2025 Transfer Portal

[1032004]

13 hours ago, flyingcement said:

Stewart is BY FAR the best wrestler left in the portal.  He's the only one that is an all American.  Other than Stewart, the only guy in the portal right now that has ever even qualified for nationals is the roadrunner Richard Castro-Sandoval

Isaiah Powe?

[Wrestleknownothing]

3 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Isaiah Powe?

No longer in the portal. Transferred to Iowa Central.

[1032004]

2 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

No longer in the portal. Transferred to Iowa Central.

Ah good to know.  I wrestlestat’d him before I made that post and it showed unattached.

[creek chub]

4 hours ago, ScottishSteel said:

Without knowing any details; sounds like a "transfer down" situation.  Any name brand school probably doesn't want the headache given the inconsistent results.  Went to Blair but from VA, right? Maybe if I had to take a guess maybe Morgan St? Thought about Rider too, they cleared out a bunch and has success w/ second chance kids and have had a nice little run of putting people on the podium (Alvarez, Laird, Kinnerer, Dellavecchia)

I think he was from VA but MD might have been a possibility too.

Good call on Morgan St. 

[TheJimReaper]

So I guess I missed this or forgot but whatever happened to Chittum?  Did he ever end up at Chattanooga?

[flyingcement]

4 hours ago, TheJimReaper said:

So I guess I missed this or forgot but whatever happened to Chittum?  Did he ever end up at Chattanooga?

from what it sounds like he was working out there and was likely to end up there, but as of now, he is not officially enrolled

[1032004]

58 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

from what it sounds like he was working out there and was likely to end up there, but as of now, he is not officially enrolled

Is he not technically in the portal anymore?

[ScottishSteel]

21 hours ago, creek chub said:

I think he was from VA but MD might have been a possibility too.

Good call on Morgan St. 

Thanks - I think it actually works on both ends but we'll see what happens

[ScottishSteel]

14 hours ago, flyingcement said:

from what it sounds like he was working out there and was likely to end up there, but as of now, he is not officially enrolled

I think Ryan Holmes said he was pretty set on going home to Chattanooga but someone reached out to him late and he wanted to at least check it out; no idea who that institution is though

[flyingcement]

14 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Is he not technically in the portal anymore?

To be honest with you - I don't even understand what it means in a technical sense to be in the portal.  He isn't listed there on WrestleStat, but that may not be the be-all and end-all

[ScottishSteel]

3 hours ago, flyingcement said:

To be honest with you - I don't even understand what it means in a technical sense to be in the portal.  He isn't listed there on WrestleStat, but that may not be the be-all and end-all

The portal was simple to understand than when Buchanan/Parco/Teemer moved w/o entering the portal that just opened up chaos and now nothing makes sense

[ScottishSteel]

Just now, ScottishSteel said:

The portal was simple to understand than when Buchanan/Parco/Teemer moved w/o entering the portal that just opened up chaos and now nothing makes sense

*then? Maybe? I never understood that rule

[ionel]

4 hours ago, flyingcement said:

To be honest with you - I don't even understand what it means in a technical sense to be in the portal.  He isn't listed there on WrestleStat, but that may not be the be-all and end-all

[1032004]

4 hours ago, flyingcement said:

To be honest with you - I don't even understand what it means in a technical sense to be in the portal.  He isn't listed there on WrestleStat, but that may not be the be-all and end-all

Flo’s tracker still has him as Ohio State, is that definitely not happening?

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

1 hour ago, ScottishSteel said:

The portal was simple to understand than when Buchanan/Parco/Teemer moved w/o entering the portal that just opened up chaos and now nothing makes sense

I think it is/was different for "grad transfers," further confusing things.

[cowcards]

5 hours ago, flyingcement said:

To be honest with you - I don't even understand what it means in a technical sense to be in the portal.  He isn't listed there on WrestleStat, but that may not be the be-all and end-all

The portal only allows you to be recruited by another institution. It isn't a requirement to enter to transfer. Just tells the other programs you want to be contacted.

[HokieDave87]

On 8/1/2025 at 7:11 PM, flyingcement said:

Not yet.  There were some earlier rumors about him ending up at NC State, but so far that hasn't happened.  

Last I heard he was waiting on a class but that was a while ago and first session summer classes would be over... and I think second session would be ending right about now. Going to assume NCSU fell through

[flyingcement]

1 hour ago, cowcards said:

The portal only allows you to be recruited by another institution. It isn't a requirement to enter to transfer. Just tells the other programs you want to be contacted.

So that sort of means that the portal is a tool, but not a place - correct?  

[flyingcement]

3 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Flo’s tracker still has him as Ohio State, is that definitely not happening?

That was his originally declared destination before it was announced it wasn't happening.  Could they be the team reaching back out? Maybe.  I have no clue.  

[jdalu75]

3 hours ago, ionel said:

Remember that those who go through that portal are really lost.

[cowcards]

45 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

So that sort of means that the portal is a tool, but not a place - correct?  

Uhhhh yes. I think. Ha

It's a tool available for athletes to use to help facilitate the transfer, but they don't have to use it. 

[Gantry]

10 hours ago, cowcards said:

The portal only allows you to be recruited by another institution. It isn't a requirement to enter to transfer. Just tells the other programs you want to be contacted.

If that's the case and it isn't required, what is the point when people enter with "do not contact"? 

[cowcards]

2 hours ago, Gantry said:

If that's the case and it isn't required, what is the point when people enter with "do not contact"? 

Do not contact means they don't want every school calling. Typically, at that point they have a good idea of where they want to go and reach out directly or let those coaches know that they want to be contacted. 

[Hokie7PTMove]

14 hours ago, HokieDave87 said:

Last I heard he was waiting on a class but that was a while ago and first session summer classes would be over... and I think second session would be ending right about now. Going to assume NCSU fell through

He was going to be ineligible to wrestle in the Fall anyway.  

[HokieDave87]

8 hours ago, Gantry said:

If that's the case and it isn't required, what is the point when people enter with "do not contact"? 

Technically you can't speak to other schools if you aren't in the portal that would be considered tampering. Joining the portal also allows your team to not honor the scholarship. You can theoretically just transfer and walk on anywhere without joining the portal.

In reality none of these rules are closely enforced. If a big school wants to contact you they will. If a coach wants you off the team, you'll be off the team. "DNC's" get contacted. Portal makes it easy to organize but it's still the wild west.