2026 Transfer Portal - General

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FightingIrishLover7 said:
Seems like an interesting use of transfer $ when you're loaded in house at the position. Maybe they see it as an enhancement? I'd still rather save every drop of the defensive NIL fund on dline though
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I thought that too. Maybe he wants ND as he sees the writing on the wall...and he comes cheap to be a part of it.
 
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IrishInOntario said:
ND has enough to do both. Like I said, their transfer portal budget is likely $6+ million after Schrauth reportedly turned down more than $1 million to go pro, Wagner turned down high six figures to go pro and Price reportedly turned down $2 million to go pro. That extra money can now be spent in the portal. If ND can get 2 defensive tackles and a defensive end for $3 million'ish, they still have at least half of their Portal budget left to spend.
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They have to buy players on offense too....
 
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IrishInOntario said:
Hear me out on Richard Young guys, because he makes a lot of sense for Notre Dame.

1. It was reported last week that ND was looking at a running back that was still on a playoff team's roster. That was before Alabama was eliminated.

2. Notre Dame highly recruited Young out of high school and Young was genuinely interested in ND (even visited) before ultimately selecting Alabama.

3. Young is from Florida, where JaJuan Seider has deep connections and recruited him heavily out of high school.

4. Young is, apparently, an excellent student, from an awesome family and would be a great cultural fit for ND, hence why he liked his visit so much in high school.

5. Young has 2 years of eligibility remaining and would be a solid veteran addition to the running back room. He'd also be relatively cheap because his production has be limited at Alabama. Notre Dame is not likely looking to spend significant money at the RB position in order to add a body and the top tier guys are all super expensive this cycle. This could be a "buy low" guy that Seider thinks he can get more out of.
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Wasn’t he also the recruit that actively recruited Keeley on social media and in person to Bama?
 
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CanadalovesND said:
Williams played on the outside at ISU. Seems like a depth move to pair with Moore & Gray.
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They love bringing in Nickelbacks in the portal. It’s a position that you want an experienced guy at with a particular skill set and physical profile. Williams is almost certainly going to play that spot in this defense.
 
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FightingIrishLover7 said:
They have to buy players on offense too....
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The math adds up...

DT #1: $1,300,000
DT #2: $800,000
DE #1: $750,000
CB/NB #1: $800,000
WR #1: $1,300,000
TE #1: $600,000
RB #1: $300,000
OG #1: $800,000 (Brunner caliber)
Kicker #1: $250,000
QB #1: $300,000

Total: $6.5-$7.2 million usd

Obviously I'm just guessing, but that's an example of a 10 man portal class for the $6.5-$7.0 million budget I'm projecting. I think it fits all of ND's needs / wants. Assuming ND doesn't get everyone, that's in the range of what they might be looking at.
 
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TNUtoNotreDame said:
Bama was horrible at running this year.
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Their OL and DL have not been very good for a couple of years.

On a separate point with Bama, based on DeBoer's post game comments, he appears to be completely oblivious to their problems. I realize he's not going to say "we stink and didn't belong on that field," but to say there is a fine line between where they are and being elite is either dishonest or he just doesn't know what elite looks like. After the 2012 BCS beating, there weren't a lot of folks who said "we're right there with Bama." It was clear and obvious there was a substantial gap between that ND team and that Bama team, and anyone who watched what Bama was putting out there this season could see the same for them.
 
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sfk324 said:
Their OL and DL have not been very good for a couple of years.

On a separate point with Bama, based on DeBoer's post game comments, he appears to be completely oblivious to their problems. I realize he's not going to say "we stink and didn't belong on that field," but to say there is a fine line between where they are and being elite is either dishonest or he just doesn't know what elite looks like. After the 2012 BCS beating, there weren't a lot of folks who said "we're right there with Bama." It was clear and obvious there was a substantial gap between that ND team and that Bama team, and anyone who watched what Bama was putting out there this season could see the same for them.
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Bama and the SEC generally are just going to be in the wilderness for a bit until the powers that be can get this NIL wild west situation under control and reinstitute a system where the primary leverage comes in the form of cheating.
 
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Williams is off a ACL injury, plays in the very specific Iowa State scheme and is 5’11 200 pounds. I wouldn’t pencil him in to be an outside starting CB at ND. He’ll either have a large learning curve or could be envisioned to play elsewhere.
 
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Forgive me for asking: projecting $7M on 10 dudes in the portal. So…the cap is $21M for ALL SPORTS? ND in other words would use 1/3 of their budget for 10 FB players? I think FB should get the whole budget—it actually makes money—but even if the $21M was just football, ND would only have $14M to spread across the other 90 football players? Ouch. 1/3 of budget on 10% of your roster and the holdovers probably pissed. What a weird time in college sports.
 
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Forgive me for asking: projecting $7M on 10 dudes in the portal. So…the cap is $21M for ALL SPORTS? ND in other words would use 1/3 of their budget for 10 FB players? I think FB should get the whole budget—it actually makes money—but even if the $21M was just football, ND would only have $14M to spread across the other 90 football players? Ouch. 1/3 of budget on 10% of your roster and the holdovers probably pissed. What a weird time in college sports.
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ND has about $17.5MM towards football revenue sharing and roughly $15-$20MM in NIL.
 
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I don’t believe any major program is sticking to a $21 mil cap. Only a few (looking at you LSU) will openly admit that.
 
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I wonder if they would try Gray out at nickel if we have another good outside corner. It seems like it would cover his weakness of being manned up deep while he seems to do a good job with the intermediate stuff.
 
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This doesn't mean that ND is not also still communicating with him, but it makes you wonder if maybe Alex VanSumeren is the B1G DT that folks were talking about.

 
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Is IU football officially a thing? Incredible what Cig and admin support has been able to do overnight.
 
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NDWarrior said:
This doesn't mean that ND is not also still communicating with him, but it makes you wonder if maybe Alex VanSumeren is the B1G DT that folks were talking about.

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I don't think Gilliam was the DT that Roberts was referring to because he was already in the portal. Roberts followed up this morning saying that he'll let us know when that player enters.
 
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BrianWalsh said:
Forgive me for asking: projecting $7M on 10 dudes in the portal. So…the cap is $21M for ALL SPORTS? ND in other words would use 1/3 of their budget for 10 FB players? I think FB should get the whole budget—it actually makes money—but even if the $21M was just football, ND would only have $14M to spread across the other 90 football players? Ouch. 1/3 of budget on 10% of your roster and the holdovers probably pissed. What a weird time in college sports.
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Player compensation is the product of both Rev Share and NIL. The Rev Share conponent is capped and has to be divided between each school in support of their respective athletic departments. Meanwhile, NIL is essentially unlimited and is designed to supplement Rev Share in order to round out compensation.

So if ND spends $7 million in the portal, it could be the case that 50% of that money comes from the capped Rev Share, while the other 50% comes from the uncapped NIL.

When you hear about the "$21 million" that is strictly the Rev Share pool, not the NIL pool. Somebody like CJ Carr might make $2+ million next season, but a huge chunk of that probably comes from NIL because of how marketable he is, saving more money for Rev Share to be split between less marketable players.

We know, anecdotally, that recruits are often given large signing bonuses from the Rev Share pool, but if thry aren't contributing heading into year #2 they are often asked to massive compensation cuts, with some guys making 1/5th and 1/10th of what they made coming out of high school. All that money then gets funneled to the top of the roster. I posted an example of how Rev Share slots might exist on a $17 million, 85 man compensation chart. It's just one example.
 
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