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Laventure to the portal.

https://x.com/chrisbeballin35/status/1998507887379828965?s=46&t=i28PJ0RreaRA57i6LfDzUA First portal commit. OT from Emory & Henry.

Hoped this wouldn’t happen, but figured it would. That does it for the entire 2022 class that ended up producing seven all-conference players.

That’s my guess. I assumed Perrymond took Cobbald’s place and we’ll probably find a two young DLs in the portal for Collins and Smith-Ray.

If it makes anyone feel better, three of Kent’s five all-conference selections have already announced they’re heading to the portal.

I agree. Gant and Laventure should have been first team. It looks like the first team DL is actually four defensive ends and no tackles. I’m also surprised DeWalt didn’t get a mention. Had we won more games, he probably would have. Though six selections is about right for a five win team. Glad to see K.Davis make it.

I like the 7 we signed too. With the way the roster is currently constructed, bringing in a bunch of freshmen probably doesn’t help us much. Although we may still add a few more, as I’m pretty sure this window stays open through Friday. What really surprises me is how many MAC teams are still taking 20+ freshmen. EMU signed 30-plus players today, and I think most - if not all - of them are freshmen.

Smith-Ray decommited.

I’d love to see him back, but I doubt it happens. Another JUCO stop probably means grades are still an issue.

100%. Im still waiting on the day ESPN reports on the declining graduation rate from all the transferring and acts like no one saw this coming.

Summers to the portal. That’s what I meant about not knowing who has eligibility anymore with all the rule changes.

I’ll do my best to keep up with all the conference movement. That said, I’m not going to be linking any names to specific sites since I’ll be pulling information from On3, 247, and whatever pops up on my social media feed. AKRON HS Signees: (8) QB - Semaj Beals WR - Jaborree Riggins OL - Lorvens Barthelemy OL - Guner Hiller OL - Elzea Rollins LB - Daunte Curtis CB - Savion Lewis CB - Henry Perrymond JUCO Signees: (4) WR - Gentz Hilburn TE - Elijah Alexander OL - Jon Stephens LB - Jeremiah Jones Portal Verbals: (11) WR - Miles Burris = UNC Charlotte WR - Titus Myers = Old Dominion OL - Ian Falkner = Missouri Southern State (DII) OL - Melvin Puckett = Bethune Cookman OL - Brandon Smith = South Dakota DE - Kurtis Waye = Clark Atlanta (DII) DT - Vaughn Highland = Arkansas Pine-Bluff CB - DaWayne Galloway = West Virginia CB - Caiden Newsome = Holy Cross P - Aidan Stire = West Virginia LS - Stone Dean = West Texas A&M (DII) Portal Departures: (21) WR - Israel Polk (2nd Team All-MAC) = Oklahoma State OL - Keylen Davis (3rd Team All-MAC) = Pittsburgh DE - Bruno Dall (3rd Team All-MAC) = UCF DT - Julien Laventure (2nd Team All-MAC) = Texas Tech OL - Maasai King = Iowa State OL - Delvin Morris = Kansas State CB - Elijah Reed = Utah WR - Khalil Witherspoon TE - Jake Newell TE - Max Whisner DE - Kam Cheatom DE - Cyrus Durham DT - Dimitri Madden DT - Kiawan Murphy DT - Nehemiah Musika DT - Eddie Vega LB - Melvin Spriggs LB - Gage Summers CB - Ben Kamara K - Adam Samaha K - Owen Wiley BALL STATE HS Signees: (15) QB - Mason Atkins RB - Char’rese Breveard WR - Mark Hanniford TE - Zach Becker OL - Nolan Cicero OL - Evan Downer OL - Zion Haney OL - Brady Weber DE - CJ Sanchez DT - Joshua Coleman DT - Dominic Infelise LB - Gannon Knowles DB - Zylon Hill DB - Stone Perkins DB - Gavin Yates-Lyons JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (2) QB - Keldric Luster = Texas State DE - Maverick Gracio = Pittsburgh Portal Departures: (17) WR - Ty Robinson = Illinois TE - Kam Anthony = Rutgers OL - Isaac Lucas = San Diego State DT - Darin Conley = Washington DB - Roman Pearson = Kansas QB - Walter Taylor RB - Qua Ashley WR - Trey Firestone WR - Eric Weatherly TE - Ben Dutton LB - Sam Feeney LB - Caden Johnson DB - Michael Gravely DB - Jahmad Harmon DB - Eric McClain DB - Ashton Whitner DB - Will Yates BOWLING GREEN HS Signees: (19) QB - Jarin Mock RB - Tristin Blackmon WR - Cade Brooks WR - Pauly Sadler WR - Joseph Saffold TE - Derron Gray TE - Maddox Hunstad TE - Trent Taylor OL - Maddux Murphy OL - Pete Pendergest DE - Bryce Brewster DE - Samuel Dossous DE - Elijah Durham-Smith DT - Kore Thomas LB - Caden Carter LB - Kingston Seals DB - Cedarius Christian DB - Julian Holt DB - Chris Newell JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (4) QB - Jay Kastantin = Assumption (DII) OL - Gabe Funk = App State LB - Sanders Ellis = Purdue DB - Nick Sawyer = Charleston Southern Portal Departures: (33) OT - Nate Pabst (2nd Team All-MAC) = Florida State LB - Gideon Lampron (1st Team All-MAC) = Colorado DB - MJ Cannon (3rd Team All-MAC) = Cincinnati K - Jackson Kleather (2nd Team All-MAC) = Northwestern WR - RJ Garcia = FAU WR - Reis Stocksdale = Temple TE - Jacob Harris = Wisconsin DE - David Afogho = West Virginia LB - Justin Eklund = Montana LB - Caden Marshall = SMU DB - Keyon Washington = Iowa State RB - Cam Pettaway (1st Team All-MAC Return Specialist) QB - Lucian Anderson RB - Chris Edmonds RB - Chris McMillian RB - Kaderris Roberts WR - Caleb Goodloe WR - DeShaun Lanier WR - Allen Middleton TE - Arlis Boardingham TE - Blane Cleaver DE - Collins Acheampong DE - Bam Booker DE - Isaiah Thomison DT - Malik Moses DT - Ashton Yeager LB - TJ Nelson DB - Jay’Quan Bostic DB - Hayes Doggan DB - Gavin Harris DB - Jahvion Jarmon DB - TJ Nelson DB - Tyrone Steed BUFFALO HS Signees: (20) QB - Qur’an McNeill RB - Chase Enlow WR - Aaron Clark TE - TJ Sabatucci OL - Marco Cate OL - Cam Davis OL - Mike Whalen DE - Aiden Anderson DE - Malachi Ervin DE - Preston Lunsford DT - Will Reed DT - Royce Rogers LB - Jack Garbolino LB - Matthew Heininger LB - Na’Rod Jarvis LB - Anwar Witherspoon CB - Jamarcus Jones S - Dylan Cleary S - Bryce Williams LS - Tim Schwerha JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (8) QB - Elijah Holmes = Wingate (DII) WR - Jaylen Andrews = East Stroudsburg (DII) TE - Clint Walker = Davenport (DII) DE - Caleb Oliver = Wofford DE - Sedrick Vessah = Cal PA (DII) DT - Mason Nickle = Saginaw Valley State (DII) CB - Drayson Crane = Morehead State S - Zae Jennings = West Virginia Portal Departures: (17) WR - Nik McMillan (1st Team All-MAC) = Kansas WR - Victor Snow (1st Team All-MAC) = NC State DT - Junior Poyser (3rd Team All-MAC) = Wisconsin P - Dylan Drennan (2nd Team All-MAC) = Purdue OL - Henry Tabansi = UCF DE - Demetrius Ballard = Boston College DT - Devin Morgan = Kennesaw State LB - Dion Crawford = Michigan State DB - Charles McCartherens = Marshall DB - Eddie Pleasant = Marshall RB - Lamar Sperling TE - Mitch Viviano DT - Charlton Goodell DB - Marquis Cooper DB - Ronell Davis DB - Jalen McNair DB - Jamiere Munson CENTRAL MICHIGAN HS Signees: (24) RB - Trav Moore WR - Da’Shon Febres WR - Avin Robinson WR - Geno Seets TE - Lucas Hoffmeyer TE - Zack Wagner OL - Wyatt Graffin OL - Landon Harper OL - Isaac Hutchinson OL - Charlie Mandabach OL - Jack Nolan OL - Jacob Timmer DE - Matthew Plumb DE - Matt Sexton DE - Collin Stare DE - Evan Walker LB - Drew Esper LB -Leon Howard LB - Elijah Reynolds DB - Colton Benaitis DB - Laaren Cornwall DB - Kameran Hayward DB - Jajuan Jones DB - David Williams JUCO Signees: (8) RB - John Stowers TE - Myles Peters OL - John Williams DE - Jaxon Cherry LB - Donovan Brown LB - Antonio Cherry CB - Ty Williams DB - Coen Ali Portal Verbals: (14) RB - Vaughn Blue = Liberty RB - Jayden Clerveaux = Holy Cross TE - Jaden Allen = Fordham TE - Gavin Spillers = Mars Hill (DII) OL - Nic Disanto = Eastern Illinois OL - Losini Maka = Georgetown OL - Trevor Swan = Georgetown DT - Max Van Fleet = Cornell LB - Charlie Smith = Colorado Mesa (DII) LB - Hunter Zirkle = Cumberlands (NAIA) CB - Matthew McKenzie = Bethune Cookman CB - Donavan Philord = Campbell S - Darrell Bryant = Northern Colorado S - Justin Taylor = Wyoming Portal Departures: (21) RB - Trey Cornist = UCONN TE - DC Temple = Oregon State OL - Ryan Blum = Fordham DE - Adam Kaminski = Eastern Illinois DB - Kalen Carroll = TCU DB - Brenden Deasfernandes = Northwestern RB - Mekhi Jenkins RB - Germanuel Tanelus WR - Tyson Davis WR - Langston Lewis OL - Jacob Booth OL - Bronson Burton OL - Apisa Poumele OL - Jacob Saurbeck = Tiffin OL - Dane Sickler DE - Oumar Conde DE - Keshawn Hayden DE - Kade Kostus DE - Daniel Viramontes LB - Andre Thomas DB - Bryce Rowe EASTERN MICHIGAN HS Signees: (28) QB - Nick Kinsey RB - Decorie Johnson RB - Nazier Jones-Davis WR - Shawn Fishwick WR - Carl Jean-Bart WR - CJ Miller WR - Bacori Minner TE - Nathan Piggott TE - Armaad Sharp TE - Brady Shelton OL - Samuel Adjin OL - Carter Miculka OL - Nily Taylor OL - Andrew Trahin DE - RJ Alphonse DT - Elijah Berman DT - Jahbarri Frost DT - CJ McCoy DT - Brandon Simmons LB - Kijon Braxton LB - Zach Brown LB - Aaron Kearse DB - Fa’Rel Carter DB - Marty Collins DB - Horace Glenn DB - Jabari Monds DB - Davontey Oliver DB - Antonio Solares-Vitti K - Van Krisiloff JUCO Signees: (9) WR - JT Beasley WR - Cayden Burger TE - Adon Turner DE - Colby Archie DE - Mark Debiak DE - Alijah Lacey LB - Jonah Flowers LB - Elgin McDuffie DB - Rayquan Adkins Portal Verbals: (3) OL - Cole Dellinger = Michigan State DT - Joseph Oluwayemi = Harding (DII) LS - Luke Grant = Memphis Portal Departures: (28) QB - Cam Edge = Morgan State OL - Everett Small = Rutgers OL - Andrew Steger = Eastern Kentucky LB - Andrew Marshall = Minnesota LS - Mitchell Dietzel = James Madison QB - Jeremiah Salem RB - JT Bronaugh RB - James Jointer RB - Jayvin Norman WR - Eli Holmes-Holt WR - Terry Lockett TE - Braden Laux TE - Caden Vanderbush OL - Mack Indestad OL - Terrance Saunders OL - Tamarley Smith OL - Owen Snively OL - Spencer Webb DE - Messiah Blair DE - Duke Clayton DE - Christian Kiptoo DE - Sterling Miles DT - Alijah Alexander LB - Terrelle Elmore LB - Carter Herriman DB - Zavian Dilworth DB - Dramarion McNulty DB - Joshua Scott KENT STATE HS Signees: (18) RB - Jackson Farley RB - Brandon White WR - Zymir Reed WR - Brendyn Smith OL - Liam Dalton OL - Will Johnson OL - Gavin Kanar OL - Colin Prichard DL - Eckley Bridges DL - Jacob Broach DL - Carlos Shird DL - Daiveon Taylor DL - Kale Webb LB - Kendall McNutt DB - TeJuan Barbour DB - Lennox Lemon ATH - Gavin Peeps LS - Chase Mantooth JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (3) RB - Mason King - Illinois State DB - Lionel Burns - NC Central K - Eli Tucker - Saint Francis Portal Departures: (21) WR - Cade Wolford (3rd Team All-MAC) = Cincinnati LB - CJ Young (2nd Team All-MAC) = Miami(OH) LB - Nylan Brown = Washington State DE - Jamond Mathis (2nd Team All-MAC) = Virginia QB - Devin Kargman QB - CJ Montes QB - JD Sherrod RB - Gavin Garcia RB - TaRyan Martin WR - Dash Dorsey WR - Jahzae Kimbrough WR - Da’Shawn Martin OL - Junior Diallo OL - Jamarcus Hill OL - Garrett Masterson OL - Ashton Rivera DT - Thomas Aden LB - Canaan Williams CB - Joel Boamah CB - Jaire Rawlison S - Joel Cordoba MIAMI HS Signees: (18) QB - Andrew Bellisari RB - Chancellor Sparks RB - Ike Steward WR - Justen Hodge WR - William Pressley WR - Tristan Reed WR - Scoop Smith OL - Zach Holtgren OL - Dominik Kosznicki DL - Mohamed Bangoura DL - Isaiah Harris DL - London Shackleford-Vickroy LB - Brody Sink LB - Ryan Stolarski DB - Easton Jointer DB - Amir Morelan DB - Tommy Theis K - Brady Stidham JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (10) QB - David McComb = Kansas RB - Rodney Nelson = Monmouth WR - Maleek Huggins = Bethune-Cookman OL - Brain Beidastch = Duquesne OL - Shaun Shahu = Saginaw Valley State (DII) DT - Marcus Moore = Purdue LB - Blayne Myrick = South Alabama LB - CJ Young = Kent State S - Ben Minich = Notre Dame S - Dillon Tatum = Northwestern Portal Departures: (11) WR - Kam Perry (1st Team All-MAC) = Colorado OL - Drew Terrill (2nd Team All-MAC) = Houston DE - Adam Trick (1st Team All-MAC) = Texas Tech WR - Cole Weaver = Syracuse DB - Koy Beasley = Kansas State LS - Hudson Powell = Auburn DE - Jayden Fuller DE - Jameil Hamm DE - Josh Lukusa DB - Luke Evans DB - Mychal Yharbrough OHIO HS Signees: (17) RB - James Kelly WR - Zach Hackleman WR - Marcus Hughbanks WR - Kaden Page OL - Colton Crosley OL - Danny Fortson OL - Mike Montgomery OL - Job Maverick OL - Drayden Pavey DE - Troy Stiggers DT - Austin Adkins DT - Nate Hunt-Heller CB - James Brewer CB - Kindall Brown S - Brandon Jenkins S - Ryan Miller S - Malachi Taylor JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (7) QB - Matt Vezza = New Hampshire RB - Victor Rosa = UCONN WR - Preston Bowman = Kentucky TE - Jake Furtney = Illinois TE - Andrew Metzger = Kansas State LB - Cody Raymond = Wisconsin DB - Barry Dillon = Incarnate Word Portal Departures: (17) WR - Chase Hendricks (2nd Team All-MAC) = California TE - Mason Williams (3rd Team All-MAC) = Ohio State DE - Jay Crable (2nd Team All-MAC) = FAU S - Jalen Thomeson = San Diego State OL - Jordan Jones (2nd Team All-MAC) OL - Davion Weatherspoon (1st Team All-MAC) QB - Tim Carpenter RB - Duncan Brune WR - Rodney Harris WR - Alfred Jordan TE - Nick Segarra OL - Aidan Johnson OL - Ibrahim Kebe DE - Anas Luqman DE - Danny Novickas DT - Nehemiah Dukes K - David Dellenbach TOLEDO HS Signees: (12) WR - Seth Elchert OL - Preston Dazey OL - Jake Palucki OL - Vincenzo Pizzo DE - Mateo Kipke LB - Jah’keevi Garnett LB - Nathan Gersh LB - Brian Stovall LB - Sharard Vaughn CB - Martece Smith S - Ziiyahn Blair P - Hunter Probst JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (11) RB - CJ Miller = Mercer WR - Adjatay Dabbs = Mercer WR - Kalvin Gilbert = Southeast Missouri State WR - Trenton Jones = Mercer TE - Ethan Malafa = Butler TE - Peyton Strickland = New Hampshire OL - Luke Rector = Gardner-Webb OL - Dylan Senda = Auburn LB - Julian Fox = Mercer LB - Isaac Prince = Mercer S - Kaleb Hutchinson = Mercer Portal Departures: (33) DE - Malachi Davis (3rd Team All-Conference) = Rutgers DT - Esean Carter (3rd Team All-MAC) = UCONN LB - Chris D’Appolonia (3rd Team All-Conference) = Syracuse LB - K’Von Sherman (1st Team All-MAC) = UCONN S - Braden Awls (1st Team All-MAC) = Iowa State QB - Kalieb Osborne = UCONN RB - Kenji Christian = UCONN WR - Javon Brown = UCONN WR - Kamren Flowers = UCONN WR - Zy’Marion Lang = UCONN WR - Ryder Treadway = UCONN WR - Jediyah Willoughby = UCONN OL - Anthony Boswell = Houston OL - Raphael Greene = UCONN OL - Cole Rhett = Baylor OL - Dominic Rivera = UCONN OL - Isiah Switzer = UCONN DT - Carlos Hazelwood = Michigan State LB - Rickey Williams = UCONN S - Jayden Price = UCONN K - Robert Hammond = Kansas State TE - Sean Persson OL - Stephen Gales OL - Maddox Marcotte DE - John Baker DE - Chamberlain Campbell DE - Avery Dunn LB - Hudson Miller CB - DJ Kelly CB - Tyler McKinstry CB - Amare Snowden CB - Andrew Wilson-Lamp S - Braedyn Moore LS - James Roe WESTERN MICHIGAN HS Signees: (16) QB - Jaxson Dosh RB - Donovan Triplett WR - Angelo Chapman WR - Harper Hughes WR - Elijah Lucas TE - Ryan Rocheleau OL - Ezra Newman-Nwodika OL - Ryan Westrich DE - Max Baker DE - Chris Stewart DT - Angelo Pugliano LB - Breck Mallory CB - Philip Johnson S - Trevon Collard S - Camari Patterson K - Zak Zeman JUCO Signees: (6) WR - Kordell Gouldsby TE - Enese Tonga OL - Gavin Beachner LB - Justyce Betts LB - Teegan Haines LB - Jermar McCarter Portal Verbals: (2) RB - AJ Green = Arkansas LB - Brenden Anes = Tennessee Portal Departures: (14) LS - RJ Todd = Oregon QB - Brady Jones RB - Tre Hartwell RB - Devin Miles WR - Don-Ray Hall WR - Earnest McDaniel-Mitchell DE - Jordan Buckley DE - Joshua Lloyd DE - Popeye Williams LB - Derek Pennington DB - Fitzroy Ledgister DB - Jason Mitchell DB - Isaiah Paul DB - Versie Walker UMASS HS Signees: (21) QB - Aedan McCarthy RB - TK Davis RB - Justin Lewis WR - Drew Alsup WR - Tavian Dashiell WR - David Moore WR - Kai Owens TE - Matthew Tybor OL - Will McNamara OL - Ben Noome DE - CJ Amobi DE - Donovan Murphy DL - Robert Ekins DL - Samuel Mulbah LB - Moritz Strempel DB - David Chiavegato DB - Terron Johnson DB - Ted Mondesir DB - Kareem Pruitt DB - Corey Warner K - Seamus McIntyre JUCO Signees: (1) CB - Chris Stanley Portal Verbals: (7) QB - Pop Watson = Virginia Tech OL - Aitor Urionabarrenechea = Colorado State DT - Zakar Morris = Albany DT - Kamarion Thomas = North Carolina LB - Josh Iseah = NC A&T DB - Michael Robinson = Rutgers LS - Grant Mills = North Carolina Portal Departures: (20) QB - Grant Jordan = Oklahoma State LB - Rashad Henry = UCF WR - Jacquon Gibson (3rd Team All-MAC) DE - Marques White (2nd Team All-MAC) QB - AJ Hairston QB - Brandon Rose RB - Brandon Hood WR - Tyree Kelly WR - Kenyon Massey OL - Paul Tchio DL - Erik Hehl DL - Malachi Madison DL - David Onuoha DL - Timothy Passmore DL - Jermaine Wiggins LB - Donovan Dyson LB - Nick Hawthorne DB - Brennen Bailey DB - Kendall Bournes DB - Jeremiah McGill

@MangoZip hit on some of the possible reasons. I’m no longer involved in the recruiting scene, but if I had to guess, it’s probably either grades or that most of those offers aren’t actually on the table anymore. He also may have had someone in his ear telling him to go somewhere he can play early and be developed. Honestly, that’s some of the best advice a high school recruit can get in today’s setup if they aren’t already in line to receive a decent NIL package. Regardless, he looks like a playmaker and could see the field with some refinement. I also suspect he’s not really 185 lbs.

Played left tackle at JUCO, but he’ll likely slide inside for us.

I believe we’re recruiting him as a DB.

Spriggs to the portal. Not a surprise, just tough for us, because he’s yet another guy this staff developed when nobody else really came calling out of high school. Someone out there will pay him, no doubt.

Hammock did it to himself. On3 and 247 disagreed with me, but I thought he cobbled together multiple recruiting classes that sat at or near the bottom of the MAC — outside of the offensive linemen, running backs, and a few other select individuals — and that lack of recruiting, especially at quarterback, has finally come home to roost. The funny thing is he spent the entire offseason bragging about how easy recruiting had become while he was scooping up a slew of DII and FCS guys. Can’t win without the horses to run the race.

Are we sure? My understanding was the league had a two-year window to rebuild the conference and keep its seat at the table. From everything I remember, they’ve technically met that requirement. But things change so fast that I’m not certain. If someone wants to dig into the details and either confirm or correct that, I’d love to hear it.

I haven’t followed UConn all that closely, but I do remember Mora being under the impression they’d end up in a power conference and that UConn had some sort of inside track on the Big 12. Fast forward a few years and they’re still independent. If I’m not mistaken, Colorado State is joining the new PAC, which I believe gets an auto-bid to the playoffs despite looking only marginally better than the current MWC. As for Moorhead, I’ve spent the last few offseasons shooting down the idea of him leaving. This year, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he did. I imagine the next seven (?) weeks of fundraising will factor heavily into that decision. I still think he wants another shot at the power-conference level, and UConn — or possibly other G5 openings with better resources — could be viewed as chances to rebuild the résumé and set up a bigger move down the line.

I think he could still develop into a solid linebacker wherever he lands, but he was leapfrogged by both Boswell and Hocker this year.

I don’t know about that since I have no insider information on Ohio State, but I can say from covering an SEC program for several years that there’s a clear difference in how a school like South Carolina allocates and maximizes its resources compared to a place like Texas A&M.