Because RBs have a short shelf life so if you can expect to be drafted somewhat high you take it. Price is projected to be picked in rounds 2-3 so another year in college won’t help much and might even hurt some.
If a guy is wanting to transfer because he is injured and cant really contribute or gain the game experience that the others have gained who werent injured but wants to transfer because of it, he has to have a screw loose. He isnt going to find a better line to run behind than ND.
Someone mentioned Baugh from UF as a possibility, I don’t recall if there was real potential smoke behind that or just spitballing but that would be a huge get. That kid is a stud.
For us, getting a good young transfer RB poses the same admissions challenges as getting a good young transfer QB, with a difference being that good QBs often play five years, while good RBs often go after three. Personally I'd just work with the RBs we've already got.
He will have his degree and is a legit day 2 draft prospect. He is t coming back
There are emotional and competitive reasons to come back, but from a logical and financial standpoint, it really doesn't make sense. The only logical and financial reason to stay would be if he thinks he can massively improve his draft stock. With Kiper having him as RB3, that seems unlikely. So unless he gets feedback on needing to show being able to carry a larger workload or needing to show more as a pass catcher, he has essentially shown all he is going to show, isn't going to massively improve, and needs to keep tread on the tires.
Given our history of taking the best players we played against the previous year, maybe Hollywood Smothers or Dylan Riley. Or maybe Mekhi Hughes since it looks like it isn't working out at Oregon.
He’s better than Ford.
Williams has a Skatteboo vibe to him.
I’m holding out some hope for Kedron Young recovery/ development. He has a physical dimension that might have helped out short yardage issues this year
Have always thought James has Kyren Williams vibes. A little underrated as a recruit - probably because of measurables - and maybe not going to walk in and blow you away as a freshman. But if you are named the best high school football player in a mid-sized or larger state, you're probably a dude.
Would it be silly if it was Nick Singleton?
Agreed completely. It’s one thing to think that Osborne or Walton come in and compete for the most amount of carries, but I think it’s a bit asinine to spend capital on a portal RB and sour good will that we have with the pipeline we have had for the better part of the last decade at the RB position
He’s averaging 3.6 yards a carry this year and has less than 300 yards over 7 games. So yeah, it would be silly to piss off the current roster by bringing him on. And it wouldn’t inspire future recruits either.
If Singleton gets an extra year through the new eligibility rules you take him and run with him to South Bend
No thanks, I think @GoIrish41 is right. If we do take a transfer which I hope we don't, I'd rather not take a guy on a 5th year, I'd rather roll with the guys we have.
Absolutely, that's staff is clueless and runs him like an old school Fullback. He would be elite in out offense and look much more like last year's version of Singleton.
