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Could be anything, maybe he's homesick or didn't think he would get the playing time this year
This does surprise me.But I doubt that it surprised Greg.
I heard we are going to cancel the season now and take back Hobbs extension and of course fire Pike. CVS retired because our university athletics are so bad. Lmao
If a player transfers after the spring, odds are they didn’t get the spot they wanted. The fans loved Ryan but he wasn’t making the 2 deep. The DL is in great shape and he’s heading somewhere he will get a chance to play.
Nobody wants to accept being the back up and fighting for the starting job . This is the big change over the years. These kids want everything handed to them or they are leaving.
Not so sure on that. Toure might be out for the year …hopefully not. We should know in a few weeks. Also DE Onyechi just transferred to Colorado St.
The proof is he was probably a logical portal transfer after spring ball. He didn’t play in the game and whenever I saw him it was on the sideline with teammates. Is this more due to the past knee injury which will limit him? We do have depth on the D line . Hard to believe it I know. I will say this Ryan Keeler was a good guy and a great advocate of Rutgers Football. I wish him good luck and continued good health.
Kids transferred out before the portal too. Why shouldn't he have a chance to go somewhere he can play if it won't come at Rutgers?
Yeah but how do you prevent coaches “ jumping ship”? You can’t. But everyone wants to control players “jumping ship”. It’s a mindset. I’m “old school” in many ways, I think it is good for players to be “ loyal” and fight through adversity. However, if a player thinks their interest is served by moving on, they should have that right and should not be penalized by sitting out a year. Were Rutgers fans complaining when RU brought in 4 OL transfers to help improve a bad offensive line and are immediately eligible?
Yup agree with all of this. And we will likely be mining for LBs in the portal due to injuries. We can benefit from the post-spring depth chart shakeout too.
You know we have too many scholarship players right? Most likely more will need to go before the first day of practice in August.
This type of transfer has happened at Rutgers, and every program, for the past 20 years. He's at the end of the bench and likely had a thorough conversation with his coaches regarding expectations moving forward. The program gets to evaluate the new players coming in and Keeler gets a new opportunity at a more fitting level.
I count Lewis, Hamilton, Hughes, Allen, Bailey, Thompson, Stewart, Fletcher and Collins. Plus Toure. That sounds like a lot of DEs / edge players.
You know we needed guys to leave just to have enough room for the incoming recruiting class? We are still looking to add a TE and a LB from the portal.
Hughes is at tackle, Hamilton will also see time there. Allen and Fletcher are true freshmen who will probably redshirt this year. Toure was mostly at LB before he got hurt.
I have not looked within the last week but I have occasionally looked up the list on players in the portal and the last time I looked at a list was last week and there were many, and I mean many, players who were still uncommitted and available. Practice starts in a week or two for most teams so a lot of players entered the portal and have no where to go. So, yes, many of the players are suffering from a poor decision.
