Transfer Portal - General Comments

[El Paso Eagle]

Listening to ESPNU radio last night they had a guest on the gave some interesting comments on the portal. His company is one that does Analytics for over 100 colleges.

Around 35% of the players who enter the Portal (FBS-FCS-D2 and D3) get scholarships - FBS numbers higher but they did not give the percentages 

Commented that of those who sign, around 65%-70% contribute at the new school

Referenced that due to cost considerations many schools will focus more on transfers as they are less expensive than high school players to recruit.

He said three of the schools he works with in FBS had no plans to recruit HS players for the 2022 class

Edited April 23, 2021 by El Paso Eagle

[Tom McKrackin]

9 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

He said three of the schools he works with in FBS had no plans to recruit HS players for the 2022 class

Wow!

[El Paso Eagle]

He also commented that "better" HS school players will be available for "smaller" FBS and FCS schools due to programs using up their 25 with transfers. My concern here is if the player will look at the G5 program (for example) as a temporary stop until he can transfer like the linemen from Charlotte last year that transferred to Arkansas. 

[Wag Tag]

We are a tweener. We can attract better HS kids and also attract kids from bigger schools that want to play. They can only sit out once and play right away during their career?

[El Paso Eagle]

13 minutes ago, Wag Tag said:

We are a tweener. We can attract better HS kids and also attract kids from bigger schools that want to play. They can only sit out once and play right away during their career?

I believe with the one time no sit change they could actually transfer a second time, sit out a year and still play four years during a five year.

[greenjoe]

What happens to the 65% of players that enter the portal and are not picked up ?  Do they return to their original school or are they on their own ?  Are all players in the transfer portal current scholarship players looking for another scholarship ?

[El Paso Eagle]

16 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

What happens to the 65% of players that enter the portal and are not picked up ?  Do they return to their original school or are they on their own ?  Are all players in the transfer portal current scholarship players looking for another scholarship ?

Form what I have heard once the player enters the portal he has given up his scholarship. It looks to be up to the school but it seems that most let them finish out the semester. Many are left without offers and must pay their own way or choose not to return to school.

There are also Walk-ons who are looking to move on. Some players do end up returning to their team, but the school does not have to take them back once they enter the portal.

[outoftown]

On 4/23/2021 at 2:55 PM, El Paso Eagle said:

He said three of the schools he works with in FBS had no plans to recruit HS players for the 2022 class

Not surprised. Why would you. They transfer in, their one time transfer is over. They come from High school, they get good, they leave. They are expensive to recruit and need to be derecruited upon arriving. It makes sense to do recruit HS players it if you get market inefficiency, but for that the pendulum first has to swing the other way.

[GrandGreen]

On 4/23/2021 at 11:23 AM, El Paso Eagle said:

Form what I have heard once the player enters the portal he has given up his scholarship. It looks to be up to the school but it seems that most let them finish out the semester. Many are left without offers and must pay their own way or choose not to return to school.

There are also Walk-ons who are looking to move on. Some players do end up returning to their team, but the school does not have to take them back once they enter the portal.

All ships are one year.  However, obviously most coaches are not going to bring back someone who wanted to transfer.  Exceptions obviously will be made for exceptional players. 

[El Paso Eagle]

29 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

All ships are one year.  However, obviously most coaches are not going to bring back someone who wanted to transfer.  Exceptions obviously will be made for exceptional players. 

I would think a lot has to do how the player and the coach are able to discuss the reasons and how to move forward.