Portal Rumor Mill: Exercise picks up upfront of winter window
The switch portal has not even formally opened but – that occurs on Dec. 9 – however the information is ramping up so there’s no higher time for a Switch Portal Rumor Mill.
Few Division II transfers have generated the kind of supply checklist that Atkins has in somewhat over per week. The tight finish out of Northwest Missouri State holds gives from South Carolina, West Virginia, Duke, North Carolina, Cal, Arkansas, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Houston, Pittsburgh and others.
Atkins, who has two years of eligibility remaining, additionally has a full slate of visits deliberate out. He has visits to North Carolina (Nov. 30 – Dec. 1), Arkansas (Dec. 11-12), Pittsburgh (Dec. 13-14), Ole Miss (Dec. 15-16), Houston (Dec. 18-19) and South Carolina (Dec. 21-22) scheduled however this itinerary may change within the coming weeks.
The journey to North Carolina for this coming weekend is up within the air after information of Mack Brown being fired broke on Tuesday.
Barmore seems to be like a switch prospect followers ought to get conversant in. The Mercyhurst star caught 65 passes for 825 yards and 11 touchdowns this season in line with PFF. Since coming into the switch portal on Monday he has reeled in gives from Texas Tech, Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech and Louisiana Tech.
Cal, Arizona, Arkansas, Houston, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and Kansas have additionally proven curiosity in Barmore.
Matheson entered the portal as a graduate switch on Sunday and he’s already stacked up gives from Western Michigan, Toledo, Buffalo and Center Tennessee however extra are on the way in which. Duke, Stanford and Houston are simply among the Energy 4 applications which have proven curiosity within the skilled offensive lineman.
Search for Matheson to plan some visits within the close to future. Duke and Houston have prolonged go to invites together with every of the 4 groups which have already supplied him.
Perkins has drawn important curiosity after coming into the portal on Monday. The Fordham graduate switch, who’s credited with 40 profession go breakups and 9 profession interceptions, is garnering curiosity from greater than 20 groups across the nation together with Energy 4 applications Michigan State, West Virginia and Houston.
Perkins is scheduled to take an unofficial go to to Georgia Southern this weekend and plans for extra visits are within the works.
Reed has been one of the standard gamers within the switch portal within the final week. The All-Ivy League cornerback entered the switch portal on Nov. 21 and has picked up a minimum of eight Energy 4 gives since then.
Reed is at present within the midst of a collection of visits to Texas Tech, Baylor and Houston. Extra visits are anticipated to be deliberate for the approaching weeks.
Simmons entered the switch portal on Tuesday and by the top of the day he picked up gives from Liberty, Pittsburgh, Houston, Toledo, Western Kentucky, NC State, South Florida, Duke, East Carolina, Cal, Michigan State, Texas Tech, UCF, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.
It’s clearly nonetheless early within the course of for Simmons however at this charge he’ll have loads of Energy 4 choices. Simmons solely has one 12 months of eligibility remaining however count on his supply sheet to proceed to develop earlier than he makes any choices.
Memphis picked up commitments from two essential switch prospects on Tuesday night time.
Williams, a four-star switch from Iowa, selected the Tigers over Kansas. He had visited each applications prior to creating his choice.
Walker, who’s affectionately generally known as “Pooda,” is a switch from Kennesaw State. The 6-foot-1, 305-pound defensive lineman had been anticipated to take visits to UCF and Houston within the coming weeks. Walker did go to Memphis earlier this month and felt it was a ok match to finish his recruitment earlier than taking extra visits.
