2025 Transfer Portal

[stlnd01]

I was lumping the lack of QB get into my bust talk as well. Everyone else in the playoffs is set at QB next year...except ND. But agaaaaain I trust Freeman so let's see what happens.

They are?
Ohio State, probably Texas, Georgia, and Oregon are all replacing their starting QBs. Indiana, too, if we want to go deeper into playoff teams. Bama and Ole Miss if we want to include near-misses. Even with Penn State I know Allar says he's coming back but there's enough of a question that he's still showing up on draft boards.
Some of their backups are more proven than others - Arch Manning and Dante Moore would be nice to have in your pocket for sure - but I note none of those programs seem to be portal-shopping for a QB either.

 

[PANDFAN]

Anyone saying Fields isn't a home run just doesn't watch football outside of ND ... imagine having Jimmy clausen freshman oline, and Andrew hendrix at qb and still put up the numbers he did... he can stretch the field, contested catches and is athletic as hell.....

 

[NDFAN2008]

Anyone saying Fields isn't a home run just doesn't watch football outside of ND ... imagine having Jimmy clausen freshman oline, and Andrew hendrix at qb and still put up the numbers he did... he can stretch the field, contested catches and is athletic as hell.....

Fields put up 800 yards in 2023 and was the second option on the team and then put up 800 again both with an awful QB he should be a go to guy who you can throw it up to and go get it. IDK if he will have 800 at ND just because we are going to have a great RB room again but it will be nice to have a go to stud. Him and Faison should cause matchup problems for teams, need Greathouse to get going or someone else to step up.

 

[Rocketman84]

This is the funny the the portal does when Purdue TE Max Klare is big time lmao. He’s a fine TE. A lot of his Purdue teammates are fine too. Let’s relax on calling the big time players. Holden Staes was big time for a portal TE too.

Max Klare is big time because he produced heavily in an anemic offense, and was also the 2nd most productive TE behind Warren in the B10 over Loveland. Staes career over 3 years doesn't compare to Klare this past season. Staes has the tools and potential to be a very good TE but perhaps he needs to sit down somewhere for more than a year and learn an offense. Klare is #1 at TE and I believe a top 25 portal target, while Staes is #3 and around 140-150 overall, relatively quite a dropoff.

 

[Rocketman84]

Anyone saying Fields isn't a home run just doesn't watch football outside of ND ... imagine having Jimmy clausen freshman oline, and Andrew hendrix at qb and still put up the numbers he did... he can stretch the field, contested catches and is athletic as hell.....

Exaggerating a bit much are we?? Clausen's line from FR year and Colandrea is Hendrix?? Well Fields is Malcolm Johnson not Michael Floyd a SOLID wr but not a typical title contender #1, he's a good #2. Seems we're lowering the bar at WR when we need to do the opposite, which has shown in recruiting.

 

[Rocketman84]

I was lumping the lack of QB get into my bust talk as well. Everyone else in the playoffs is set at QB next year...except ND. But agaaaaain I trust Freeman so let's see what happens.

I trust him alot but until we get some "dynamite" on the outside the offense will be stagnant against the better defenses. With just "good" QB play with our plethora of possession guys if we can get a Fuller type (maybe Cam Williams) and a couple of legit run stuffers the team is set for another huge run.

 

[Rocketman84]

So pay up then.

You think that's how they landed 2-3 5* WRs year after year, not the QBs throwing for 4000+ and tossing 30+ TDs at least going back to befor Jones took over at QB.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Exaggerating a bit much are we?? Clausen's line from FR year and Colandrea is Hendrix?? Well Fields is Malcolm Johnson not Michael Floyd a SOLID wr but not a typical title contender #1, he's a good #2. Seems we're lowering the bar at WR when we need to do the opposite, which has shown in recruiting.

Fields would be number 1 on 90% of teams in college if you think we are gonna go out and get a Jeremiah Smith or something it aint happening.

 

[NDpendent]

I trust him alot but until we get some "dynamite" on the outside the offense will be stagnant against the better defenses. With just "good" QB play with our plethora of possession guys if we can get a Fuller type (maybe Cam Williams) and a couple of legit run stuffers the team is set for another huge run.

I honestly had no clue you liked legit speed for our outside guys. To be frank, I'm completely caught off guard by this and it completely mind blowing to me. If we are being honest with each other.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Here is a list of top DE/DT available left in the portal because apparently we have 1 DE and 2 DT's signed so thought I'd list some guys left.
Mi'quise Grace 6'4 Sophmore 255 lbs DE South Dakota State 8.5 Sacks
Jimmori Robinson 6'5 250 lbs Sensior DE UTSA 10.5 Sacks
Bradley Weaver DE 6'4 262 lbs Ohio 8.5 Sacks
William Whitlow Jr 6'2 260 lbs Memphis Junior 4 Sacks
Terry Webb 6'3 310 lbs DT Senior Texas State 1.5 Sacks
Jared Dawson 6'2 305 lbs DT UL 4 Sacks
These are all top 125 guys available the rest are all lower ranked guys for example Owen Waffle from Michigan who didn't play is the 143 ranked DL guy available

 

[Irish du Nord]

Getting paid at OSU (Wilson) or UGA (Branch) along with LSU and Ole Miss and Texas (shaw) sounds like a lot of the studs are leaving for both.

Yeah, like the dawgs need another guy that will just be blanketed by ND

Here is a list of top DE/DT available left in the portal because apparently we have 1 DE and 2 DT's signed so thought I'd list some guys left.
Mi'quise Grace 6'4 Sophmore 255 lbs DE South Dakota State 8.5 Sacks
Jimmori Robinson 6'5 250 lbs Sensior DE UTSA 10.5 Sacks
Bradley Weaver DE 6'4 262 lbs Ohio 8.5 Sacks
William Whitlow Jr 6'2 260 lbs Memphis Junior 4 Sacks
Terry Webb 6'3 310 lbs DT Senior Texas State 1.5 Sacks
Jared Dawson 6'2 305 lbs DT UL 4 Sacks
These are all top 125 guys available the rest are all lower ranked guys for example Owen Waffle from Michigan who didn't play is the 143 ranked DL guy available

Incredibly disingenuous to list the guy who we actually may take last when he is clearly head and shoulders better than the others. Come on man.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Yeah, like the dawgs need another guy that will just be blanketed by ND

Incredibly disingenuous to list the guy who we actually may take last when he is clearly head and shoulders better than the others. Come on man.

I listed him last because 247 doesn't even have him listed so not sure where he would rank but I'd put him above all those guys

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Our DT and DE might be grad transfers. In that case they don’t have to declare for the portal yet.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Wow this thread got super derailed the last few hours. Can we please refocus and bring it back to fact that we need 1-5 DT (depending on who you ask) in the portal this off-season

There is always refocusing on the National Championship to be won too.

 

[brewdog_14527]

There is always refocusing on the National Championship to be won too.

Wonder if the people on the boards of Texas, OSU and PSU are constantly worried about who they don't have from the portal yet?

 

[irishnd31]

Wonder if the people on the boards of Texas, OSU and PSU are constantly worried about who they don't have from the portal yet?

Every board has a few of "them".

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Wonder if the people on the boards of Texas, OSU and PSU are constantly worried about who they don't have from the portal yet?

No because they already have dts

 

[brewdog_14527]

Every board has a few of "them".

Is it me, or do "they" seem to dominate the conversation?

 

[Rizzophil]

Is it me, or do "they" seem to dominate the conversation?

It's not just you.

Just hit the ignore button for the 5-10 of them and it's a much better ND board.

 

[irishnd31]

Is it me, or do "they" seem to dominate the conversation?

 

[StPaul_Irish]

Every board has a few of "them".

It's They/Them....

 

[irishnd31]

It's They/Them....

My apologies. I should have asked. LOL

 

[Plankton]

It's They/Them....

Who they/them?

 

[IrishLion]

Who they/them?

This is the transfer thread…

When they/them

 

[fightingirish26]

Transfer rankings are incredibly dumb and if I see them referenced one more goddamn time, let alone before our season even ends, I may just have a brain aneurysm.

 

[MacIrish75]

Transfer rankings are incredibly dumb and if I see them referenced one more goddamn time, let alone before our season even ends, I may just have a brain aneurysm.

This energy:

 

[fightingirish26]

This energy:

I'll pistol whip the next mf who says we need a difference maker at DT

 

[GrangerIrish24]

I'll pistol whip the next mf who says we need a difference maker at DT

"Hey NDFan2008, whats that position of need you keep asking about?"

 

[Dale]

Transfer rankings are incredibly dumb and if I see them referenced one more goddamn time, let alone before our season even ends, I may just have a brain aneurysm.

Yup. They are caught in there “method” of theoretically projecting to the NFL and their HS rankings being a reference point versus clear better actual production. There is also no sample size to say they are accurate by any metric. They should not be used for anything besides a handy list

They only do the rankings for clicks, I doubt they want to undertake it even

 

[NDPhilly]

There needs to be like two tiers of transfer rankings - proven upperclassmen and unproven underclassmen. Combining and trying to rank the 2 together is just idiotic.