Transfer Portal

[ringthebells]

Maybe Angel is entering the portal to leverage Jackson into some NIL money. Smart move on his part if he is.

[bigticket1]

This one is a puzzler. Local kid. How much eligibility? A year? Certainly loads of physical skills. Hasn't been the starter. I can't see an agent being a necessity. As Entz said at Fresno, if you're not playing, don't enter the portal. Angel has certainly been playing but has his portfolio screamed FBS/NIL pay day? He'd certainly find a role on a lesser FCS team. It's hard to picture a better scenario for him than right here right now it's we assume Vorhees and Woods are gone. Angel might be one of the guys struggling to find a roster if he's not careful.

A lot of the local players on there puzzle me. Saw a post that WSU has $ 3 million of NIL money. That needs to get spread out over the entire roster. And they need a QB - that's going to take 25% of that to get a good one. And a few other skill position players will get a bigger chunk. What does that leave for o-linemen and rotational defensive players ? Maybe $ 25,000 ? Nothing to sneeze at, but what will it cost to get their family members to Pullman to watch their games like they do in Brookings ? It's a 19 hour drive one way. Plane tickets are close to $ 1,000, with a minimum of two connecting flights which means a full day of travel to get there and a full day back. Do that for 6 home games. And a lot of the road games for SDSU were within driving distance. Maybe my math skills aren't that good, but it doesn't seem to pencil out quite so favorably as you might originally think.

[jakejc795]

A lot of the local players on there puzzle me. Saw a post that WSU has $ 3 million of NIL money. That needs to get spread out over the entire roster. And they need a QB - that's going to take 25% of that to get a good one. And a few other skill position players will get a bigger chunk. What does that leave for o-linemen and rotational defensive players ? Maybe $ 25,000 ? Nothing to sneeze at, but what will it cost to get their family members to Pullman to watch their games like they do in Brookings ? It's a 19 hour drive one way. Plane tickets are close to $ 1,000, with a minimum of two connecting flights which means a full day of travel to get there and a full day back. Do that for 6 home games. And a lot of the road games for SDSU were within driving distance. Maybe my math skills aren't that good, but it doesn't seem to pencil out quite so favorably as you might originally think.

There's a chance the QB or other players could emulate Riley Leonard

[trueblue]

Angel was one of, if not the fastest guy on the team this past season as well as possibly, pound for pound, the strongest. He has improved immensely as a runner and in pass protection in his time here. On top of all that he is an outstanding young man. He had two injury issues affecting him in Fargo. No I am not his agent, nor a family member.

[Jackrabbit2012]

Looks like a few WSU players are starting to withdraw from the portal today.

[peavy]

Maybe Angel is entering the portal to leverage Jackson into some NIL money. Smart move on his part if he is.

SEC NIL $ it seems. Per On3 (paywall), Angel has interest from Tennessee, Washington State, and Louisville. [Tennessee message board source]

Hawthorne offers from Miami oh Ohio, San Diego State, BGSU, and Tulsa according to his twitter

[jbjack]

SEC NIL $ it seems. Per On3 (paywall), Angel has interest from Tennessee, Washington State, and Louisville. [Tennessee message board source]

Hawthorne offers from Miami oh Ohio, San Diego State, BGSU, and Tulsa according to his twitter

Seems like at best, potential lateral moves for Hawthorne.

I'm wrong often enough but Angel Johnson won't crack a depth chart at TN.

[peavy]

Fast forward to 29:40 for bit on Jackson. A bit earlier is some information on the roster reductions to 105 and how Nebraska will handle things (basically telling players they can stay if they want but they may not be on the team later). Mitch Sherman from the Athletic and Connor Happer - Locked on Nebraska Podcast

Some notes:
Jackson recruits Omaha really well (including while at Northern Illinois)

Sherman suggests Jackson will get several people currently on (or in portal from) Nebraska in the next few months and tossed out the name DB Koby Bretz (twitter) (Omaha Native, HS coach connected to Jackson) as an example. Fun note: on Koby's page, he's retweeted NIU DT Cade Haberman declaring for the NFL Draft. Cade is from Blair NE, and was a freshman at NIU in 2020 -- Jackson's first year.

Sherman basically says it could be free pickings for Jackson for some FBS players from local schools who may not get a spot at other locations due to roster sizes.

[AZjack]

Jackson needs to double down on SD kids, some rumblings about how Jimmy was going away from that more than Stig.

This is especially true in the portal era, location matters.

[bigticket1]

Seems like at best, potential lateral moves for Hawthorne.

I'm wrong often enough but Angel Johnson won't crack a depth chart at TN.

I'm guessing at that level they would be thinking of him as a return specialist.

[NorCalJack]

Jackson needs to double down on SD kids, some rumblings about how Jimmy was going away from that more than Stig.

This is especially true in the portal era, location matters.

We need to recruit the best players and location is irrelevant. So basically your saying we should not have recruited Pierre Strong or Isaiah Davis because they were not from South Dakota. I strongly disagree with your statement. We need to recruit the best in the state and backfill with out of state recruits

[AZjack]

We need to recruit the best players and location is irrelevant. So basically your saying we should not have recruited Pierre Strong or Isaiah Davis because they were not from South Dakota. I strongly disagree with your statement. We need to recruit the best in the state and backfill with out of state recruits

Not what I said at all, but anyway. Rogers quit recruiting the best in the state. Hammerbeck didn't even get a look. Stig said it himself at a West River golf tourney that Rogers needed to stay focused on SD kids. Stig said directly that would lead to the best not staying in the state or going to the U with Davis there.

That was my point.

[bigticket1]

Not what I said at all, but anyway. Rogers quit recruiting the best in the state. Hammerbeck didn't even get a look. Stig said it himself at a West River golf tourney that Rogers needed to stay focused on SD kids. Stig said directly that would lead to the best not staying in the state or going to the U with Davis there.

That was my point.

I count 8 SD players in this class including POY Dulaney and 2 or 3 more with FBS offers.

[jakejc795]

I count 8 SD players in this class including POY Dulaney and 2 or 3 more with FBS offers.

Yeah, multiple reports, and Riggs on HH/NLA, emphasized how SD kids were opting to sign with Jacks

[salemjack]

He didn’t recruit Hammerbeck because Hammerbeck doesn’t like the Pacific Northwest