Two alleged “5 Stars” bolted ...Brey Walker and Clayton Smith. Never to the life of me could figure out why either one could not crack the starting line up. Quite the purge and flee thing going on these days...
More lost to the portal...
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the Smith one leaves me scratching my head as he is a great prototypical DE size and shows signs of promise IMO
He quit the team before the Tech game and was quickly removed from the team's roster on the official website. So he's going portal wasn't a surprise.
300 plus portals CFB wide so far
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College football transfer portal tracker for 2023: Updates
The transfer portal is open, with several good players among those looking for new schools.
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I figured Walker would have been a force as a guard. I believe he tested the portal last year. I trust Bedenbaugh knows what he's doing. Hope Walker finds a home and had success.
Oklahoma State's Spencer Sanders is in the portal. That's wild.
It’s surprising how many established starters go into the transfer portal. I know it’s happened in prior years but it seems noticeably more now.
Money, I would think, drives a guy like Sanders to relocate. Or similar to an aging NBA vet trying to jump to an established team trying to win something big before the ride ends.
I've never been impressed with Sanders. He is mobile and eventually learned to use that too his advantage but his accuracy in big moments was never there.
Oklahoma State is going to be bad next season. Like possibly at the very bottom of the conference bad. Their QB situation is not good and not much better at the skill positions. Defensively their leading tackler is in the portal and they lose a number of key contributors. TCU and Kansas State are going to likely lose the guys that made their seasons. Oklahoma will need to strike next season with an opportunity to reestablish conference control.
Sorry for the rant. I'm bored at work.
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