Nothing is stopping anyone. In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if a team tries going this route. I think especially for G5 coaches this could be a good move, or schools without much local talent. KSU relied way more heavily on juco players compared to other teams, back during the Snyder era. They had good success with it.
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Thanks. Just looked him up. DB from Southeastern Louisiana. First team all conference. Dude looks intense, lol
Conference USA freshmen of the year as True freshmen in 2021 and Honorable Mention this year. Two years left to play.
Looks like they really want to up the WR competition...
This Mr. Henderson looks like he has great size and speed combination. Could be a great fit for the Gophers, in playing rotation and depth. Hit's like a linebacker. Good speed for a safety.
The RB position is in good hands between Potts and Zach Evans. Baring injury this time next year we will all be talking what a stud Evans is.
I think this is where people disagree. Some folks are in the camp that Potts is a decent Big 10 RB and others are not. I'm in the camp that if Potts is getting more than 25% of our carries next season - we're in trouble. I hope I'm wrong.
I think our RB's are better the more carries they get, but I agree that I will be surprised if Potts leads the team in carries.
Hoping he proves me wrong, but I just haven’t seen anything to suggest Potts is an above average RB in this conference. Can win games with him, but how many will be won largely because of him?
It depends on how the line comes together. The Michigan HS kid could walk right in a get half the carries. Didn’t check but I hope he is an early enrollee. Whoever tries to replace Mo will be a different kind of back.
I’m in the same camp as you. In my opinion, Potts has too much trouble making people miss. He wasn’t particularly skilled at outrunning, juking, or running through people this year. He has OK vision though.
I'm not a fan of Potts getting more than 5 carries per game. hoping someone else steps up
While I agree with both of you, he did show a little bit against Iowa and more against WI. It must have been a huge shock to the young man injured like he was. His confidence hopefully comes back this year and he fulfills his talents.
I'm all for portal transfers. I think it gives a nice opportunity for lower school guys to give it a shot at major programs and/or guys who are just in the wrong situation and need a "change of scenery" a chance to do that.
And we also have Zach Evans, RFrosh. Plus Potts and Bryce. If our OL plays well, this is a fine set of RBs, mixing experience and potential.
This looks like it's their PFF rankings 6 games into the season. I also don't believe these people are transfers. I think Mauch graduated and is going to the NFL.
Apologies, I completely misread it. It was from an Athletic article on the Rhode Island transfer. I will delete the post. Thanks for catching this!
This year in games where he had 10+ carries he averaged 5.6 per carry and in game with fewer than 10 he averaged 3.2 per carry. Now most of his 10+ carry games were in the games we won and took Mo out, but the other teams knew we were going to run at those points of the game and he did well.
I don't think the assumption has anything to do with Mo. He was really bad against Purdue, Penn State, and Iowa. The assumption we are making is that he won't improve from last year. If he goes back to the 2021 Potts - I agree with you. If he is the 2022 version of himself, I just think he really struggled.
That's the big mystery as we don't really know what his injury was and how it would affect his running ability. He looked better as the season went on, so hopefully (maybe?) he will be back close to his 2021 form next year.
The 10+ carry argument doesn't jive to me because look at who those games are against (with Mo stats for comparison)
Did we scout this team during the NCAA Volleyball tournament run?
Never knew the program existed till I saw the Lady Gophers play them in the tournament.