Transfer Portal

[bigticket1]

Awesome! My biggest to areas of concern are RB and TE/WR. I do think Jackson's incredible recruiting history is going to be big. We will see if he can get anything through the portal

Alpers and Gannon are really good TE's. To me, RB and WR are two of the positions where quality can be found in the portal, especially after teams have to cut roster sizes. Probably won't find the next Isaiah Davis or Griffin Wilde, but some very serviceable players should be available. Would much rather have to find them than have to fill spots in the trenches.

[ringthebells]

I am excited about TE Delahode (sp). I've heard lots of comments about his athleticism through hs and last season. How are we at LB? We were going to lose a lot before we Jimmied anyway.

[bigticket1]

I am excited about TE Delahode (sp). I've heard lots of comments about his athleticism through hs and last season. How are we at LB? We were going to lose a lot before we Jimmied anyway.

Ollman, McShane and Van Tol would likely be the starters. Lots of speed, a little undersized maybe. Beyond that, a lot of youth.

[peavy]

3 '25 guys flipped today -> Sorrel, Cotton III, and Russell
On the bright side, the uncertainty should be over soon with the # of ?? names left.

[bigticket1]

Great quote from Kobe's returning tweet : " When you're climbing the ladder of success in life, sometimes they forget to tell you to stop when you're happy." Have to wonder if a few players in Pullman might have those thoughts down the road.

[73alum]

Great quote from Kobe's returning tweet : " When you're climbing the ladder of success in life, sometimes they forget to tell you to stop when you're happy." Have to wonder if a few players in Pullman might have those thoughts down the road.

Exactly…a knee jerk reaction for your future usually is not good because you didn’t analyze enough. But, unfortunately these ‘kids’ didn’t have much time to decide. I’m stoked for the guys that stayed…they will be amazing…as has been mentioned before!!!

[AZjack]

That's awesome. He is going one of the leaders if not the leader on that unit.

OL and DL are looking pretty stout. Winning football absolutely starts in the trenches.

Absolutely agree on the trenches, I think TE's will be fine. Delahoyde is the next chance to have a Goedert or Kraft, more upside than Stoffel in my opinion.

RB is the easiest position to have good dudes come from the portal. WR can be upgraded easier than the trenches as well.

[ringthebells]

If we leave some room for portal addition in the spring it could work out really well. Coach Jackson could be every FBS coaches best friend. They are going to have to cut a portion of their roster. I am guessing that job would be easier if you can help them find a place to land.

[bigticket1]

If we leave some room for portal addition in the spring it could work out really well. Coach Jackson could be every FBS coaches best friend. They are going to have to cut a portion of their roster. I am guessing that job would be easier if you can help them find a place to land.

We should have an "in" with NIU if they cut anyone interesting loose.

[peavy]

Yes that is the absolute advantage to this staff. The FBS connections both to the local area and to Vandy (and SEC teams he'd be familiar with) and NIU (and their old conference foes). I assume more so with Eids since Jackson is a year removed although I wouldn't count out the # of Jackson compared to Eids due to Jackson's personality.

Maybe picking up a player who Eids originally recruited but the player opted to go to a diff school (like Illinois) is a bit more realistic than us getting a SEC player that Jackson recognized as being a good player.

Regarding the upcoming roster trimming. Nebraska has to get rid of something like 22 players. Their walk on program may be a bit different than the other schools, but that's still a lot of players floating around, and they can't all end up at the g5 schools. This program still has top level FCS recognition.

[peavy]

Per JI, Jacks get a commit from Iowa transfer Graham Eben.

and he committed . S/LB his bio says

Here is an article on him from SI (maybe the hawkeyes section if that's what they're doing now) on Feb 14, 2024 - maybe. Tweet associated with it.
"Next up in series on Iowa Football's '24 PWO Class is Graham Eben (@EbenGraham) from @CLGLRFootball He turned down scholarship offers from SDSU, NDSU, UNI & others..."

[peavy]

and another ex-Iowa walk-on commit from TE Jalyn Thompson

Jalyn Thomas TE Iowa (twitter) maybe 3 years eligibility. espn and Iowa dont show much.

[bigticket1]

and another ex-Iowa walk-on commit from TE Jalyn Thompson

Jalyn Thomas TE Iowa (twitter) maybe 3 years eligibility. espn and Iowa dont show much.

He does have 3 years left.

[salemjack]

Jack’s pick up Koby Bretz, DB from Nebraska.

Dan is on a roll.

[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.

reposting for visibility considering Sherman basically called Bretz coming to SDSU