2026 Transfer Portal - General

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NDWarrior said:
In re: to the Transfer Portal, the most common profile for top players entering the portal and their 3rd or 4th year as a player, includes having 1-2 years of strong production under their belt where they're now looking to leverage that experience to upgrade teams and profile for NFL visibility and/or get paid; which means they have 1-2 years remaining where many have only 1 year remaining.

What's interesting is that I don't see hardly any Graduate Transfers in the portal. I believe now GTs have the same 15-day window as all the players do.

What I'm curious about is:

- Is this a new TP/NIL trend where most of these players are looking to primarily leverage their final year of eligibility to get paid / position themselves for The NFL? And so, although they should have an undergrad degree by now, they just haven't focused on school enough for a degree?
- Or, will many actually earn their degree by the end of the 2026 academic year to officially earn GT status before the 2026 season begins?
- If the players with one year remaining mostly won't be GTs, how does ND and admissions deal with this challenge of getting a number of these top and needed players on to the team in this current TP window?
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As the guys on ISD pointed out, there's no way this single 15-day window holds up to a lawsuit. It was created solely for the benefit of the schools and coaches, and the courts have been clear that schools can't impose those types of restrictions outside of a collective bargaining setup absent the antitrust exemption they are trying to get.

Re: grad transfers specifically, telling a guy who graduates in May "sorry, you missed your chance and now you're stuck here even though you want to continue your education elsewhere" isn't going to fly.
 
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If ND is out to spend some Rev Share and cash, threaten to sue the NCAA over Onye's mental health, then go get me...

WR: Nick Marsh
RB: Wayne Knight
OG: Joe Brunner
TE: Brody Foley
DE: Adam Trick
DT: Mateen Igbirogba
DT: TBD
K: David Olano (86%, 2x All Big 10 HM)
NB: Terry Moore (Academic All ACC)
QB: TBD

Let's go to war with...

QB: CJ Carr
2. Portal Addition

RB: Aneyas Williams or Wayne Knight
2. Aneyas Williams or Wayne Knight

WR: Nick Marsh
2. Micah Gilbert or Cam Williams

WR: Jordan Faison
2. Elijah Buress

TE: Brody Foley
2. Cooper Flanagan or James Flanigan

Slot: Jaden Greathouse
2. KK Smith

LT: Anthonie Knapp
2. Will Black

LG: Joe Brunner
2. Sullivan Absher

C: Ashton Craig
2. Joe Otting

RG: Charles Jagusah
2. Sullivan Absher

RT: Guerby Lambert
2. Will Black

DE: Bryce Young
2. Adam Trick

NG: Jason Onye
2. Portal Addition

DT: Mateen Igbirogba
2. Elijah Hughes

DE: Boubacar Traore
2. Loghan Thomas

Mike: Drayk Bowen
2. Madden Faraimo

Will: Kingston Viliamu-Asa
2. Jaiden Ausberry or Jaylen Sneed

NB: Terry Moore or Dallas Golden
2 Terry Moore or Dallas Golden

S: Adon Shuler
2. Luke Talich

S: Tae Johnson
2. Joey O'Brien or Terry Moore

CB: Leonard Moore
2. Khary Adams

CB: Christian Gray
2. Mark Zackery

K: David Olano
2. Erik Schmidt

P: Jasper Scaife or Erik Schmidt
2. Jasper Scaife or Erik Schmidt

That's a final 4 caliber caliber team that could win it all if it stays reasonably healthy!
 
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NDWarrior said:
A strong Edge entry to the portal. SDSU has a 9-4 season with a close North Texas loss and wins over Fresno State and Boise State; good production (strong sack production) over the past 2 years but a bit on the smaller side for Edge player.

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Some strong sack production is greatly needed on this front.
 
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CanadalovesND said:
Brunner has been one of the better pass blocking IOL in the Big Ten the past two seasons. This year, he only allowed eight pressures on nearly 300 pass blocking snaps. Zero sacks allowed.

He played his best games against the best competition in the Big Ten this past season... Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana
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I did some digging and it looks like he isn't the greatest run blocker according to PFF.
 
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NYDOMER said:
I can agree with you because Marsh and Duff are very similar and different at the same time, and I would be happy if we got either of them. I would have Duff probably 3 behind Coleman and Omarion Miller, with Marsh and Reed Harris right after, hbu?
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I'd go Coleman, Marsh, Miller Duff/Moore at the moment. Harris is a nice sized WR but has received about 40% of his yards against Stanford, Pitt and GT over the past two seasons.
 
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CanadalovesND said:
12:01 am, the Portal is now officially open.
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Portal has been open for 9 1/2 hours. Where’s the bedwetters?
 
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Couple more entries of note. Nitro Tuggle wr Purdue from South Bend and Brock Schott te from Ft Wayne leaving Miami during their playoff run. Schott wanted nd out of high school. Tuggle caught a TD pass vs us this year
 
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Irish#1 said:
Portal has been open for 9 1/2 hours. Where’s the bedwetters?
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I'm expecting 13-15 players to ultimately transfer out of ND during this Poral window.

Announced (11 players)
QB: Kenny Minchey
QB: Anything Rezac
RB: Gi'Bran Payne
DE: Josh Burnham
DE: Preston Zinter
DT: Armel Mukam
S: JaDon Blair
S: Ben Minich
S: Taebron Bennie-Powell
CB: Karson Hobbs
CB: Chance Tucker

Personal Watchlist
WR: Scrap Richardson
TE: Jack Larsen
OL: Devan Houston
OL: Chris Terek
OL: Styles Prescod
OL: Owen Strebig
OL: Sullivan Absher
DT: Brenan Vernon
LB: Teddy Rezac
LB: Bodie Kahoun
 
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IrishInOntario said:
I'm expecting 13-15 players to ultimately transfer out of ND during this Poral window.

Announced (11 players)
QB: Kenny Minchey
QB: Anything Rezac
RB: Gi'Bran Payne
DE: Josh Burnham
DE: Preston Zinter
DT: Armel Mukam
S: JaDon Blair
S: Ben Minich
S: Taebron Bennie-Powell
CB: Karson Hobbs
CB: Chance Tucker

Personal Watchlist
WR: Scrap Richardson
TE: Jack Larsen
OL: Devan Houston
OL: Chris Terek
OL: Styles Prescod
OL: Owen Strebig
OL: Sullivan Absher
DT: Brenan Vernon
LB: Teddy Rezac
LB: Bodie Kahoun
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Nobody on that list would surprise me except Sully.
 
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CoachB said:
Nobody on that list would surprise me except Sully.
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It's not that I'm expecting him to leave, but if ND is actually kicking tires with somebody like Brunner, one has to think that's because they want to recruit over Absher. I can't imagine they envision someone like Brunner replacing any of Knapp, Craig, Lambert, Black or Jagusah, unless the rumored complications for Jagusah's recovery are worse than we think and ND actually might be without him next year.
 
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IrishInOntario said:
It's not that I'm expecting him to leave, but if ND is actually kicking tires with somebody like Brunner, one has to think that's because they want to recruit over Absher. I can't imagine they envision someone like Brunner replacing any of Knapp, Craig, Lambert, Black or Jagusah, unless the rumored complications for Jagusah's recovery are worse than we think and ND actually might be without him next year.
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That is actually a big concern I have.
 
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