'24 Transfer Portal

[Orangeslice13]

Same ones who think Milton throws the ball too hard.

Milton has his flaws but he’s no where near the main issue this year.

First mistake Nico makes next year, this place will go ape sh*t.

Right.
Milton wasn’t great but good lord how many passes were dropped? And not the bullets either. The deep passes that were lobbed in.

 

[Orangeslice13]

I remember the Michigan LB that everyone lost their minds over. How did he work out for us.

In fact most of our portal picks have been busts with a slim few exceptions

 

[RiseToTheTop]

This staff just loves the players that have been here ten yrs and are not very good. It’s kinda their thing to not be too aggressive in the portal. Def not fun this time of yr. We will see how it works out.

 

[NighthawkVol]

It’s called the QB.

When you go from Bo Nix to Milton…yeah

He was dropping balls right in his hands. Hard to blame that on Milton. Thornton was clearly uncomfortable early in the year and got more comfortable later, after he moved to an outside WR spot. Milton was the QB when he wasn't playing well and when he was, so no, it wasn't just the QB.

That said, I think he could be a stud next season if he puts in the work this offseason.

 

[TrippieRedd]

He was dropping balls right in his hands. Hard to blame that on Milton. Thornton was clearly uncomfortable early in the year and got more comfortable later, after he moved to an outside WR spot. Milton was the QB when he wasn't playing well and when he was, so no, it wasn't just the QB.

That said, I think he could be a stud next season if he puts in the work this offseason.

…I’m saying Nix distributes the ball more/better.


We force fed Thornton and had to get him up to speed quickly. Especially with Bru out and the rest of our WR being kind of meh

 

[NighthawkVol]

…I’m saying Nix distributes the ball more/better.

I know. But he can't catch the ball for Thornton. Distributing the ball had nothing to do with the fact he dropped most of the passes thrown to him in the first half of the season.

 

[csprig9]

They got a second string QB and a WR who had one reception during the 23 season….

Yeah
I don’t get all the hoopla they are getting
Same **** every year leads to 7-5 lol

 

[volfan411]

…I’m saying Nix distributes the ball more/better.


We force fed Thornton and had to get him up to speed quickly. Especially with Bru out and the rest of our WR being kind of meh

I believe seeing Thornton struggle is hurting us with some of these one and done guys. These guys are looking to come in and show case their skills and jump to the NFL and if the struggle the same it could hurt their draft stock. I won‘t even go into what An unproven QB does to our chances with some of these big time WR’s.

 

[PYSCHO]

Yeah
I don’t get all the hoopla they are getting
Same **** every year leads to 7-5 lol

some are just enamored with name, what school were at and stars (in high school) in the portal. There is a reason they are in the portal and it is not always to change. Some are/were overrated and just not what that school thought they were.

 

[volbeast33]

Vandagriff would have 100% started over Milton this year if he transferred here last offseason and was given an actual QB battle, that WR they got would easily be a starter here, or at least the 4th wr in our 4 wr sets, they are also in on Julian Flemming, another wr that would be one of our better wr’s

How does anyone know that? Neither guy played any meaningful minutes.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Right.
Milton wasn’t great but good lord how many passes were dropped? And not the bullets either. The deep passes that were lobbed in.

I'm glad I won't have to see another perfectly thrown deep ball to Ramel Keyton end up overthrown because he can't judge a deep pass and slows down, so it ends up just out of reach. He did it again against Vandy. But that was always the QB's fault.

 

[Ghost of Archvol]

I'm bored, so let's break down some numbers.

QB - Nico will be the starter next year, Merk will be backup. Those (currently) will be our only scholarship QBs. So that's 2.

RB - Jabari Small could come back, but speculation suggests he won't. Signs point to Wright going pro. Sampson, Seldon, and Keith should all be back and joined by Lewis. I've never been sure of Bishop's scholarship status, but 247 does not list him as a scholarship player. So, if that's the case, and Small leaves, that puts us at 4.

WR - Keyton will be gone. Hopefully Bru and Thornton are both back. Squirrel, Nimrod, Webb, Leacock, and Spillman will be joined by Matthews and Staley. So with Bru and Thornton, that would make 9.

TE - McCastles and Warren are gone. That leaves Davis and Okoye with no current recruits. So 2.

OT - Jeremiah Crawford is gone. Campbell has already said he will be back. Mincey and Davis can come back, but haven't made their intentions known, I don't believe. Johnson, Grant and Umarov are also still there and will be joined by Warren, Anderson, and Perry. So, that could be 9.

IOL - Lane is gone. Nichols and Clipper have hit the portal. Mays, Spraggins, and Lampley can come back, but have not made their intentions known. That leaves Karic, Reddick, Lang, and Bussell to be joined by Ginther and Satterwhite. So, could be 10.

So, on offense, could be up to 36. Wouldn't be surprised if a few more of those left. I think we could upgrade over Davis and Lampley in the portal.

Now, defense.

Edge - Harrison is gone, and Baron is in the portal. That leaves Pearce, Josephs, Herring and Bradley to be joined by Ross. So 5.

DL - Garland is gone. Big O and Simmons can come back but haven't announced a decision. So then it's ONL, Bailey, Eason, West, Jenkins, Robinson, Hobbs, Duncan, and Weathersby to be joined by Gentle, Lindstrom, and Heard. So, 14.

LB - Beasley is gone. I believe Little Garland is gone as well. Pili has said he's coming back. Herring, Perry, Carter, Telander, and Smith will be joined by Spillman and Burns. So, 8.

CB - Hadden and Dee Williams are gone. Slaughter, Turnage, and Burrell are in the portal. Jeudy-Lally could return but hasn't said. That leaves Rucker, Harrison, Matthews, RGIII, and Conyer to be joined by Beasley and Goree. So, if GJL comes back, 8.

S - Tank is gone. I think Walker could come back, and so could McDonald. Luttrell is in the portal. That leaves Charles, Thomas, Turrentine, and Slaughter to be joined by Boo and Farooq. So, at most, 8.

So, 43 on defense? That would put us at 79. Add the punter, and it's 80. The kicker is out of eligibility. So 80, assuming certain players decide to come back and no one else leaves. And, again, players don't actually count until they're enrolled. Seems like the flexibility should be there.

I feel better after reading your post. . I think our two biggest needs in the portal are CB and TE. Need a shut down guy at corner who’s ready to play day 1. Same with TE. Anything else is gravy

 

[Orangeslice13]

I'm glad I won't have to see another perfectly thrown deep ball to Ramel Keyton end up overthrown because he can't judge a deep pass and slows down, so it ends up just out of reach. He did it again against Vandy. But that was always the QB's fault.

Twice this year he dropped wide open deep passes…..then catches a fastball on the sideline. Crazy

 

[butchna]

Did my post say “I want to be like UK”

No. I said the posters that have said those two are meh, and are the same ones that said Milton was a great pickup.

Back in 2021? DIRT was a great pickup with that roster outlook…and we had residual Guarantano PTSD.

 

[butchna]

I believe seeing Thornton struggle is hurting us with some of these one and done guys. These guys are looking to come in and show case their skills and jump to the NFL and if the struggle the same it could hurt their draft stock. I won‘t even go into what An unproven QB does to our chances with some of these big time WR’s.

Vandagriff is unproven…and a standing member of AARP.

 

[volfan411]

Vandagriff is unproven…and a standing member of AARP.

If your point is KY landed a WR then Cottrell is unproven so they will be good together.

I for one wouldn’t have been upset if UT pursued Vandagriff for depth but I am sure he was looking to start somewhere.

 

[volinbama256]

Juice gonna end up at Ole Miss? He'll light it up there... He'd light it up here too but..

 

[JCVol00]

I'm bored, so let's break down some numbers.

QB - Nico will be the starter next year, Merk will be backup. Those (currently) will be our only scholarship QBs. So that's 2.

RB - Jabari Small could come back, but speculation suggests he won't. Signs point to Wright going pro. Sampson, Seldon, and Keith should all be back and joined by Lewis. I've never been sure of Bishop's scholarship status, but 247 does not list him as a scholarship player. So, if that's the case, and Small leaves, that puts us at 4.

WR - Keyton will be gone. Hopefully Bru and Thornton are both back. Squirrel, Nimrod, Webb, Leacock, and Spillman will be joined by Matthews and Staley. So with Bru and Thornton, that would make 9.

TE - McCastles and Warren are gone. That leaves Davis and Okoye with no current recruits. So 2.

OT - Jeremiah Crawford is gone. Campbell has already said he will be back. Mincey and Davis can come back, but haven't made their intentions known, I don't believe. Johnson, Grant and Umarov are also still there and will be joined by Warren, Anderson, and Perry. So, that could be 9.

IOL - Lane is gone. Nichols and Clipper have hit the portal. Mays, Spraggins, and Lampley can come back, but have not made their intentions known. That leaves Karic, Reddick, Lang, and Bussell to be joined by Ginther and Satterwhite. So, could be 10.

So, on offense, could be up to 36. Wouldn't be surprised if a few more of those left. I think we could upgrade over Davis and Lampley in the portal.

Now, defense.

Edge - Harrison is gone, and Baron is in the portal. That leaves Pearce, Josephs, Herring and Bradley to be joined by Ross. So 5.

DL - Garland is gone. Big O and Simmons can come back but haven't announced a decision. So then it's ONL, Bailey, Eason, West, Jenkins, Robinson, Hobbs, Duncan, and Weathersby to be joined by Gentle, Lindstrom, and Heard. So, 14.

LB - Beasley is gone. I believe Little Garland is gone as well. Pili has said he's coming back. Herring, Perry, Carter, Telander, and Smith will be joined by Spillman and Burns. So, 8.

CB - Hadden and Dee Williams are gone. Slaughter, Turnage, and Burrell are in the portal. Jeudy-Lally could return but hasn't said. That leaves Rucker, Harrison, Matthews, RGIII, and Conyer to be joined by Beasley and Goree. So, if GJL comes back, 8.

S - Tank is gone. I think Walker could come back, and so could McDonald. Luttrell is in the portal. That leaves Charles, Thomas, Turrentine, and Slaughter to be joined by Boo and Farooq. So, at most, 8.

So, 43 on defense? That would put us at 79. Add the punter, and it's 80. The kicker is out of eligibility. So 80, assuming certain players decide to come back and no one else leaves. And, again, players don't actually count until they're enrolled. Seems like the flexibility should be there.

I dont think Ross is on scholarship, so that gives us 3 more spots if thats the case? Wouldnt mind giving elijah herring, walker, and Mcdonald the GIT to free up 3 more spaces so we can beef up TE, OL and DB (upgrade over walker and mcdonald) better

 

[ERvolsfan]

 

[Orangeslice13]

Vandagriff is unproven…and a standing member of AARP.

Lololol

 

[Adam Sandler]

Can we get some good portal news for gods sake?! Been open a week, top prospects on there. Lock some impact players down Huep!

 

[Brawlvol]

Can we get some good portal news for gods sake?! Been open a week, top prospects on there. Lock some impact players down Huep!

If you look around a lot of the big programs have yet to sign a portal player. Be patient young grasshopper

 

[MarcoVol]

I'm bored, so let's break down some numbers.

QB - Nico will be the starter next year, Merk will be backup. Those (currently) will be our only scholarship QBs. So that's 2.

RB - Jabari Small could come back, but speculation suggests he won't. Signs point to Wright going pro. Sampson, Seldon, and Keith should all be back and joined by Lewis. I've never been sure of Bishop's scholarship status, but 247 does not list him as a scholarship player. So, if that's the case, and Small leaves, that puts us at 4.

WR - Keyton will be gone. Hopefully Bru and Thornton are both back. Squirrel, Nimrod, Webb, Leacock, and Spillman will be joined by Matthews and Staley. So with Bru and Thornton, that would make 9.

TE - McCastles and Warren are gone. That leaves Davis and Okoye with no current recruits. So 2.

OT - Jeremiah Crawford is gone. Campbell has already said he will be back. Mincey and Davis can come back, but haven't made their intentions known, I don't believe. Johnson, Grant and Umarov are also still there and will be joined by Warren, Anderson, and Perry. So, that could be 9.

IOL - Lane is gone. Nichols and Clipper have hit the portal. Mays, Spraggins, and Lampley can come back, but have not made their intentions known. That leaves Karic, Reddick, Lang, and Bussell to be joined by Ginther and Satterwhite. So, could be 10.

So, on offense, could be up to 36. Wouldn't be surprised if a few more of those left. I think we could upgrade over Davis and Lampley in the portal.

Now, defense.

Edge - Harrison is gone, and Baron is in the portal. That leaves Pearce, Josephs, Herring and Bradley to be joined by Ross. So 5.

DL - Garland is gone. Big O and Simmons can come back but haven't announced a decision. So then it's ONL, Bailey, Eason, West, Jenkins, Robinson, Hobbs, Duncan, and Weathersby to be joined by Gentle, Lindstrom, and Heard. So, 14.

LB - Beasley is gone. I believe Little Garland is gone as well. Pili has said he's coming back. Herring, Perry, Carter, Telander, and Smith will be joined by Spillman and Burns. So, 8.

CB - Hadden and Dee Williams are gone. Slaughter, Turnage, and Burrell are in the portal. Jeudy-Lally could return but hasn't said. That leaves Rucker, Harrison, Matthews, RGIII, and Conyer to be joined by Beasley and Goree. So, if GJL comes back, 8.

S - Tank is gone. I think Walker could come back, and so could McDonald. Luttrell is in the portal. That leaves Charles, Thomas, Turrentine, and Slaughter to be joined by Boo and Farooq. So, at most, 8.

So, 43 on defense? That would put us at 79. Add the punter, and it's 80. The kicker is out of eligibility. So 80, assuming certain players decide to come back and no one else leaves. And, again, players don't actually count until they're enrolled. Seems like the flexibility should be there.

If we only have 3 spots, why do posters keep freaking out about not adding from the portal? Sure seems like we have to be super selective deciding on which groups to add to with those 3 spots. Obviously TE is one. If we take 1 TE from portal, then 2 spots left. That’s it

 

[volinbama256]

If you look around a lot of the big programs have yet to sign a portal player. Be patient young grasshopper

That's because they have so much depth already and aren't as in need as programs like ours who have a good first string, but no depth after that...

 

[Vol737]

Or what?
Will bitch and moan like spoiled children?

Or go into next season with more gaps than we have now? I’m just saying the ones on this forum saying the staff is telling portal guys to look elsewhere hopefully does mean we got some fish on the hook. If not, yeah some are gonna gripe and moan to no avail, but that’s what we do on VN. You okay, Slice?