2024 Transfer Portal Ins/Outs
- Thread starter Mavric
- Start date
swmohusker
Active member
On3 takes into account all the departures too. That hurts our ranking bc we have a ton of players transferring out bc we carried such a large roster and have to get down to 105. We have brought in high quality players, but have lost of ton of average to below average players.Huskerfollower4life said:
Huskerfollower4life
Active member
I don't know if Dasan is considered a safety for us bc I thought he was going to play one of the linebacker spots
Last edited by a moderator:
Sounds like Rhule wants him to be basically an Edge rusher, so not even a true linebacker.
USDSM Huskerlover
New member
This - I have read over and over that NU wants him near or at the LOS and to be rushing the passer.
GO BIG RED!!!!!!!!
GO BIG RED!!!!!!!!
Wistrom Disciple
Active member
So an average of 16-18 high school recruits per year. That a whole lot less opportunity to play FBS unfortunately. Hopefully it means the FCS, DII, etc. will experience better talent, but also results in thousands of players no longer being able to play college football.
Toe
Active member
Way more than that. Each class is going to be larger to account for portal attrition. And remember, the total roster size is decreasing, but the number of scholarships is increasing. There will be whole lot more opportunities to get a scholarship to an FBS school.
The walk-ons are affected, yes, but a lot of them will have G5-level scholarship opportunities that they wouldn't have had before. And the ones who prove themselves at G5 level will have upward portal opportunities, akin to the way the best walk-ons used to be given scholarships (albeit at a new school instead of their current one).
Last edited by a moderator:
Wistrom Disciple
Active member
You are conflating things a bit here. Yes, there will be more scholarships to go around in the FBS. Also yes, there will be a lot fewer players in college football. Nebraska is 'cutting' ~50 from this past year. Many of these players could go on to play on a G5 level team which is great. However, most of those players would be then taking the roster spot already occupied which pushes that G5 player down to an FCS level, DII, DIII, etc. At some point, hundreds (thousand?) of players find themselves without a roster spot and no longer play the sport.
This year we added 16 transfers along with a HS class of 20. That is just under 35% of our roster next season will be new guys. Assuming the general outcome is roster attrition of ~25-30 guys per year, how many spots does a staff reserve each year for 17-19 year old freshmen, many of whom won't contribute for at least a year? I suspect we would likely max out at around 20 HS players in any given year though that can fluctuate. Due to the money being tossed around and our recent successes with transfers, I think we are more likely go after the known commodity, mercenary types (Spindler, McCullogh) than the projects (Knutson & Peters as an example).
Last edited by a moderator:
Toe
Active member
@Wistrom Disciple All you're really arguing for is that you want more football players who aren't receiving scholarships. And all I can say is that I consider having thousands more students receiving scholarships (20 extra scholarships times 134 FBS teams = up to 2680 extra scholarships) to be a far, FAR better situation than simply having more players on a football team. If you disagree with that, well, alrighty then.
Last edited by a moderator: