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Jurkovec Indeed Transferring to Boston College

So Jurkovec leaves and there are conversations be had about why he didn’t develop at Notre Dame like so many had hoped and forced the hand of the coaching staff to get him on the field.

Friday night we shared the news with you that Phil Jurkovec, who recently entered the transfer-portal, was taking advantage of a rule that allowed him to make an official visit to Boston College because students resumed classes this coming Monday.

Well, where this is smoke there is fire.

And in this case Phil Jurkovec is the newest member of the Boston College football team.

As you’re probably already aware, college football coaches get weird on social media, especially when recruits are committing to their respective schools.

Saturday afternoon this is what Boston College’s new head coach, Jeff Hafley had to say:

Irish fans may be aware of how Brian Kelly tweets out #WeAreND whenever he lands a commitment, consider this Hafley’s version of that because sure enough, a short time later the Sports Illustrated Boston College Maven site reported the news.

So Jurkovec leaves and there are conversations be had about why he didn’t develop at Notre Dame like so many had hoped and forced the hand of the coaching staff to get him on the field.

At the same time, Ian Book has played well enough for long enough to not really make a quarterback controversy a thing.  Sure, you can zoom in on his poor performances against Clemson or Michigan and be rightfully upset, but this is clearly a long way from Book forcing a change to him from Brandon Wimbush like we saw in 2018.

Like most things in life there is probably blame that deserves to head to multiple people in this, as Jurkovec never sounded like he earned a real chance to play more and yet again, we speak of a quarterback failing to develop to the liking of most Notre Dame fans under this regime.

If Jurkovec does receive his waiver to play this season for Boston College, he’ll have three years remaining which means Notre Dame could face their former big-time quarterback recruit as the Irish and Eagles are scheduled to play at Notre Dame Stadium in 2022.

Report: Georgia football DB enters NCAA transfer portal

Georgia football loses another defender to the NCAA transfer portal

One thing about today’s college football…it’s a 365-day dynamic environmnet. Georgia has experienced that as well as any program in the country and today’s report from Al.com’s Matt Zentiz that sophomore safety Otis Reese has entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal adds an exclamation point to the satement.

Reese joins UGA redshirt sophomore linebacker Robert Beal in the portal.

The 6-foot-3 210-pound defensive back from Lee County High (Leesburg, GA) played in each of the Dawgs’ game this season. He played in 11 games as a freshman.

Reese was a four-star prospect coming out of high school. He had been a Michigan commit before Kirby Smart flipped him to the Bulldogs.

Georgia has 18 defensive backs returning next season and with rising senior Richard LeCounte and rising sophomore Lewis Cine expected to get most of the reps at safety, Reese has decided to test the waters.

Notre Dame the New Home to Transferring Northwestern Captain

Skowronek pulled down 45 receptions as both a sophomore and junior for the Wildcats, finding the end zone eight times those two years.  He was also named to the All-Academic Big Ten Team both years.  He isn’t just a fit because he’s a Midwestern guy from a good school, he’s got extremely big play ability when healthy.

 

Although not playing on New Years Day 2020, Notre Dame still receieved good news Wednesday as Northwestern captain, senior transfer Bennett Skowronek announced he will be enrolling at Notre Dame this spring and using his final year of eligibility there in the fall.

Skowronek, a 6-4, 215 pound receiver is coming off a senior season at Northwestern that saw the captain play just three games before suffering an ankle injury that sidelined him the remainder of the season.

Notre Dame is banking on Skowronek’s ankle being fully healed, something Matt Fortuna from The Athletic says those in South Bend are confident in.

Skowronek’s injury happening in just the third game of the 2019 season makes him eligible for 2020 despite having played in four separate seasons already at Northwestern.

Skowronek pulled down 45 receptions as both a sophomore and junior for the Wildcats, finding the end zone eight times those two years.  He was also named to the All-Academic Big Ten Team both years.  He isn’t just a fit because he’s a Midwestern guy from a good school, he’s got extremely big play ability when healthy.

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That play sealed the deal for Northwestern’s only Big Ten West title in school history but he was also responsible for over 1200 yards of offense for a pretty pedestrian offensive unit.

Stephen Spanellis announces intention to transfer from Michigan

The Wolverines offensive lineman announces his intentions to transfer for his final year of eligibility.

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The paint isn’t even dry yet on the 2019 football season, but one Michigan football offensive lineman has suited up in maize and blue for the last time.

Former Baltimore (MD) Gilman offensive guard/center Stephen Spanellis was a multi-year winner of the team’s academic MVP award at the end of the season, and was a player who ascended beyond his three-star status as a recruit, but rarely got time with the starting unit.

Playing mostly on special teams, Spanellis was waiting his turn, but now it looks as if he’s not going to wait and see if it will come next year, as he announced on Instagram his intentions to transfer from the program.

Spanellis started the 2019 season with injury, and finally got back into the lineup in Week Four against Wisconsin.

A redshirt junior, Spanellis will leave Michigan with his degree in-hand, and will be immediately eligible at his institution of choice.

Former Michigan safety selects transfer destination

After not playing beyond the fourth game of the season, the former Alabama native has chosen his next school.

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Michigan had a small amount of players who decided to transfer either during or after the regular season, and among them was former Alabama native, safety J’Marick Woods.

Woods was found to be in the NCAA transfer portal during the season, but his destination was not yet known. The former three-star did not cite a reason for leaving the program, but confirmed with WolverinesWire that it was not depth chart related shortly after.

Now it looks like Woods has found a new home at another Power 5 program.

As announced on Twitter, Woods has selected solid ACC scholastic school Duke as his new choice to finish out his career.

Woods played in four games in 2019, this preserving it as a redshirt year. A former early-enrollee, Woods departs Ann Arbor with his degree and is eligible to play immediately at for the Blue Devils. He’ll have two years of eligibility remaining.

Report: Michigan LB enters NCAA transfer portal

According to multiple reports, the Wolverines linebacker will seek an opportunity elsewhere.

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It’s that time of season, when a certain caste of players look to finish their careers elsewhere, after a season didn’t quite go as anticipated.

After coming in with a promising recruiting ranking, one Michigan linebacker, per multiple reports, is looking for another opportunity come next season.

Despite getting some early playing time — finally — in 2019, one such player, Wolverines linebacker Jordan Anthony, will seek a transfer, as he has entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal, first reported by Detroit Free Press’ Ranier Sabin and further confirmed by 247Sports’ Steve Lorenz.

With starting middle linebacker Josh Ross hurt early in the season, Anthony had significant playing time in Week Two against Army, where he played the entire second-half.

Said defensive coordinator Don Brown the week after that game:

“Now, let’s talk about Jordan Anthony. Josh Ross did a great job first-half. Gets a stinger, I mean – woo. You watch that physically – put on play 34 and watch the physical hit that he gets. Clean, it’s all good. But he gets hit pretty good. Now (Jordan Anthony) has to come in off the bench, he’s played about this much time (zero) for us since he’s been here. Now he’s gonna take over us, and I’ll share this with you, because I probably won’t be around the next time we’ve gotta defend the triple-option. We go in and we call a blitz every snap of the game. It’s gonna get impacted by formations where the blitz is actually gonna get run about 18-20 snaps of the game. If you let them, they’ll get into different formations, and you’re sitting there in an option defense and you can’t get to the quarterback and they just pick you apart. So, any opportunity we get to blitz them, we want it! When they gave us blitz opportunities, we check it. And we just play the blitz.

“For example, simple: I give them a blitz, so they got the blitz call. They come out, they’re in double slot, you’ll see the hands go up. ‘Longhorn, longhorn!’ It’s Texas, triple-option. So that’s our word. And we play the triple. They come out and they give us the formation, and all of a sudden, he goes, ‘Blitz! Blitz! Blitz!’ and we run the blitz. He’s gotta get 11 guys lined up, plus himself, then play against the triple or execute the blitz, and he’s played that much (zero) football for Michigan.

“How did he play? All I know is that in the half of football he played, they scored zero points. So how do you think he played? It’s amazing to me.”

However, despite playing early minutes against Wisconsin in Week Four, he was supplanted by second-year standout Cam McGrone, who started at MIKE the rest of the way.

Anthony is listed as having played in nine games and finished with 11 tackles. He redshirted his freshman year, and played in seven games in 2018 on special teams, registering 3 tackles and one sack.

As a recruit, Anthony was part of a three-man linebacker haul, all three being four-star recruits. Anthony was the middle-rated of the three prospects, as the No. 106 player in the country, according to the 247Sports Composite. He makes for the second of the three to transfer, with top-linebacker, Drew Singleton, having transferred to Rutgers this past offseason.

Ed. note: this article was updated with extra information.

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Notre Dame Basketball: Chris Doherty Leaves Team

Doherty was hardly a key contributor as he’s played just 15 minutes this season. 

As the 6-1 Notre Dame basketball team continues to prepare for No. 3 Maryland in Wednesday night’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge match-up they got news that they’ll be playing short-handed as forward Chris Doherty has left the team.

Doherty was hardly a key contributor as he’s played just 15 minutes this season.  He finishes his Notre Dame career with 15 points and 14 rebounds while appearing in 17 games over the last two seasons.

Mike Brey and the 6-1 Fighting Irish return to action Wednesday night as they take on No. 3 Maryland in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Former Texas WR Jordan Pouncey announces his transfer

Former Texas wide receiver Jordan Pouncey has announced he will be playing football Florida next season. Pouncey had two career catches.

Former Texas wide receiver Jordan Pouncey and his younger brother Ethan Pouncey have announced they will be playing football at the University of Florida next season. Ethan tweeted out a YouTube video where they said playing together “feels like their dreams have been manifested.”

Jordan is a 6’2, 205-pound wide receiver that committed to playing for the Longhorns in February 2017. He announced he would be leaving Texas in October 2019 so he could get more playing time.

Ethan is a 2020 4* corner that had offers from 21 different schools, including Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Michigan, and Texas. His commitment to Florida moved them into the top 10 in the 247 2020 rankings.

You can watch their commitment video here:

Jordan Pouncey had a career two catches for Texas, with both coming this season. One was for against Louisiana Tech for 11 yards, the other against Rice for eight yards.

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Former Michigan TE selects transfer destination

The former Wolverine is returning home.

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One former Michigan player is headed home.

Earlier this season, prized four-star tight end Mustapha Muhammad announced that he would be making a change, and that he decided to transfer out of the program. And finally, months later, it looks like he’s made his decision as to where he’ll continue his playing career.

Hailing originally from Missouri City (TX) Ridge Point, in the suburbs of Houston, Muhammad was injured throughout his freshman season in Ann Arbor, and didn’t dress for the first time until Michigan’s turn in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl to end the 2018 season.

Finally healthy, Muhammad got to dress in 2019, having participated in the season opener against Middle Tennessee, but not again until Week Five’s contest against Rutgers. He didn’t register any stats and ultimately chose to transfer, entering the portal before the Penn State game — ironic, given he committed on the eve of the 2017 game against the Nittany Lions.

On Sunday, Muhammad announced he’s transferring back to his hometown, to play for Dana Holgorsen’s Houston program.

Muhammad has at least three years of eligibility remaining, and possibly a fourth, depending on if he applies for and is approved for a medical redshirt, given 2019 is also a redshirt year. It’s also not known whether or not he’ll be eligible immediately.