2023 Transfer Thread - Texas Capitalized, ATM Victimized

7 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Allegedly TFB is reporting that Barron plans to test the portal waters for NIL reasons.

 

 

3 minutes ago, NOMAAA said:

get the fucking pizza company on that shit and keep him in Austin.  McCombs has to know the Schwans people up in Minnesota.  Figure shit out!

Someone find out where Worthy's corvette is.

11 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Allegedly TFB is reporting that Barron plans to test the portal waters for NIL reasons.

Schools are going to have to add a NIL/contracts team to negotiate annual contracts with players. Good for the players but this is funny, not so funny chaos shit to watch from the sidelines.

Allegedly TFB is reporting that Barron plans to test the portal waters for NIL reasons.

This doesn’t surprise me at all. I was gonna mention this during worthy’s drama. Worthy and him are close and Barron tried to do it last year with Oregon so no surprise at all.

 

 

21 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Allegedly TFB is reporting that Barron plans to test the portal waters for NIL reasons.

What do UT football players make as a minimum? I remember oline make extra 50k each. TEs have Burnt Ends.

27 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Allegedly TFB is reporting that Barron plans to test the portal waters for NIL reasons.

Wow no way again?

42 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Allegedly TFB is reporting that Barron plans to test the portal waters for NIL reasons.

Who alleged that TFB reporting this? Can't someone just check? 

Edited November 30, 2022 by Viper

1 minute ago, Viper said:

Who alleged that TFB reporting this? Can't someone just check? 

 

1 minute ago, Viper said:

Who alleged that TFB reporting this? Can't someone just check? 

I am sure it was Vogel but Barron is on the "must keep" list. This was expected

3 minutes ago, Viper said:

Who alleged that TFB reporting this? Can't someone just check? 

It was posted on another site.  I don't have a TFB sub.

1 minute ago, Burntcowboy said:

 

Wasn’t Oregon the school that tried to get him last time the portal was open? Hope we don’t end up in a bidding war with them, but I’d much rather keep Barron than Worthy, all things being equal. 

7 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

This seems like a good time for $500 surly bet.

10 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

No shit Texas is going to try and keep him.   Anyone got 750k and and a 12 month Lambo lease laying around?

Edited November 30, 2022 by Hiphopopotamos

6 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

The only way this works is if a big part of the pitch is "you'll be getting a lot of Worthy's catches", IMO.

Just now, tokamak said:

The only way this works is if a big part of the pitch is "you'll be getting a lot of Worthy's catches targets", IMO.

FIFY

16 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

I am sure it was Vogel but Barron is on the "must keep" list. This was expected

I get this but do players have to enter the portal to negotiate?  

4 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

No shit Texas is going to try and keep him.   Anyone got 750k and and a 12 month Lambo lease laying around?

maybe he can be the special guest at the Burnt Ends camp and we can pay him with enthusiastic high 5s?  Actually that would be a bad idea.  No one is more competitive than CTJ and he'll beat Whitt in a footrace and force him back into the portal

6 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

No shit Texas is going to try and keep him.   Anyone got 750k and and a 12 month Lambo lease laying around?

For a player like Jordan, who is a threat but has had some nagging injuries in his past, what would likely be a number to keep him?  $750K seems lofty. 

4 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

maybe he can be the special guest at the Burnt Ends camp and we can pay him with enthusiastic high 5s?  Actually that would be a bad idea.  No one is more competitive than CTJ and he'll beat Whitt in a footrace and force him back into the portal

2 minutes ago, markstanco said:

For a player like Jordan, who is a threat but has had some nagging injuries in his past, what would likely be a number to keep him?  $750K seems lofty. 

A player with his injury history should go where the guaranteed money is.  I’m not a big NFL guy so don’t know much about the draft contracts but aren’t only the top 3 rounds guaranteed money?  If he is a very late round pick or projected to go undrafted then he should come back to Texas and make the guaranteed NIL money.

2 minutes ago, txhorns said:

If he is a very late round pick or projected to go undrafted then he should come back to Texas and make the guaranteed NIL money.

That’s the pitch.

1 hour ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Several Texas coaches (Marion, Banks, Choice, and ADOPP JM Jones) already following:

 

Big-time track athlete. As a senior, placed second at Florida’s 1A track meet in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Also part of a 4x100 squad that took home bronze. Owns personal bests of 10.33 (3.6), 10.53 (2.1), 10.62, 10.72 and 10.83 in the 100. Also played basketball at the prep level. Averaged 10.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg and 4.3 apg as a 12th-grader.

There is little chance Whittington is drafted considering his injury history. We also didn't play him a ton on special teams because of his injury history so the value he might be able to provide there to a NFL team is unknown. He would probably get picked up as a UDFA somewhere but after that, who knows.

Of course, there is the risk of returning to Texas and not making it through the year injury-free. Maybe he's fine with potentially going pro in something other than sports and would trade the risk for the NIL payday. 

4 minutes ago, txhorns said:

A player with his injury history should go where the guaranteed money is.  I’m not a big NFL guy so don’t know much about the draft contracts but aren’t only the top 3 rounds guaranteed money?  If he is a very late round pick or projected to go undrafted then he should come back to Texas and make the guaranteed NIL money.

I think someone else said roster minimum is around $750k and practice squad is $200-250k or something. 

Gotta think it's iffy he'd make a roster

4 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Big-time track athlete. As a senior, placed second at Florida’s 1A track meet in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes. Also part of a 4x100 squad that took home bronze. Owns personal bests of 10.33 (3.6), 10.53 (2.1), 10.62, 10.72 and 10.83 in the 100. Also played basketball at the prep level. Averaged 10.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg and 4.3 apg as a 12th-grader.

Yes please. 

3 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

There is little chance Whittington is drafted considering his injury history. We also didn't play him a ton on special teams because of his injury history so the value he might be able to provide there to a NFL team is unknown. He would probably get picked up as a UDFA somewhere but after that, who knows.

Of course, there is the risk of returning to Texas and not making it through the year injury-free. Maybe he's fine with potentially going pro in something other than sports and would trade the risk for the NIL payday. 

He could get picked up as a UDFA and get hurt the first week of training and never play again.  If that happens he makes nothing in the NFL.  If he signs an NIL deal to come back to Texas and the. Gets hurt he still pockets the NIL money.

6 minutes ago, Viper said:

I think someone else said roster minimum is around $750k and practice squad is $200-250k or something. 

Gotta think it's iffy he'd make a roster

Barron was one of the best performers on defense this year IMHO. Not sure we want to replace him, he could be a high draft pick in the future if he continues his trajectory.

Maybe not high but we certainly get noticed. He finished 4th in tackles and lead the team in TFLs. I think he will be a key piece on the defense next year.

Edited November 30, 2022 by Longhornlove

I thought he was going to be really good out of high school

 

43 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Didn't CTJ say this like a day or two ago?

2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Didn't CTJ say this like a day or two ago?

 

20 hours ago, closetojumping said:

I am guessing that Texas has already made its peace with Worthy heading out. 

Retaining Whittington for better than what he can make as a UFA or late pick is a thing though. 

 

17 hours ago, closetojumping said:

It wouldn't be anything approaching $1M if it were to come together. I don't think so, at least. The competition is basically whatever his draft grade is. If that is UFA, then low 6 figures probably gets it done. 6th-7th rounders make high 6 figures these days. I assume if the guy sticks around, it's due to a UFA grade and his belief that he can improve that a little with one more solid season.

In Whittington's case, that might be true. If he had another fully healthy season and played with a better, more experienced QB like a year-older Ewers, he might be the rare case where someone values him more highly with that extra year older. Probably not, but not absurd.

 

I'm pretty sure you could have looked up exactly what he said pretty easily.

 

2 minutes ago, Hornlover said:

 

 

 

I'm pretty sure you could have looked up exactly what he said pretty easily.

 

Why do such a thing when someone like you or another poster would? 

33 minutes ago, texifornia said:

I thought he was going to be really good out of high school

 

Hes better than Shapen but for whatever reason Adranda/Grimes is infatuated with Shapen 

 

Every time I see this dude's name.

Its starting to feel like negotiating with Frank Drebin with the amount of imports and exports we are seeing in the portal.

 

10 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

 

4 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Its starting to feel like negotiating with Frank Drebin with the amount of imports and exports we are seeing in the portal.

 

Damn, that shit was so stupidly brilliant. Hail the Zucker Bros and Abrahams.

We added 35 new players last year.

We are already set to bring 21 in recruiting for the 2023 class. IT seems to think we will add an additional 9 or so this year, for a total of 30.

totaling 65 new players in two years.

3 minutes ago, pacman said:

We added 35 new players last year.

We are already set to bring 21 in recruiting for the 2023 class. IT seems to think we will add an additional 9 or so this year, for a total of 30.

totaling 65 new players in two years.

And that sir, is how you turn over a roster. 

Nahlin just posted this in the IT roster tracker.  He's been pretty selective about which transfers he's posted:

Marion is following him.

Edited November 30, 2022 by Hiphopopotamos

1 hour ago, RGBIII said:

I am sure it was Vogel but Barron is on the "must keep" list. This was expected

Not surprising but losing him would be a dick punch. Hopefully the money is there to retain him

2 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

Not surprising but losing him would be a dick punch. Hopefully the money is there to retain him

FWIW - Nahlin has said they're not worried about Barron.  He'll be taken care of.

1 hour ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

I get this but do players have to enter the portal to negotiate?  

Well, you'd have to at least threaten to go to the portal, which is what this leak is. 

47 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

 

We would take him and consider him an upgrade to the room/roster if he's like our 4th WR- right?

Deleted.  Bullshit backup no one would give a fuck about.

Edited November 30, 2022 by Hiphopopotamos

9 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

We would take him and consider him an upgrade to the room/roster if he's like our 4th WR- right?

Second part of what you said-  yes.  Our 3rd best receiver had 4 catches this year.   I still can't believe that's an actual stat.

Wease was like OU's 4th guy though.  We can easily find more proven guys... guess the real question is how much value you place on his prospect pedigree.  

2 minutes ago, 40acredropout said:

Second part of what you said-  yes.  Our 3rd best receiver had 4 catches this year.   I still can't believe that's an actual stat.

Wease was like OU's 4th guy though.  We can easily find more proven guys... guess the real question is how much value you place on his prospect pedigree.  

Thornton from Oregon is more intriguing with a higher upside. IMHO