Transfer Portal Tracker 2022

[Escambia94]

Here are the transfer portal entrants for 2022. Expect up to 30 to transfer out.

First	Last	Pos	Rat	2022 Classification	2022 Stats
Corey​	Collier Jr.​	S​	0.9400​	R-Fr. (2021)​	1 tackle​
Donovan​	McMillon​	S​	0.9195​	R-Fr. (2021)​	20 tackles​
Nay'Quan​	Wright​	RB​	0.9061​	R-Jr. (2019)​	47 rush, 190 yd, 1 rec, 14 yd​
Josh​	Braun​	OL​	0.9049​	R-So. (2020)​	no stats​
Daejon​	Reynolds​	WR​	0.9030​	R-Fr. (2021)​	11 rec, 244 yd, 2 td​
Diwun​	Black​	LB​	0.9017​	Sr. (2019)(Tr. 2021)​	3 tackles​
David​	Reese​	LB​	0.9000​	R-Sr. (2018)​	1 tackle​
Chief​	Borders​	LB​	0.8989​	R-Fr. (2021)​	2 tackles​
Kamar​	Wilcoxson​	S​	0.8985​	R-So. (2020)​	2 tackles​
Avery​	Helm​	CB​	0.8937​	R-So. (2020)​	4 tackles​
Nick​	Elksnis​	TE​	0.8877​	R-Fr. (2021)​	no stats​
Lorenzo​	Lingard​	RB​	0.8800​	R-Sr. (2018)(Tr. 2020)​	10 rush, 75 yd, 1 td; 2 rec, 22 yd​
Trent​	Whittemore​	WR​	0.8643​	R-Jr. (2019)​	4 rec, 87 yd​
Marco​	Ortiz​	LS​	0.8640​	R-Jr. (2018)​	no stats​
Griffin​	McDowell​	DL​	0.8342​	R-Sr. (2018)​	no stats​

 

[Escambia94]

So far the following QBs are available in the transfer portal with Anthony Richardson's stats shown for comparison.

Last School	Name	Hometown	Exp	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	Int	Rat
Coastal Carolina​	Grayson McCall​	Indian Trail, NC​	4​	549​	780​	8019​	78​	8​	187.70​
North Carolina​	Drake Maye​	Huntersville, NC​	2​	331​	492​	4204​	36​	7​	160.40​
Notre Dame​	Drew Pyne​	New Cannan, CT​	3​	181​	287​	2257​	24​	6​	152.50​
Texas​	Hudson Card​	Austin, TX​	3​	127​	194​	1523​	11​	2​	148.10​
Western Kentucky/ West Florida​	Austin Reed​	Saint Augustine, FL​	3​	560​	925​	7665​	74​	18​	147.80​
Wake Forest​	Sam Hartman​	Charlotte, NC​	5​	921​	1561​	12687​	107​	40​	144.80​
Pittsburgh/ SC​	Kedon Slovis​	Scottsdale, AZ​	4​	836​	1268​	9973​	68​	33​	144.50​
Tulane​	Michael Pratt​	Boca Raton, FL​	3​	536​	903​	6963​	66​	21​	143.60​
Michigan​	Cade McNamara​	Reno, NV​	3​	367​	423​	3181​	21​	7​	139.40​
NC State​	Devin Leary​	Sicklerville, NJ​	4​	568​	944​	6807​	62​	16​	139.00​
Texas Tech​	Donovan Smith​	Las Vegas, NV​	2​	232​	361​	2686​	19​	10​	138.60​
Virginia​	Brennan Armstrong​	Shelby, OH​	5​	685​	1131​	9034​	58​	35​	138.40​
Boston College/ Notre Dame​	Phil Jurkovec​	Pittsburgh, PA​	5​	416​	247​	5405​	37​	17​	137.70​
Florida​	Anthony Richardson​	Gainesville, FL​	3​	215​	393​	3105​	24​	15​	133.60​
Wisconsin​	Graham Mertz​	Overland Park, KS​	4​	460​	773​	5405​	38​	26​	127.70​
Clemson​	DJ Uiagalelei​	Inland Empire, CA​	3​	515​	860​	5681​	36​	17​	125.20​
Georgia Tech​	Jeff Sims​	Jacksonville, FL​	3​	364​	633​	4464​	30​	23​	125.10​
Indiana​	Connor Bazelak​	Dayton, OH​	4​	714​	1148​	7370​	36​	27​	121.80​
Texas A&M​	Haynes King​	Longview, TX​	3​	128​	226​	1579​	10​	10​	121.10​
North Carolina​	Jacolby Criswell​	Morrilton, AR​	3​	18​	31​	204​	1​	1​	117.50​
Arkansas​	Malik Hornsby​	Missouri City, TX​	3​	18​	39​	314​	1​	2​	112.00​
Ole Miss​	Luke Altmyer​	Starkville, MS​	2​	28​	54​	317​	3​	3​	108.40​

 

[DRU2012]

That Gamblers' Bowl appearance looking more and more questionable in terms of our ability to compete. Who's our likely "sacrificial lam--"
I mean, "QB-1" now for this one?
Sorry--gotta somehow at least find some humor in this mess of an "immeduate future".
The "midterm future" may not be so daunting though, with the rise of the transfer portal...
Who do y'all see as our "best target", at quarterback in particular of course?
And our "longterm" may be BRIGHT, assuming we can hold what we already have and can close the deal on commits and "lean-heavilies".
However: With Deion touring Florida and Miami with a reported multi-MULTI--million dollar NIL warchest, that is hardly guaranteed.
I favored something like NIL, and was all for SOME modification/expansion of the CFB Playoffs, but the former is already being circumvented and the latter too appears somewhat of an over-reach.
Don't know about any of you, but this "Brave New World" of College Football in the 21st Century to me looks more and more like the worst of the bad old days--only now, out of the back rooms, gloves off and rules proudly flung to the wind.
"Hold your nose and wade on into the slime!"
Look, I understand that change was inevitable with all this money around, and "what's done is done", but I cannot help this sinking feeling that "the dam has broken", and now comes the flood.

 

[Escambia94]

First	Last	Pos	Rat	'22 Class	'22 Stats
Yousef​	Mugharbil​	OL​	0.9056​	R-Fr. (2021)​	n/a​

 

[Escambia94]

First	Last	Pos	Rat	'22 Class	'22 Stats
Jalen​	Lee​	DL​	0.8917​	R-So. (2020)​	8 tackles​

 

[Escambia94]

Currently the roster looks like this after transfer portal day.

59​	All Years​
1​	2018 (5th-year Seniors)​
13​	2019 (Seniors)​
13​	2020 (Juniors)​
16​	2021 (Sophomores)​
22​	2022 (Freshmen)​

 

[Escambia94]

So far the Gators are known to have contacted Malik Hornsby and Kedon Slovis.

 

[Escambia94]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1599948423314436096

 

[Escambia94]

Gators are rumored to have Devin Leary atop their target list.

 

[Leakfan12]

Gators are rumored to have Devin Leary atop their target list.

Isn't he more of a pocket passer? He is one of the best QBs on the list. Just hope he fit in Napier's system.

 

[Escambia94]

Isn't he more of a pocket passer? He is one of the best QBs on the list. Just hope he fit in Napier's system.

Yes. Keep in mind that Leary is one of many QBs that Florida has contacted but not necessarily offered. DJ Uiagalelei (Clemson), Kedon Slovis (Pitt), and Michael Pratt (Tulane) are all different styles of QB rumored to have been contacted by Florida.

 

[DRU2012]

Gators are rumored to have Devin Leary atop their target list.

At least SIX schools have reportedly already contacted Leary (not including UF, whose interest thus far remains "rumored").
Whatever Billy has in mind, so far he's playing it close to his vest...

 

[Escambia94]

Here is the QB transfer portal summary as of 2 January. Note that Graham Mertz is statistically similar to Anthony Richardson.

Name	Transfer from	Transfer to	Hometown	Class	Career CMP	Career ATT	Career YDS	Career TDS	Career INT	Career RTG
Grayson McCall​	Coastal Carolina​	N/A. Withdrew.​	Indian Trail, NC​	2019​	549​	780​	8019​	78​	8​	187.70​
Drake Maye​	North Carolina​	​	Huntersville, NC​	2021​	331​	492​	4204​	36​	7​	160.40​
Drew Pyne​	Notre Dame​	Arizona​	New Cannan, CT​	2020​	181​	287​	2257​	24​	6​	152.50​
Hudson Card​	Texas​	Purdue​	Austin, TX​	2020​	127​	194​	1523​	11​	2​	148.10​
Austin Reed​	Western Kentucky​	​	Saint Augustine, FL​	2020​	560​	925​	7665​	74​	18​	147.80​
Sam Hartman​	Wake Forest​	Notre Dame​	Charlotte, NC​	2018​	921​	1561​	12687​	107​	40​	144.80​
Kedon Slovis​	Pitt​	BYU​	Scottsdale, AZ​	2019​	836​	1268​	9973​	68​	33​	144.50​
Michael Pratt​	Tulane​	Tulane​	Boca Raton, FL​	2020​	536​	903​	6963​	66​	21​	143.60​
Emory Jones​	Arizona State​	Cincinatti​	Franklin, GA​	2018​	404​	631​	4880​	33​	18​	140.50​
Cade McNamara​	Iowa​	​	Reno, NV​	2020​	367​	423​	3181​	21​	7​	139.40​
Devin Leary​	NC State​	Kentucky​	Sicklerville, NJ​	2019​	568​	944​	6807​	62​	16​	139.00​
Donovan Smith​	Texas Tech​	Houston​	Las Vegas, NV​	2021​	232​	361​	2686​	19​	10​	138.60​
Brennan Armstrong​	Virginia​	​	Shelby, OH​	2018​	685​	1131​	9034​	58​	35​	138.40​
Phil Jurkovec​	Boston College​	Pitt​	Pittsburgh, PA​	2018​	416​	247​	5405​	37​	17​	137.70​
Anthony Richardson​	Florida​	N/A. NFL​	Gainesville, FL​	2020​	215​	393​	3105​	24​	15​	133.60​
Graham Mertz​	Wisconsin​	Florida​	Overland Park, KS​	2019​	460​	773​	5405​	38​	26​	127.70​
DJ Uiagalelei​	Clemson​	Oregon State​	Inland Empire, CA​	2020​	515​	860​	5681​	36​	17​	125.20​
Jeff Sims​	Georgia Tech​	​	Jacksonville, FL​	2020​	364​	633​	4464​	30​	23​	125.10​
Connor Bazelak​	Indiana​	​	Dayton, OH​	2019​	714​	1148​	7370​	36​	27​	121.80​
Haynes King​	Texas A&M​	Georgia Tech​	Longview, TX​	2020​	128​	226​	1579​	10​	10​	121.10​
Jacolby Criswell​	North Carolina​	Arkansas​	Morrilton, AR​	2020​	18​	31​	204​	1​	1​	117.50​
Luke Altmyer​	Ole Miss​	Illinois​	Starkville, MS​	2021​	28​	54​	317​	3​	3​	108.40​
Nick Evers​	Oklahoma​	Wisconsin​	Flower Mound, TX​	2022​	0​	1​	0​	0​	0​	0.00​

 

[DRU2012]

Actually, with admittedly perhaps less "potential upside" physically, "right here/right now" Mertz appears to have the BETTER overall stats--as a passer, anyway. THAT'S encouraging, at any rate.

(On another level, one which I wish to note but am loathe to do so in a separate, open thread:
One major ongoing reality that I suspect many Gators share is the way the various post-season Bowl match-ups--Playoffs and mainly irrelevant "show-bowls" included--continue to just "rub our faces in collective KAH-KAH": I HATE it, hate finding ourselves sitting on the sidelines watching everyone ELSE continue to at the very least be part of the ongoing discussion of CURRENT program relevancy.
I suppose playing ours so early and losing so badly didn't help, but one could see it coming and perhaps this time, despite the "extended practice and public exposure" arguments, this time we MUGHT have been better served forgoing such "participation" and rather simply carried on our recruiting etc. "under the radar"...
Of course, when all is said and done I trust Billy Napier and whatever I am sure are his well-considered aims--I'm just venting my ongoing undeniable pain.)