Transfer Portal U: Kentucky has seen four players enter the transfer database in less than a week
Kentucky has seen four players enter the NCAA transfer portal in a very short period of time as four Wildcats have entered the database in under a week’s time.
The first Wildcat to enter the portal came on Friday as redshirt freshman Cavon Butler decided to enter the portal, which was followed by sophomore defensive end Davoan Hawkins over the weekend. Those decisions were followed by redshirt sophomore receiver B.J. Alexander on Monday.
Now comes news that redshirt senior fullback/tight end Drew Schlegel has entered the portal after he appeared in 24 games for Kentucky the previous two seasons. News of Schlegel’s decision to enter the portal was first reported by Derek Terry of 247Sports.
Mark Stoops’ program is facing a scholarship crunch after signing 22 prospects in the 2020 recruiting cycle and adding transfer quarterback Joey Gatewood so some roster attrition was expected this offseason but losing four players to the portal in a few days span is very unusual, outside of a head coaching change.
Schlegel was also a walk-on so his decision doesn’t alter Kentucky’s scholarship limit heading into the 2020 season.
As always, it should be noted that just because a player enters the NCAA transfer portal, that does not mean they can’t return to their school.
Not a big shock , nor is it a problem . We are recruiting at a higher level than we have in years past . Some kids have been recruited over , and those kids want to play , so they transfer . Best of luck to all these young men . Thanks for being part of big blue nation .
Agreed.
None of the four had played any significant minutes last year or would get any playing time, in the case of the freshman. Good luck to them, but this 2020 edition of the Cats is going to be deep at most all positions. I foresee more disgruntled bench warmers leave before summer is over.
Need to cipher some money from Calimari…..
So clever! Clearly mental force to be feared.
Just because I doubt you understand, cipher is a code, siphon is to route something away.
Darrell has officially been roasted .
I know…that is the southern translation.
Call him derel …. as in derelict
I am assuming that you meant siphon. Siphoning off is pulling or draining from. Cipher is a code. You statement reads, “need to secret code some money”. And now you know.
it’s not a good look for any head coach to have this happen too often. Time will tell if Stoops can take the bad pr from this without backlash.
It’s simple math. Not a problem at all.
I have never considered benchwarmers leaving being bad PR. It happens…more now than ever.