Transfer Portal: Who's Coming and Going (2022 Roster)

[Tech93]

The portal has created free agency within college football. It has also empowered the top programs in the country. Almost wonder if we should explore FCS football.

 

[a5ehren]

The portal has created free agency within college football. It has also empowered the top programs in the country. Almost wonder if we should explore FCS football.

lol FCS has been dealing with this for ages. You have to go D3 to avoid it.

 

[stech81]

Guess we will have lots of room for more players

 

[a5ehren]

Guess we will have lots of room for more players

This year there is a special bonus allotment of up to +7 new scholarships (32 total) if you lose players in the portal. I doubt we can bring in a 32-man class, but it's worth mentioning.

 

[mts315]

1st...Good Luck to Yates
2nd...I assume this means that Sims has decided to stay
3rd...I don't recall Yates being a 4*

 

[gt02]

Yates was a four star? Didn't know that.

 

[Josh H]

Probably a decision that was made before this weekend. With Sims hurt this year Yates definitely got his opportunity. Keep in mind not all transfer portal decisions are strictly football related.

Best of luck to Yates. He played with heart.

 

[GTLorenzo]

Hate to lose Yates. Seems like a good young man who could've been productive in a better situation (better OC, better O line, etc.). Good luck to him in the future and I hope Simms stays and we get a really good OC and QB coach to coach him up.

 

[WreckinGT]

That's unfortunate. I hope we are hitting the portal for a QB.

 

[SOWEGA Jacket]

Glad for him. He’s a guy I’ll be watching wherever he goes. He got the shaft by Patenaude.

 

[MonroeJacket]

Losing starting QB and RB right after firing the OC seems bad.

Sims is our starting Q. You wouldn’t know that though by how often our stupid a** fans misspell his 4 letter last name.

 

[Buzzbomb]

 

[305jacket]

Very happy to see he is graduating and getting a GT degree, he was a great contributor during his time and a great influence.
He will do well in a G5 league, with 3 years of immediate eligibility he should be a hot commodity for teams to look for.
It was clear he wasn't the guy for us moving forward, he got his shot, didn't win enough. This opens the door for Peery to compete with Sims or maybe even a grad transfer.

 

[bke1984]

Sims is our starting Q. You wouldn’t know that though by how often our stupid a** fans misspell his 4 letter last name.

You also wouldn't know it by how little he actually played this year.

Joking aside, I hope he stays. We sure as hell need him right now and I think he could be really good with a solid QB coach and OC

 

[Techster]

You root for kids like Yates. Great teammate, repped GT with class, did and said all the right things...and never complained. He understood his role and did what was best for the team.

Going to miss him. I'm happy for him that he's graduating with a GT degree and will have the opportunity to find more playing time.

Good luck, Jordan.

 

[iceeater1969]

The portal has created free agency within college football. It has also empowered the top programs in the country. Almost wonder if we should explore FCS football.

We are near bottom in ACC $ for football.

 

[TooTall]

We sure could use a team full of guys with his nuts and guts, but a weakish arm and short on height are his only knocks. Thank you and best wishes!

 

[lv20gt]

I think Jordan was on track to finish up his undergrad soon so it might not come as a surprise to some.

I would have been more surprised had he not transferred. Staff pretty much made it's choice clear this year in Sims, Yates is graduating, and going forward we'll have a back up (Peery) who isn't redshirting.

Good luck to him and I thought he handled the situation he found himself in as well as he could.

 

[GTBandit22]

Yates is a warrior. Played against the 3 best defenses we faced this year. Almost brought us back against NIU. Wish him the best of luck and I’ll be cheering for him.

 

[GoodBuzz]

Is this CFBs version of the Great Resignation?

(Not Yates specifically, but all the movement)