue Dec 17, 2024 2:55 pm
Copied from “2025 Recruiting? thread…
FUBeAR wrote:
Wed Dec 04, 2024 1:58 pm
Here’s an OL prospect Coach FUBeAR would take a long look at …

* Anderson, SC native
* Began at Mercer and played a good bit. May have even started a few games or more. FUBeAR remembers him being solid with plenty of upside.
* Transferred to South Carolina, as a PWO, FUBeAR understands.
* FUBeAR, fall of ‘23, asked a Gamecock Coach FUBeAR know about him … “great kid” was his response.



Just might want a Grad degree that FU offers.
Hope our Paladins at least have given this young man a look-see…

* Career: 32 games played
* 13 Starts (Mercer)
* Mansell appeared In 2 games for the Gamecocks in 2024, but had 924 snaps w/ Mercer allowing only 1 sack

Last edited by FUBeAR on Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
 #95719  by FUwolfpacker
 Tue Dec 17, 2024 4:31 pm
Wofford got huge news today as Maximus Pulley and CJ Coombes are both coming back to Wofford after being in the portal. Wofford's defense should be solid again heading into next year.
 #95720  by Sad Din
 Tue Dec 17, 2024 6:02 pm
FUwolfpacker wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2024 4:31 pm
Wofford got huge news today as Maximus Pulley and CJ Coombes are both coming back to Wofford after being in the portal. Wofford's defense should be solid again heading into next year.
anything that helps woofy come in 7th place again next year is A-OK with SD.
 #95723  by FUBeAR
 Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:59 pm
AllTimeFU wrote:
Tue Dec 17, 2024 10:49 pm
Anybody make sense of this?
Translation (maybe) … Neal Brown, WVU’s fired Coach recruited FCS level talent. New Coach (also old Coach, 2001-2007), Rich Rodriguez, is going to cut them all and bring in FBS quality Players. The current Players will end up at an FCS School … like Furman.

Furman is a relatively random placeholder in this context. Typically, SoCon schools are named in these kind of ‘disses’ because people know the names of SoCon FCS Schools because of the money games played against SEC schools.

Do an X search using “Mercer” “Alabama” as your search terms, you’ll see.

Make sense?
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 #95729  by The Jackal
 Wed Dec 18, 2024 12:53 am
Crocker was another walk-on.

I'm a little bit interested in the guys that either fall off or stay on the roster during this period.
 #95731  by FUwolfpacker
 Wed Dec 18, 2024 7:49 am
It will be interesting for sure. I don't think anyone at Furman has publicly commented on it recently, and I'm not sure we know for sure about roster sizes yet. If Furman is still going to have to follow the 105 player roster limit despite not revenue sharing, then it will be interesting to see which walk ons stick around and which ones leave. I know Furman has at least 3 PWOs committed already (Morin, Roach, and Gaulding), and I think we've lost 4 or so to the portal. That's not a ratio that's going to get us down to 105 (if we have to be there). Of course, maybe they would make the "cuts" after spring practice if we have to trim the roster.
 #95732  by AllTimeFU
 Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:28 am
The Jackal wrote:
Wed Dec 18, 2024 12:53 am
Crocker was another walk-on.

I'm a little bit interested in the guys that either fall off or stay on the roster during this period.
Is your interest in the second half of this first period? Thinking the first half were one type of player and the second half of this first period might be a different type?
 #95735  by FUBeAR
 Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:53 am
Putting this here in case any Furman Football Fans care about the losses (currently) facing the ‘24 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place SoCon Teams. If it should be elsewhere, our fastidious mods can move or delete it…

Mercer
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Red or orange (FUBeAR is color blind) means out of eligibility/declared graduating (Sr. Day honoree)/in portal

Offense - 5 starters / 6 on 2-Deep
Defense - 7 starters / 10 on 2-Deep
Total O&D - 12 starters / 16 on 2-Deep


WCU
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Red/pink means gone / yellow means maybe gone ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Offense - 9 starters (not including QB Cole Gonzales (in portal)) / 13 on 2-Deep
Defense - 7 starters / 15 on 2-Deep (includes ‘maybes’)
Total O&D - 16 starters / 28 on 2-Deep


Chatt
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Yellow - listed as Sr. or in Portal

Offense - 6 starters / 7 on 2-Deep
Defense - 9 starters / 11 on 2-Deep
Total O&D - 15 starters / 18 on 2-Deep
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 #95738  by Sad Din
 Wed Dec 18, 2024 10:45 am
Somethings gonna have to be done about xfer portal. Even FBS playoff teams are losing players.

Theres only 3 things that need to be addressed

1. Timing of Portal entries (seems it should be after season ends)
2. Amt of NIL contracts. Some of them are crazy.
3. Lack of commitment or contracts. Even the pros have contracts.

Other thoughts?
 #95740  by FUATT
 Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:23 am
Pretty sure we are going to have to hold to the 105. We don't have many more than that and the portal will help resolve it. I don't think there will be any crisis there if we do hold to 105.
 #95741  by The Jackal
 Wed Dec 18, 2024 11:35 am
Sad Din wrote:
Wed Dec 18, 2024 10:45 am
Somethings gonna have to be done about xfer portal. Even FBS playoff teams are losing players.

Theres only 3 things that need to be addressed

1. Timing of Portal entries (seems it should be after season ends)
2. Amt of NIL contracts. Some of them are crazy.
3. Lack of commitment or contracts. Even the pros have contracts.

Other thoughts?
SMU's coach advocated for a system closer to the NFL, with offseason free agency and then a series of OTAs (as opposed to spring practice).

I'm sure the transfer portal window is to accommodate kids moving schools before the spring semester, but it is putting programs in a spot where their roster is in complete flux during the season.
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