ZippyDoo Posted Saturday at 01:14 AM Report Posted Saturday at 01:14 AM so i did a little research on this guy... (mind you i am not nearly an expert like CAT just played around google) and i am not quite as eager to hand him and keys to the car just yet... he was highly recruited out of high school.. 2022 his freshman year was cut short due to a serious near injury 2023 he played in five games 1 solo tackle which was for a 2 yard loss against western kentucky and he had an assisted tackle against purdue. no other stats. according to what i read Ryan Day stated that Abor had an "undisclosed injury" that he could not into details about but he would not return for several months. Abor then entered the portal which he admittedly said he regretted, he chased the money. and he went to SMU. 2024 Abor went to SMU played in 2 games and had 2 assisted tackles. apparently he showed up heavy and slow and it made it difficult to play. that is why he played 2 games abor left after the 24 season entered the portal DID NOT PLAY IN 2025 and remained in the portal until now... 1 Quote
MangoZip Posted Saturday at 02:30 AM Report Posted Saturday at 02:30 AM 1 hour ago, ZippyDoo said: so i did a little research on this guy... (mind you i am not nearly an expert like CAT just played around google) and i am not quite as eager to hand him and keys to the car just yet... he was highly recruited out of high school.. 2022 his freshman year was cut short due to a serious near injury 2023 he played in five games 1 solo tackle which was for a 2 yard loss against western kentucky and he had an assisted tackle against purdue. no other stats. according to what i read Ryan Day stated that Abor had an "undisclosed injury" that he could not into details about but he would not return for several months. Abor then entered the portal which he admittedly said he regretted, he chased the money. and he went to SMU. 2024 Abor went to SMU played in 2 games and had 2 assisted tackles. apparently he showed up heavy and slow and it made it difficult to play. that is why he played 2 games abor left after the 24 season entered the portal DID NOT PLAY IN 2025 and remained in the portal until now... There has to be a lot of baggage to end up at Akron. Hopefully he can get going now Quote
Zips1991 Posted Saturday at 01:16 PM Report Posted Saturday at 01:16 PM 12 hours ago, ZippyDoo said: so i did a little research on this guy... (mind you i am not nearly an expert like CAT just played around google) and i am not quite as eager to hand him and keys to the car just yet... he was highly recruited out of high school.. 2022 his freshman year was cut short due to a serious near injury 2023 he played in five games 1 solo tackle which was for a 2 yard loss against western kentucky and he had an assisted tackle against purdue. no other stats. according to what i read Ryan Day stated that Abor had an "undisclosed injury" that he could not into details about but he would not return for several months. Abor then entered the portal which he admittedly said he regretted, he chased the money. and he went to SMU. 2024 Abor went to SMU played in 2 games and had 2 assisted tackles. apparently he showed up heavy and slow and it made it difficult to play. that is why he played 2 games abor left after the 24 season entered the portal DID NOT PLAY IN 2025 and remained in the portal until now... Staying in the portal for an entire year and then ending up at Akron where he is assuredly not getting any NIL money is an insane move. But let's hope it works out for us! Quote
catdaddyp Posted Saturday at 08:38 PM Report Posted Saturday at 08:38 PM (edited) 19 hours ago, ZippyDoo said: so i did a little research on this guy... (mind you i am not nearly an expert like CAT just played around google) and i am not quite as eager to hand him and keys to the car just yet... he was highly recruited out of high school.. 2022 his freshman year was cut short due to a serious near injury 2023 he played in five games 1 solo tackle which was for a 2 yard loss against western kentucky and he had an assisted tackle against purdue. no other stats. according to what i read Ryan Day stated that Abor had an "undisclosed injury" that he could not into details about but he would not return for several months. Abor then entered the portal which he admittedly said he regretted, he chased the money. and he went to SMU. 2024 Abor went to SMU played in 2 games and had 2 assisted tackles. apparently he showed up heavy and slow and it made it difficult to play. that is why he played 2 games abor left after the 24 season entered the portal DID NOT PLAY IN 2025 and remained in the portal until now... All this sounds about right from what I can gather. One SMU insider claimed Abor “lost his explosiveness and was buried on the depth chart,” and also described him as “troubled.” Whether the SMU insider is correct or not, the bigger point still makes sense: we had three scholarships available, so why not take a flyer on a guy who, at one point, was more physically gifted than anyone currently on our defensive line? If it doesn’t work out, the staff can send him on his way. Low risk, high reward. Edited Saturday at 08:40 PM by catdaddyp 3 Quote
exit322 Posted Tuesday at 03:50 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 03:50 PM On 5/9/2026 at 4:38 PM, catdaddyp said: Whether the SMU insider is correct or not, the bigger point still makes sense: we had three scholarships available, so why not take a flyer on a guy who, at one point, was more physically gifted than anyone currently on our defensive line? If it doesn’t work out, the staff can send him on his way. Low risk, high reward. I would go almost as far as to say "no risk." Quote
72 Roo Posted Tuesday at 07:42 PM Report Posted Tuesday at 07:42 PM 4 hours ago, MangoZip said: I'm assuming he is a preferred walk-on as we don't necessarily need help at his position. I'm hoping we are having our last three scholarships for the DL or OL. Any thoughts? Quote
catdaddyp Posted yesterday at 01:59 AM Report Posted yesterday at 01:59 AM 6 hours ago, 72 Roo said: I'm assuming he is a preferred walk-on as we don't necessarily need help at his position. I'm hoping we are having our last three scholarships for the DL or OL. Any thoughts? I think he’s too good of an athlete to not be a scholarship addition. Reminds me of Jacob Harris from Bowling Green that scored on us last year and is now at Wisconsin. We were sitting with three tight ends, which is hard to see us going into the season with that few when the offense uses 11 personnel so much. We had four last year until Witherspoon officially slid over to receiver. If I’m not mistaken, there’s one scholarship left to give. Assuming that’s correct, it’ll probably go to DL or LB. Quote
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