#4 rated Safety in the transfer portal (per On3)
Wow, what a flurry at the end. Things were looking pretty bleak for the first few weeks of the portal, with only 1 highly rated transfer in (Joey Slackman).
But things really took off recently with 4 high ranking pick-ups (D'Antre Robinson DT, Grayson Howard LB, Jameer Grimsley CB, Asa Turner S) back to back.
All at positions of need too.
The F position (SDE) should be loaded with Tyreak Sapp, Kelby Collins and Brien Taylor.
The biggest question marks on the roster going forward look to be STAR (Jaydon Hill gone) and EDGE (Princely gone) on defense.
Either Sharif Denson needs to gain serious weight or Dijon Johnson or Aaron Gates need to prove themselves (both 6-1 200) for the STAR position.
At EDGE one of TJ Searcy, Kamran James, or Gavin Hill need to step up. Justus Boone coming back healthy would be a big boost. LJ McCray should initially play at this position and have an impact.
On offense, both Damien George and Kamryn Waites look to be limited by speed for the OT position, both should move inside to OG.
The two incoming OT transfers were decently ranked in the portal but both got low PFF grades for 2023 (#200 or lower in the NCAA for OT).
Barber and at least one more OT need to step up for the position to be decent. George and Waites moving inside should bolster OG and Kearney should be able to backup at OC.
Assuming that in the spring we lose another 3-4 scholarship players to the portal or other reasons (hopefully dead weight), OT, EDGE and STAR would make good targets for incoming transfers.