šŸˆ Football 2024-2025 Transfer Portal Tracker

Happy Portal Day everyone, figured Iā€™d make a dedicated thread to help easier track all thatā€™s gonna be going on over the next couple days/weeks with the portal window officially opening. Will try my best to update this first post with relevant names as we go along, but bear with me if itā€™s not immediate.

A lot of this initial info is coming from the 247 boardā€™s transfer portal tracker, itā€™s a non-VIP thread so if you wanna check that out as well you can. Virginia Football Transfer Portal Tracker: Updates, departures, offers and more

UVA PLAYERS CURRENTLY IN THE PORTAL:

  • QB Anthony Colandrea
  • QB Devin Sherwood (walk on)
  • WR Jaden Gibson
  • WR JR Wilson
  • WR Titus Ivy
  • WR KJ Bratton (walk on)
  • WR Ethan Davies (walk on)
  • OT Charlie Patterson
  • OG Ty Furnish
  • OG Ugonna Nnanna
  • DE Ben Smiley
  • DT Michael Diatta
  • DT DJ Jones
  • DT Bryce Carter
  • CB Trent Baker-Booker
  • S Malcolm Greene
  • S Aidan Ryan

PLAYERS IN THE PORTAL THAT UVA HAS OFFERED

PLAYERS VISITING UVA

PLAYERS UVA HAS CONTACTED/IS LOOKING INTO

COMMITS

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And a personal list of guys Iā€™d like to see us reach out to:

  • QB Malachi Singleton, Arkansas (Three years left)
  • QB Devin Brown, Ohio State (Two years left)
  • QB Mikey Keene, Fresno State (One year left)
  • QB Braylon Braxton, Marshall (One year left)
  • QB Darian Mensah, Tulane (Three years left)
  • QB Preston Stone, SMU (if he enters) (One year left)
  • QB Avery Johnson, Kansas State (if he enters) (Two years left)
  • RB AJ Turner, Marshall (Two years left)
  • RB Demond Claiborne, Wake Forest (if he enters) (Two years left)
  • TE Tanner Koziol, Ball State (One year left)
  • LB Nate Johnson, Appalachian State (Two years left)
  • CB Matthew McDoom, Coastal Carolina (One year left)

Yeah itā€™s REAL heavy on QB prospects, but we gotta add someone and thereā€™s a lot of good options available. Avery Johnson and Demond Claiborne are both rumors as it currently stands, but there is some smoke behind them. And Preston Stone is a guess but also the writing is very much on the wall for him at SMU, would be very surprised if he doesnā€™t enter.

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Was committed to us at one point in HS then backed out. Productive WR with two years of eligibility left.

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I suppose we can find difference makers and upgrades at this time? I would think that many do not pop up until after bowl season and season exit meetings with coaches.

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Itā€™ll come in waves. Thereā€™ll be a ton of entries as it first opens up, then itā€™ll slow down until more and more bowl games finish up and more teamsā€™ seasons end.

Am cautiously optimistic about who weā€™ll be able to land and retain this offseason. The newly found funds from that anonymous donor have apparently opened up a ton of opportunities for our NIL game, so maybe weā€™ll be able to swim in a deeper end of the pool this time around.

Whether or not that new roster is properly utilized by the staff is a whole other conversation, but for now best to stay positive.

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Colandrea officially in the portal, if anyone gives a shit.

How does that work? Do non-athletes also use the transfer portal when switching schools?

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I think so? When I checked 247ā€™s transfer portal list earlier they had Aiden Gobaira from ND listed, even though heā€™s also medically retired from football.

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Titus Ivy, Bryce Carter, and Trent Baker-Booker have all entered the portal.

  • QB Avery Johnson, Kansas State (if he enters) (Two years left)
    • QB Preston Stone, SMU (if he enters) (One year left)

Would top my list if they make themselves available.

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Avery Johnson would be a dream, very hot commodity if he did enter but we were in the race for him when he was in HS.

Iā€™m very intrigued by Malachi Singleton from Arkansas. Another guy we offered/pursued in HS, he came in after an injury to help Arky beat Tennessee earlier this year and Razorback fans thought he shouldā€™ve been the starter at QB over Taylen Green. Youā€™d be banking on upside much more than production but heā€™s a true dual threat and someone I really like, hope we make a push for him.

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I like Singleton but I feel like my UVA fandom wonā€™t allow me to believe that he could come to UVA and fulfill his potential. Feels like like itā€™s a lock we are running the Simms experiment back.

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I get that, the one thing I keep fighting myself over is my dream of a true dual threat QB leading an effective run heavy offense for us next season, but then the reality hits that itā€™ll likely never come to fruition the way I want with Des as our OC.

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Iā€™m with you. Iā€™m all in on the idea of a dual threat and moving to a RPO based system. But you nailed it, if Des is calling the plays it doesnā€™t matter. More vanilla out routes to the boundary.

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Iā€™ve never heard of a couple of these guys leaving.

Also, appreciate your work in this thread.

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Hardest name in the portal

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Mc at the beginning of the last name means ā€œson ofā€¦ā€. Perhaps we should try and recruit his father.

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May or may not have been half the reason why heā€™s on my personal list.

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