BYU defensive coordinator Kelly Poppinga explained BYU’s portal strategy on the last day of Spring Camp.<\/p>\n
Roster turnover in college football is at an all-time high. In the transfer portal era, players are free to transfer multiple times without penalty. While some programs rely heavily on the transfer portal to fill out their rosters, BYU prefers to use the portal sparingly.<\/p>\n
Rosters are mostly set for the upcoming season. Now that the dust has settled on roster movement, BYU is the clear outlier in the Big 12 and one of the outliers in the Power Four. <\/p>\n
The Cougars signed nine incoming transfers, the smallest transfer class in the conference. 12 out of 16 Big 12 schools signed 20 or more transfers. BYU was one of only four Power Four schools to sign less than 10 transfers: Stanford (6), Notre Dame (7), BYU (9), and Georgia (9).<\/p>\n
Oklahoma State was on the opposite end of the specturm. After firing Mike Gundy, the Cowboys brought in 54 transfers. That was the second highest number of incoming transfers in college football, second only to UConn. Iowa State, Colorado, WVU, Baylor, Kansas, and UCF brought in more than 30 transfers each.<\/p>\n
Below are the Big 12 transfer classes sorted by the number of incoming transfers.<\/p>\n
Team<\/p>\n
Incoming Transfers<\/p>\n
1. Oklahoma State<\/p>\n
54<\/p>\n
2. Iowa State<\/p>\n
47<\/p>\n
3. Colorado<\/p>\n
43<\/p>\n
4. WVU<\/p>\n
34<\/p>\n
5. Baylor<\/p>\n
31<\/p>\n
5. Kansas<\/p>\n
31<\/p>\n
5. UCF<\/p>\n
31<\/p>\n
8. Kansas State<\/p>\n
27<\/p>\n
9. ASU<\/p>\n
25<\/p>\n
10. Arizona<\/p>\n
24<\/p>\n
11. Cincinnati<\/p>\n
22<\/p>\n
12. Texas Tech<\/p>\n
21<\/p>\n
13. Houston<\/p>\n
19<\/p>\n
14. Utah<\/p>\n
16<\/p>\n
15. TCU<\/p>\n
12<\/p>\n
16. BYU<\/p>\n
9<\/p>\n
BYU’s transfer portal recruiting is intentional. In fact, this is the second consecutive year that BYU has brought in one of the smaller transfer classes in the Big 12<\/a>. It’s probably not a coincidence that the best teams in the league last year (Texas Tech, BYU, Utah, Houston, TCU) brough in the fewest transfers. High roster turnover can be a sign of a program in turmoil – Oklahoma State and Iowa State are prime examples of that. <\/p>\n BYU defensive coordinator Kelly Poppinga explained BYU’s portal strategy on the last day of Spring Camp.<\/p>\n
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