TheKnightReport - Rutgers Football LB Khayri Banton enters transfer portal
Rutgers Football linebacker Khayri Banton has decided to enter the transfer portal today.
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One of the players I was concerned with losing. Buckle up, this will show the extent of the damage with PFP.
Good luck to him. It will be interesting to see who purchased him for LB.
Good luck to him. It will be interesting to see who purchased him for LB.
no one is purchasing a dude who didn’t play his first 2 seasons, injuries or not.
Off. That one hurts. But injuries may have taken a bigger damage than we know.
I disagree. If they scouted him in HS and think he is likely to make a full recovery, they most certainly would.
Also consider Rutgers is underfunded. As such I'm sure he is a lot cheaper than your average 4 🌟 youngster on an SEC team for instance.
Agree - Lots of time left but no devastating news out of the gate.
I'll consider this whole process a success if we don't lose any starters and pick up a few pieces at key positions.
Going back, before he got hurt, there were those that thought he could possibly start.
Now programs with money are not just buying readymade starters, they are buying depth, which may turn out to be starters.
Now programs with money are not just buying readymade starters, they are buying depth, which may turn out to be starters.
bro he probably would’ve been a back up EDGE guy at RUTGERS next year if we still have Lewis, Bailey, and get Toure back. I don’t think Power 5s are throwing money at guys like that.
This was a guy that I thought had a world of potential. But of course we know next to nothing about his injuries.
I was really excited for him. I do not know much about his recovery. I know the injury was BAD. Maybe he needs a fresh mental start.
I was so excited for him he had electric tape. Him and Moses sounded like future athletic freaks in the LB core but they both got injured and now we’ll never know with KB. Dammit!
a MASS exodus should have started already. Doesn't mean there won't be pain involved.
Several teams have multi-year starters, massively successful QBs in the portal. Guys who those programs are built around and are already seeing a high level of success.
If those teams and players are seeing transfers , then we sure as heck will.
I think every single team is going to lose key guys and starters.
It’s a wild wild new world. Feel bad for the coaches and players who want to be loyal. This is basically pickup style ball now.
Some will go down a level. Some will go to smaller schools. Some will hook back up with coaches who recruited them.
It still feels very strange to me talking about "purchasing kids". People don't even talk like this about NFL players.
I did not say NO transfers, as there are obviously already transfers. I said a MASS transfer would have already started.
He’s hasn’t logged ONE STAT and predictably the “sky is falling” crew are freaking out
Relax.
There’s no telling what kind of player he’d be after injury. Some program may take a chance on him, but his best bet was probably staying in a system he was familiar with and with a coach known for developing LB talent
Let him get a fresh start. Schiano’s a marksman at finding talent at LB and will get someone great with the spot
Relax.
There’s no telling what kind of player he’d be after injury. Some program may take a chance on him, but his best bet was probably staying in a system he was familiar with and with a coach known for developing LB talent
Let him get a fresh start. Schiano’s a marksman at finding talent at LB and will get someone great with the spot
Looks like a bunch of players got “the talk” today, including Banton
Deion Jennings was barely a 3 star. Only other decent offer was Temple.
And he’s one of the best Rutgers LBs I’ve seen in a long time.
87 tackles and got better and better each game. Schiano just knows how to develop hard-working LBs
AND he just won the teams’s MOST VALUABLE PLAYER award
Stars are overrated.
We also have studs Moses Walker, Mohamed Toure and Tyreem Powell likely returning
Yes, stats and stars can be over done. That said, unless the injury is worse than expected, and he may not play in the future, I think it would be foolhardy to have given him the talk. It is not like this year's class is filled with 4 🌟 and high 3 🌟. Another benefit of miscast NIL IMO.
Need Walker and Anthony Johnson to stay
When you are passed on the depth chart at LB by a 3rd team RB time to move on.
I just don't think you do that, this early with a player who was a National recruit. It is not like his talent 🌟 ranking wise, is being matched in this recruiting cycle. Unless his injury is bad enough our doctor's will not clear him, he should not have been given the talk IMO. Especially when it would be "easy" to lose another player or 2 at his position in this new paradigm.
I’m sorry but stars matter. Top recruits matter. Those are the guys that lead classes and get others on board.
Any time I see someone say star rankings don’t matter, I’ll simply remind them that Micah Parsons was a former 5*
If you think NIl is ruining the program/cfb, at least be somewhat reasonable with your complaints. Acting like schools are breaking the bank for Banton is just idiotic.
Tons of 3/4* are "athletic" guys that don't have a true position. That's why a high number wash out.
Banton seems to fit this because he was used primarily as a DE in HS and was trying to shift to LB but getting passed by others for various reasons including the injuries.
End of the day production matters most and is what drives better recruits to your program.
Exactly why I used Parsons as an example… kid literally played every defensive position on the field for Harrisburg in HS, was used primarily as a DE though, got to Penn state, they decide to move him to Mike Linebacker where he had never played full time before, goes to the nfl and now is being used everywhere…. He’s already run away with the DPOY this year.
Good coaches maximize talent. We haven’t been bowling in 8 years. We need a new coach in the worst way
No one would have to break the bank with our money problems. I'm sure if it is NIL, he was a cheaper get than a LB/DE at pretty much any BIG10 or P5 program. All that school would need is a coach who liked him in HS, and thinks once he is healthy, they can get him to live up to his potential.
I think it is, because if there is some off the field issue, I don't believe it would have been kept quiet this long, unless it is injury related. Without naming names, I can find double-digit players who I would rather run off the team.
Edited because I screwed up where he went to HS. I was thinking of another player.
I think it is, because if there is some off the field issue, I don't believe it would have been kept quiet this long, unless it is injury related. Without naming names, I can find double-digit players who I would rather run off the team.
Edited because I screwed up where he went to HS. I was thinking of another player.
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