2024 Transfer Thread - The Pedantic Circlejerk

[TheMailBox357 213]

21 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Bryson Rodgers. 

 

I just looked up tOSU's 2023 season team stats & it looks like Bryson Rodgers didn't have a single reception + he was a '23 unanimous nationally unranked low 4-star recruit coming out high school in Florida.

He doesn't fit the profile for the type of player UT would go after in the portal. Especially when UT already has 3 '23 nationallly ranked unproven WRs on the roster they already like.

 

EDIT:

Looks like IT agrees with that Horns247 tweet:

 

 

Edited January 1 by TheMailBox357

[Rickylovesweed 15521]

10 minutes ago, TheMailBox357 said:

I just looked up tOSU's 2023 season team stats & it looks like Bryson Rodgers didn't have a single reception + he was a '23 unanimous nationally unranked low 4-star recruit coming out high school in Florida.

He doesn't fit the profile for the type of player UT would go after in the portal. Especially when UT already has 3 '23 nationallly ranked unproven WRs on the roster they already like.

Sark wanted him in the '23 class. 

The fact Rodgers didn't play any as a true FR in a wide receiver room as talented as Ohio State isn't going to scare off a coach who trusts their evaluations. 

 

[Sheep Have Wool 1053]

13 minutes ago, TheMailBox357 said:

I just looked up tOSU's 2023 season team stats & it looks like Bryson Rodgers didn't have a single reception + he was a '23 unanimous nationally unranked low 4-star recruit coming out high school in Florida.

He doesn't fit the profile for the type of player UT would go after in the portal. Especially when UT already has 3 '23 nationallly ranked unproven WRs on the roster they already like.

My favorite parts of your posts are the grammar and spelling errors.

My least favorite? The grease stains.

Why are you here, Ketch?

[Getafix 29459]

 

VIP intel: New Transfer Portal prospect to watch for Texas

Hank South (Horns 247)

 

Spoiler

 

VIP intel: New Transfer Portal prospect to watch for Texas

Hank South (Horns 247)
 

Ohio State wide receiver Bryson Rodgers is reportedly set to enter the Transfer Portal, Horns247 has confirmed. A native of Zephyrhills (Fla.) Wiregrass Ranch, Rodgers signed with the Buckeyes as a part of the class of 2023. The 6-foot-2, 185-pounder ranked as the No. 49 wide receiver and No. 357 overall prospect in the country, per the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Horns247 is told that Rodgers is a player the Longhorns staff could pursue once his name officially shows up in the Transfer Portal. UT offered Rodgers in May of 2022, just a couple of weeks after he pledged to the Buckeyes. We're told the interest would be mutual.

His first year in Columbus Rodgers appeared in one game against Michigan State on Nov. 11. He didn't accrue any stats. 

247Sports' Andrew Ivins considered Rodgers one of the more unique prospects in all of 2023. The following is Ivins' evaluation coming from the high school level:

"Slight of frame, especially for a wide receiver prospect that isn’t exactly known for his long speed times, but plays with an exuberant amount of confidence, which allows him to create separation in traffic and then pickup chunks of yardage after the catch. Ability to accelerate in the snap of a finger is without a doubt a strength at this stage in his development while rubber band-like joints allow him to change directions with ease. Posted respectable numbers as a junior while catching passes from a Power Five signee in a shotgun-based spread attack (42 receptions for 645 yards and 17 touchdowns). Saw production dip a bit as a senior in one of the Sunshine State’s higher classifications, but that might have had more to do with the lack of talent around him. Must add some body armor over the next few years and befriend his strength coach while learning how to do the little things like block out on the perimeter, but has a chance to emerge as a bonafide playmaker on Saturdays given how he runs routes and competes. Likely to add value to a team’s quick passing game."

Texas signed one of the best wide receiver classes in the country in 2024 thus far, adding five-star Ryan Wingo, Houston transfer Matthew Golden, and four-stars Aaron Butler, Parker Livingstone, and Freddie Dubose.

Stay tuned to Horns247 for more.

 

 

Interesting comment in the thread:

 

 

[Hiphopopotamos 21191]

10 minutes ago, Getafix said:

 

VIP intel: New Transfer Portal prospect to watch for Texas

Hank South (Horns 247)

 

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VIP intel: New Transfer Portal prospect to watch for Texas

Hank South (Horns 247)
 

Ohio State wide receiver Bryson Rodgers is reportedly set to enter the Transfer Portal, Horns247 has confirmed. A native of Zephyrhills (Fla.) Wiregrass Ranch, Rodgers signed with the Buckeyes as a part of the class of 2023. The 6-foot-2, 185-pounder ranked as the No. 49 wide receiver and No. 357 overall prospect in the country, per the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

Horns247 is told that Rodgers is a player the Longhorns staff could pursue once his name officially shows up in the Transfer Portal. UT offered Rodgers in May of 2022, just a couple of weeks after he pledged to the Buckeyes. We're told the interest would be mutual.

His first year in Columbus Rodgers appeared in one game against Michigan State on Nov. 11. He didn't accrue any stats. 

247Sports' Andrew Ivins considered Rodgers one of the more unique prospects in all of 2023. The following is Ivins' evaluation coming from the high school level:

"Slight of frame, especially for a wide receiver prospect that isn’t exactly known for his long speed times, but plays with an exuberant amount of confidence, which allows him to create separation in traffic and then pickup chunks of yardage after the catch. Ability to accelerate in the snap of a finger is without a doubt a strength at this stage in his development while rubber band-like joints allow him to change directions with ease. Posted respectable numbers as a junior while catching passes from a Power Five signee in a shotgun-based spread attack (42 receptions for 645 yards and 17 touchdowns). Saw production dip a bit as a senior in one of the Sunshine State’s higher classifications, but that might have had more to do with the lack of talent around him. Must add some body armor over the next few years and befriend his strength coach while learning how to do the little things like block out on the perimeter, but has a chance to emerge as a bonafide playmaker on Saturdays given how he runs routes and competes. Likely to add value to a team’s quick passing game."

Texas signed one of the best wide receiver classes in the country in 2024 thus far, adding five-star Ryan Wingo, Houston transfer Matthew Golden, and four-stars Aaron Butler, Parker Livingstone, and Freddie Dubose.

Stay tuned to Horns247 for more.

 

 

Interesting comment in the thread:

 

 

Played 6 snaps this season. The 247 profile did say he’d need some major S&C work before being ready  

I don’t mind using Ohio St as a minor league to get our guys ready. 

[Red Five 41739]

Not exactly a plug and play guy to replace Mitchell. 

We are losing Mitchell, right? Rodgers as a second WR take would make more sense if Mitchell comes back.

[Rickylovesweed 15521]

14 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Not exactly a plug and play guy to replace Mitchell. 

We are losing Mitchell, right? Rodgers as a second WR take would make more sense if Mitchell comes back.

He's a completely different type WR than Mitchell. 

[totallynotabuttpirate 5484]

I'd much prefer Marvin Harrison Jr. 

[Schulz2.0 29280]

Ohio State's On3 affiliate:

[Elmer_Fudd 22994]

Pretty sure this guy's brother is a starter for them.  Guessing he'll hit the road to?

 

[Dewey 3332]

23 minutes ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

I'd much prefer Marvin Harrison Jr. 

If we don't get him, the coaching staff needs to go! 

[TheMailBox357 213]

Looks like both of tOSU's '23 WRs with the last name Rogers are entering the portal:

 

 

[billfromlaketravis 11823]

1 hour ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Bryson Rodgers. 

 

Explain this one to me. He didn’t record a catch for fOSU in 2023.

[Scholz 12309]

I know this sounds aggy, but I’m gonna go ahead and trust the Sark on WR evals.  He won a WR the Heisman for chrissakes.

[Vermin 3171]

3 minutes ago, Scholz said:

I know this sounds aggy, but I’m gonna go ahead and trust the Sark on WR evals.  He won a WR the Heisman for chrissakes.

With Mac Jones no less, an awful awful QB

[Bevo 13899]

Either tOSU WR could help us.

[SydneyCarton 49506]

12 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Explain this one to me. He didn’t record a catch for fOSU in 2023.

Arch Manning didn’t play but 10 snaps in garbage time. Why would we want to keep him on our roster again?

[Hiphopopotamos 21191]

Had been rumors about Ohio St. Guess not. 
 

 

[Sheep Have Wool 1053]

15 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Explain this one to me. He didn’t record a catch for fOSU in 2023.

I'm from Missouri on this guy, but this is the sort of stat that makes me curious about the NIL/portal market and how negotiation works there. The Texas roster has a number of players who haven't shown up in stats in a significant way that I think it would suck to lose, but how much bandwidth does Texas - or anyone else - have to look for them on other teams?

[Getafix 29459]

25 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Explain this one to me. He didn’t record a catch for fOSU in 2023.

 

 

 

Jameson Williams

 

 

 

[MrX 804]

Sark offered the dude. Not surprised we have interest. 

[chad.ihrig 611]

Had been rumors about Ohio St. Guess not. 
 
 

If he is down to Miami or the NFL, he should go to the NFL. A year under Cristobal is only going to sink drop his draft position.

[Newy25 7916]

1 hour ago, TheMailBox357 said:

Looks like both of tOSU's '23 WRs with the last name Rogers are entering the portal:

 

 

First of all, what the fuck is going on at Ohio State? They are going to be 7-5 next year. Secondly, this guy was a bad ass recruit and everyone will offer him. 

[billfromlaketravis 11823]

45 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Had been rumors about Ohio St. Guess not. 
 

 

The Norvell stench must be pretty awful right now. Jesus. 

[Rickylovesweed 15521]

1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

Arch Manning didn’t play but 10 snaps in garbage time. Why would we want to keep him on our roster again?

This. Ja'Tavion Sanders hardly played as a FR. Cook hardly played as a FR. The list continues. 

If Sark thinks Rogers is talented a lack of production in 1 year is not going to change his mind (especially in a WR room as talented as Ohio State). Also, it sounds like Alabama wants Rogers based on their boards so we are far from the only school that sees potential here. 

 

Edited January 1 by Rickylovesweed

[MrX 804]

Ryan Watts played 122 defensive snaps at Ohio State. 

…is Cam Ward even that good?  I’ve never been impressed. Miami sounds like a great spot for him. 

[PNWhornsfan 391]

1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Pretty sure this guy's brother is a starter for them.  Guessing he'll hit the road to?

 

In addition to his brother being a starter for OU, their Dad is the RB coach at Notre Dame.

[Rickylovesweed 15521]

4 minutes ago, MrX said:

Ryan Watts played 122 defensive snaps at Ohio State. 

With the portal becoming a bigger thing and NIL there will be a lot more younger players entering after just 1 or 2 years. See Alabama this year adding Bertrand (OL) and Overton (DL) who hardly played at aggy.

Only adding "productive" players from the portal is a bad approach because of the changing landscape. 

 

[Getafix 29459]

(Buckeye 247)

 

👀  👀  👀 

 

 

My guess is Antwi or Grayes.

- I *think* they expect Egbuka back

- Tate played quite a bit

- They expect Innis to be ... innit in '24

- Couple of uber frosh

So they're still quite loaded ... but any of Egbuka/Tate/Innis or any issues with the frosh - all very unlikely - would cause a meltdown.

 

 

 

[Rickylovesweed 15521]

That's the problem with having an elite recruiter like Hartline. He stacks the wide receiver room which makes it difficult for younger players to get on the field. 

 

 

[Vermin 3171]

16 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

That's the problem with having an elite recruiter like Hartline. He stacks the wide receiver room which makes it difficult for younger players to get on the field. 

 

 

Sounds like more of a solution than a problem.

[MrX 804]

Ohio State on the downswing?  I don’t mind that. They never hit rock bottom but a 2-3 year lull would be fine with me. 

[futureman 22704]

2 hours ago, Vermin said:

Sounds like more of a solution than a problem.

no shit.  I want that problem. 

[Hookem2147 22035]

11 hours ago, Danimal said:

Here's my take on transfer portal needs:

1. Don't need anything from the transfer portal:

• QB
• OL
• RB
• DE
• K

2. Definite immediate need; should be looking for someone right now:

• DT
• TE
• P

3. Reevaluate if a transfer is needed after spring ball:

• LB
• WR
• S
• CB

If they wanted a punter it feels like they would have moved on one by now. Sanborn was our first portal visitor last cycle iirc.

Having two scholarship punters doesn’t feel like the best allocation of resources. If you are going to take a HS specialist and put him on scholarship it needs to be someone who can play off the bat.

[Rickylovesweed 15521]

8 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

If they wanted a punter it feels like they would have moved on one by now. Sanborn was our first portal visitor last cycle iirc.

Having two scholarship punters doesn’t feel like the best allocation of resources. If you are going to take a HS specialist and put him on scholarship it needs to be someone who can play off the bat.

Yeah, I don't think we are taking a punter. 

Sark said something during the signing day press conference along the lines of "Sanborn was a stopgap and they think Kern is the best HS punter in the country." 

[Rickylovesweed 15521]

It also seems like this kid has an insane leg. 

 

[Lhorn 5095]

Fuckin’ A!!  That’s a boot.  

[Huckleberry 34666]

Not bad, some good roll there but he also doesn't get nearly maximum pullback before extension so there's still room for improvement in his foot velocity at impact. 

Wait, is that too nerdy on a high school punt clip? 

Edited January 1 by Huckleberry

[RabidM 2757]

6 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Not bad, some good roll there but he also doesn't get nearly maximum pullback before extension so there's still room for improvement in his foot velocity at impact.

[Napoleon 8835]

2 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

Not bad, some good roll there but he also doesn't get nearly maximum pullback before extension so there's still room for improvement in his foot velocity at impact. 

Wait, is that too nerdy on a high school punt clip? 

The BOLD section sounded a little Sandusky-esque.

[NoName 17151]

5 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

Not bad, some good roll there but he also doesn't get nearly maximum pullback before extension so there's still room for improvement in his foot velocity at impact. 

Wait, is that too nerdy on a high school punt clip? 

[TheFlyingBoat 913]

6 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

It also seems like this kid has an insane leg. 

 

This is gruntling

[closetojumping 65436]

11 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Pretty sure this guy's brother is a starter for them.  Guessing he'll hit the road to?

 

He was overrated coming out in part because of his brother’s performance at Indiana. Otherwise, there is no explanation other than the services are absolute trash, which, I guess, works too. 

11 hours ago, Scholz said:

 

11 hours ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Had been rumors about Ohio St. Guess not. 
 

 

There’s some thought that Ohio State thought they had this guy coming in at a reasonable number. Then Matt Rhule fucked them with his quote about what QBs are getting. Then Miami and FSU showed up saying they could do that. 

11 hours ago, Sheep Have Wool said:

I'm from Missouri on this guy, but this is the sort of stat that makes me curious about the NIL/portal market and how negotiation works there. The Texas roster has a number of players who haven't shown up in stats in a significant way that I think it would suck to lose, but how much bandwidth does Texas - or anyone else - have to look for them on other teams?

Guys like this don’t command much or anything in the portal.  Potential is great and all, but money to unproven players goes to HS recruits. 

10 hours ago, Newy25 said:

First of all, what the fuck is going on at Ohio State? They are going to be 7-5 next year. Secondly, this guy was a bad ass recruit and everyone will offer him. 

If you look at Ohio State more closely since Day took over, you’ll see that they’ve overrecruited key positions and basically ignored others on their roster. Their offensive line is headed towards dogshit. 

[Herpa Derpa 6344]

2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

If you look at Ohio State more closely since Day took over, you’ll see that they’ve overrecruited key positions and basically ignored others on their roster. Their offensive line is headed towards dogshit. 

[Js1 87187]

2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

If you look at Ohio State more closely since Day took over, you’ll see that they’ve overrecruited key positions and basically ignored others on their roster. Their offensive line is headed towards dogshit. 

Never go full Tom Herman

[Newy25 7916]

Ohio State’s offense took a step back this year which isn’t surprising given they just lost their QB to the NFL draft and it turns out he is pretty fucking good. But look at how many starters and  key contributors just hit the portal. I get that they stacked the WR room and some attrition is to be expected but that offense might look like total dog shit next year. 

[Elmer_Fudd 22994]

2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

If you look at Ohio State more closely since Day took over, you’ll see that they’ve overrecruited key positions and basically ignored others on their roster. Their offensive line is headed towards dogshit. 

Yep, seven of the eight top commits in tOSU's 24' class is skill players and DB's.

[WBT 20980]

I think we'll be catching both Michigan and OSU at good times in the upcoming series.

[BurntOrange&White 41882]

1 hour ago, Newy25 said:

Ohio State’s offense took a step back this year which isn’t surprising given they just lost their QB to the NFL draft and it turns out he is pretty fucking good. But look at how many starters and  key contributors just hit the portal. I get that they stacked the WR room and some attrition is to be expected but that offense might look like total dog shit next year. 

Ohio states O line has been shit since they changed coaches

[Bevo 13899]

2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Ohio states O line has been shit since they changed coaches

Well, they are changing again.