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Recruiting in the Covid and Portal world

Curious what everyone is seeing in recruiting right now.  My kid's JUCO had four commit in the Fall and three more commit in the Spring.  Now it has gone quiet for some of the kids.  The few remaining are waiting on the big schools while the smaller schools are applying pressure.  I have a friend who is a D2 coach and they are hitting the portal hard.  He said with the portal they will target a lot more kids than normal.  He said the kids that wait around will be left behind because there are 15 similar kids available and they will just move to the next kid.  That's just one coaches opinion but it makes sense to me.

It seems to me that things have slowed greatly in anticipation of the players who will hit the portal over the next month.  I'm guessing there will be a surge of activity between now and up until the last few weeks before school starts back in the Fall.  Coaches that think they have their rosters determined may also be in for a surprise when they lose a few players unexpectedly to the portal.     



 

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