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Yeah I don't really want Coleman back
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Goodbye Dylan. We hardly knew ye
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Some DL players that are highly rated that would seem desirable:
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Nebraska was in his Top 5 a couple of years ago from Miami.
Redshirt freshman. 298Lbs now.
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Too small, he is developmental at best. Can't be wasting time on players who aren't going to contribute.
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He’s listed at 300 on the Miami website FWIW
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I only think they'd go after a QB if Raiola leaves and if that's the case I'm backing up a Brinks truck in Byrum Brown's driveway.
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If TJ transfers then they probably need to backfill a QB regardless
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Sure but I don't expect that to happen
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here is another NAIA QB that isnt a Sr we can get a year out of as a 3rd stringer https://buildersports.com/sports/football/roster/jamie-odom/7803
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Make sure you check out more of Tim's great articles on "Inside Nebraska"
The transfer portal window won’t officially open until Jan. 2, but Inside Nebraska’s Tim Verghese gets you ready with positions Nebraska is expected to address in the transfer portal and early names in the portal that the Cornhuskers’ staff is already monitoring.
Liberty running back Evan Dickens entered the transfer portal after running for 1,339 yards and 16 touchdowns this season, averaging 5.8 yards per carry. He spent the early part of his career at Georgia Tech and has two seasons of eligibility remaining. Nebraska is monitoring and has multiple ties. He crossed paths with new Nebraska offensive line coach Geep Wade while at Georgia Tech and recruiting coordinator Matt Pearce is well connected with Liberty’s Jamey Chadwell and the Flames staff from his time working with Chadwell at Coastal Carolina.
Gardner Webb first-team all-conference running back Quasean Holmes recently entered the portal and is another back on Nebraska’s radar, he ran for 969 yards and five touchdowns this fall, adding another 166 yards and two touchdowns through the air. He’ll have one year of eligibility remaining.
Minnesota redshirt freshman running back Fame Ijeboi announced his intentions to hit the transfer portal on Tuesday. He ran for 441 yards and two touchdowns this year, averaging 4.5 yards per carry. Standing 6-foot, 210lbs with three seasons of eligibility remaining, Ijeboi will have a competitive market and I can see the Huskers getting involved. Nebraska is also monitoring Michigan State’s Makhi Frazier, who ran for 520 yards and two touchdowns this fall on 116 carries. He’s a sophomore with three seasons of eligibility remaining
Nebraska has plenty of familiarity with UConn because of running backs coach EJ Barthel, who spent the 2022 season on Jim Mora Jr.’s staff. That could give the Huskers an opportunity with UConn offensive linemen Ben Murawski and Carsten Casady. Murawski stands 6-foot-7, 335lbs and started 12 games at left tackle for the Huskies this fall and six games at left guard last season, he has one year of eligibility remaining. Casady has played over 770 snaps for the Huskies in his career, starting all 12 games this fall at right tackle, and has yet to give up a sack in his career. He has two years of eligibility remaining and originally hails from Rolesville (N.C) a program the Huskers are familiar with. Both have announced their intentions to enter the portal when it opens on Jan. 2.
Harvard interior offensive linemen Derek Osman and Aidan Kilstrom are two others that could make sense for the Huskers. Osman stands 6-foot-4, 305lbs and has allowed just one sack in 17 starts, with one year of eligibility remaining. Kilstrom is an all-conference center who started the past two seasons for Harvard and has allowed just one sack in his career. The 6-foot-3, 300lb senior from Bettendorf (Ia.) Pleasant Valley has one year of eligibility remaining as well.
UCF defensive lineman John Walker had standout freshman season recording 20 tackles along the interior back in 2023. He missed 2024 with injury, but bounced back with 39 tackles and a sack this fall for the Knights. He stands 6’4, 324lbs and played under Nebraska defensive backs coach Addison Williams in 2023 and 2024, while Williams was UCF’s defensive coordinator.
A familiar name for Nebraska, USC defensive lineman Carlon Jones announced his intentions to enter the portal on Friday. He was committed to Nebraska once upon a time in the 2024 cycle but eventually backed off and committed to USC. Standing 6-foot-3, 315lbs, Jones saw rotational action for the Trojans this season as a redshirt freshman. Though he was recruited by Terrance Knighton and Tony White who are no longer at Nebraska, Matt Rhule and Keith Williams are still in Lincoln and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Huskers circle back on the redshirt freshman. He’ll have three years of eligibility remaining.
Ball State defensive tackle Darin Conley is a prospect to know, one of the top defensive tackles in the portal early on. He’s originally from Kansas City (Mo.) The Pembroke Hill School and now stands 6-foot-3, 284lbs coming out of his redshirt sophomore season. He recorded 28 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks this fall. Penn all-conference defensive tackle Carter Janki is looking to make the jump up to the Power Four with his final season of eligibility. The 6-foot-5, 295-pound defensive lineman had 13 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks and 2 pass deflections in the last two seasons. South Alabama defensive lineman Ed Smith stands 6-foot-3, 300lbs with 900 career snaps under his belt. He recorded 19 pressures this fall and had the fifth-highest pressure rates of all Sun Belt defensive tackles
UTSA defensive lineman Chidera Otutu plans to enter the transfer portal when it opens. Standing 6-foot-1, 305lbs, the sophomore posted 28 tackles, 2.5 sacks and seven pressures. North Dakota sophomore defensive lineman Emmanuel Olagbaju recently announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal. He stands 6-foot-3, 295lbs and recorded three tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks last season with two years of eligibility remaining
The Huskers have an offer out to speedy Slippery Rock safety transfer Kanye Thompson, ranked the No. 4 safety in the portal early on per On3. He ran 10.13 in the 100-meter dash this past spring and has some interest as a two-sport transfer. Kansas has already gotten him on campus and he’s considering visits to Nebraska, Kansas State and Memphis among others thus far.
The transfer portal window won’t officially open until Jan. 2, but Inside Nebraska’s Tim Verghese gets you ready with positions Nebraska is expected to address in the transfer portal and early names in the portal that the Cornhuskers’ staff is already monitoring.
Early transfer portal names to know for Nebraska
UConn running back Cam Edwards ran for 1,132 yards and 14 touchdowns on 199 attempts this fall and plans to enter the transfer portal. He played for Nebraska running backs coach EJ Barthel at UConn in 2022, moving from safety to running back as a freshman. He’s looking to make the jump to the Power Four.Liberty running back Evan Dickens entered the transfer portal after running for 1,339 yards and 16 touchdowns this season, averaging 5.8 yards per carry. He spent the early part of his career at Georgia Tech and has two seasons of eligibility remaining. Nebraska is monitoring and has multiple ties. He crossed paths with new Nebraska offensive line coach Geep Wade while at Georgia Tech and recruiting coordinator Matt Pearce is well connected with Liberty’s Jamey Chadwell and the Flames staff from his time working with Chadwell at Coastal Carolina.
Gardner Webb first-team all-conference running back Quasean Holmes recently entered the portal and is another back on Nebraska’s radar, he ran for 969 yards and five touchdowns this fall, adding another 166 yards and two touchdowns through the air. He’ll have one year of eligibility remaining.
Minnesota redshirt freshman running back Fame Ijeboi announced his intentions to hit the transfer portal on Tuesday. He ran for 441 yards and two touchdowns this year, averaging 4.5 yards per carry. Standing 6-foot, 210lbs with three seasons of eligibility remaining, Ijeboi will have a competitive market and I can see the Huskers getting involved. Nebraska is also monitoring Michigan State’s Makhi Frazier, who ran for 520 yards and two touchdowns this fall on 116 carries. He’s a sophomore with three seasons of eligibility remaining
Nebraska has plenty of familiarity with UConn because of running backs coach EJ Barthel, who spent the 2022 season on Jim Mora Jr.’s staff. That could give the Huskers an opportunity with UConn offensive linemen Ben Murawski and Carsten Casady. Murawski stands 6-foot-7, 335lbs and started 12 games at left tackle for the Huskies this fall and six games at left guard last season, he has one year of eligibility remaining. Casady has played over 770 snaps for the Huskies in his career, starting all 12 games this fall at right tackle, and has yet to give up a sack in his career. He has two years of eligibility remaining and originally hails from Rolesville (N.C) a program the Huskers are familiar with. Both have announced their intentions to enter the portal when it opens on Jan. 2.
Harvard interior offensive linemen Derek Osman and Aidan Kilstrom are two others that could make sense for the Huskers. Osman stands 6-foot-4, 305lbs and has allowed just one sack in 17 starts, with one year of eligibility remaining. Kilstrom is an all-conference center who started the past two seasons for Harvard and has allowed just one sack in his career. The 6-foot-3, 300lb senior from Bettendorf (Ia.) Pleasant Valley has one year of eligibility remaining as well.
UCF defensive lineman John Walker had standout freshman season recording 20 tackles along the interior back in 2023. He missed 2024 with injury, but bounced back with 39 tackles and a sack this fall for the Knights. He stands 6’4, 324lbs and played under Nebraska defensive backs coach Addison Williams in 2023 and 2024, while Williams was UCF’s defensive coordinator.
A familiar name for Nebraska, USC defensive lineman Carlon Jones announced his intentions to enter the portal on Friday. He was committed to Nebraska once upon a time in the 2024 cycle but eventually backed off and committed to USC. Standing 6-foot-3, 315lbs, Jones saw rotational action for the Trojans this season as a redshirt freshman. Though he was recruited by Terrance Knighton and Tony White who are no longer at Nebraska, Matt Rhule and Keith Williams are still in Lincoln and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Huskers circle back on the redshirt freshman. He’ll have three years of eligibility remaining.
Ball State defensive tackle Darin Conley is a prospect to know, one of the top defensive tackles in the portal early on. He’s originally from Kansas City (Mo.) The Pembroke Hill School and now stands 6-foot-3, 284lbs coming out of his redshirt sophomore season. He recorded 28 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks this fall. Penn all-conference defensive tackle Carter Janki is looking to make the jump up to the Power Four with his final season of eligibility. The 6-foot-5, 295-pound defensive lineman had 13 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks and 2 pass deflections in the last two seasons. South Alabama defensive lineman Ed Smith stands 6-foot-3, 300lbs with 900 career snaps under his belt. He recorded 19 pressures this fall and had the fifth-highest pressure rates of all Sun Belt defensive tackles
UTSA defensive lineman Chidera Otutu plans to enter the transfer portal when it opens. Standing 6-foot-1, 305lbs, the sophomore posted 28 tackles, 2.5 sacks and seven pressures. North Dakota sophomore defensive lineman Emmanuel Olagbaju recently announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal. He stands 6-foot-3, 295lbs and recorded three tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks last season with two years of eligibility remaining
The Huskers have an offer out to speedy Slippery Rock safety transfer Kanye Thompson, ranked the No. 4 safety in the portal early on per On3. He ran 10.13 in the 100-meter dash this past spring and has some interest as a two-sport transfer. Kansas has already gotten him on campus and he’s considering visits to Nebraska, Kansas State and Memphis among others thus far.
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to UNK!
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gimme
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I show 298 but okay. He is a .85 rated player who had 3 tackles last year as a Freshman. We have higher rated players already on our roster who aren't starters, and won't be who have many more tackles than that. So what does he bring to the table? My point is that there are going to be about 1,000 players in the portal this year (and that is a conservative estimate), and 96% of them will never sniff a starting position. The thing WE have to do, is what Indiana does; find the ones that will play, and don't waste time on those that won't. Truth is that not only do we not have the time to waste with them, we don't have the room on the roster to afford even talking about them.
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Keep in mind that the portal opening period is now ONE period, and that it is a short time frame for the players. I'd expect that the best players won't be entering till just after most of the bowls are over.
Starting with the 2026 cycle, players will have from Jan. 2 through Jan. 16 to formally submit their names into the transfer portal. The change moves all transfer activity out of December and eliminates the spring period entirely. Because the expanded College Football Playoff will now extend further into January, players on teams still competing after Jan. 12 will be allowed a brief five-day opportunity to enter once their season concludes.
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Starting with the 2026 cycle, players will have from Jan. 2 through Jan. 16 to formally submit their names into the transfer portal. The change moves all transfer activity out of December and eliminates the spring period entirely. Because the expanded College Football Playoff will now extend further into January, players on teams still competing after Jan. 12 will be allowed a brief five-day opportunity to enter once their season concludes.
NCAA announces new college football transfer portal window dates
The NCAA is reshaping how college football players navigate the transfer process. Following Tuesday’s meeting, the Division I Administrative Committee approved
