Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook In the last three recruiting hauls, Utah has signed four 4-Star recruits in each receiving five total in the 2018-17 class combined. Jump to this season’s NCAA Transfer Portal, life has been very good to the Utes landing seven Power 5 players that includes six former 4-Star recruits. Utah is losing […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Twitter Arizona Wildcat fans have to be frustrated with the ongoing product on the field. It would be a blessing to return to the days of hoping to get over the proverbial hump in the Pac-12 during the Mike Stoops (2004-11) and Rich Rodriguez (2012-17) era as opposed to the disarray created […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The NCAA Transfer Portal typically gives or takes, but rarely provides a breakeven point for college football programs. For USC, the Trojans are one of the rare teams to be about 50-50 on talent leaving and newcomers arriving this offseason. Breaking down how things have gone for the Trojans this offseason, […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The value of the NCAA Transfer Portal for college football players and respective programs is a wait and see affair. Much like any part of the recruiting process, until a signee gets on the field, all the hype is just hope and hot air. Regardless of the outcome, the need is […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The NCAA Transfer Portal is both a blessing and a curse, depending on which side of the losing and winning a fanbase rests. Every year the SEC outperforms all other D-I programs on the recruiting trail securing National Letters of Intent from the top players across the country. But sometimes the […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook As the old saying goes, “momma always said there would be days like this”, but if you are an Auburn fan, watching eight players on offense and eight on defense leave the program is difficult to watch happen. Mixed into the 16 players seeking greener pastures, 10 are former four-star players. […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook What’s the magic number of college football players to lose and to receive via the modern-day NCAA Transfer Portal? Who knows? But as the overall portal number spikes north of 1,500, some teams are feeling the crunch while others are raking in the talent. One team taking some heavy losses is […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The transfer portal continues to be a source of frustration and hope for college football fans across the country. No one position is more scrutinized in the game than quarterback, and every college football program is seemingly in need. If the 2020 postseason snap shot of those players leaving for another […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The NCAA Transfer Portal has become a topic of hot conversation of late, but it has always been around. The sticking point, it seems that more and more players are leaving one Division I program for another opportunity early into their collegiate experience without benefit of time to make adjustments and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Every spring college football fans brace for the bad and the good with the transfer portal, and this year is no different. Fans hate seeing beloved players seek opportunity elsewhere but love seeing top players matriculate onto their campus bringing more experience and athleticism to a given position. As spring practices […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The NCAA Transfer Portal has been hot and heavy this offseason with more additions being added daily as the college football season has ended for all but No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Ohio State. Since our last update on the quarterbacks seeking a transfer, five former four-star players have hit […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Add another hot commodity to the NCAA Transfer Portal with Class of 2020 5-Star tight end Arik Gilbert leaving LSU. Playing in eight games during his true freshman season, Gilbert was a go-to option for three different starting LSU quarterbacks during the 2020 college football schedule; Myles Brennan, TJ Finley, and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Coveted difference makers on defense have hit the NCAA Transfer Portal giving other collegiate teams an opportunity to sign a thumper in the box, an outside backer who can bring pressure off the edge, and a slew of players capable of playing the run and the pass. Of all the former […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Whatever a college football team may need from a defensive end out of the NCAA Transfer Portal, that talent has been made available, but not for long. The depth of former highly recruited ends changing venues is vast but teams slow to react are missing out. So far, three former four-star […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook Quality defensive tackles at the collegiate level are a necessity if conference divisional titles and championships are part of any program’s vision for the future. The ability to find an interior defender that can eat up offensive lineman while stopping the run and collapsing the pocket on passing downs at an […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook College football is won in the trenches, and finding top offensive linemen to keep a quarterback’s jersey clean while blowing open holes for running backs is not the easiest to come by along the recruiting trail. When a player with collegiate experience and time spent in a next level strength and […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook With 130 Division I FBS teams out there, when top tier talents hit the transfer portal a frenzy of activity occurs behind the scenes. Player evaluations begin with college coaches breaking down film on a player putting collegiate progress to one-time high school potential. Beyond the fan’s view, a top recruiting […]
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Written by Ryan Wright Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG RNG on Facebook The resurgence of tight ends in the college game has called for a more versatile player at the position, one who can run and catch like a receiver, block like a lineman, and sometimes even work out of the slot. The fit from the high school level to college is never […]
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