Transfer Portal plus/minus

[Little George]

https://247sports.com/college/arizona/article/dalton-johnson-removes-name-transfer-portal-242509111/

[KansasCityCats]

Things continue to slightly improve.  The better players appear to be returning to our below average defense!

[Little George]

Things continue to slightly improve.  The better players appear to be returning to our below average defense!

The D was a disaster up front with injuries in the back end.
The DL would eat blocks allowing our PBs to thrive. Last year the DL tried to be aggressive which allowed clean blocks on our LBs. Thus Manu was not as effective. Also, the weight room dropped off in a change in conditioning which was a total failure. We destroyed our own team from the I side out by terrible coaching decisions.
Did we learn from it? We got rid of the OC, put Akina back with the pass coverage where he shines, and are looking at ST and D for coordinators.
My biggest concern outside of returning these players is the strength and conditioning which was as big a failure as the OC.

[Little George]

Who is next?

[Little George]

Wendell Moe to Tennessee committed
JT Hand to Oregon State committed
Demetrius Freeney to Boise committed
AJ Jones to MTSU committed

Taitai Uiagalelie has crystal ball picks to Washington
Keyan Burnett has crystal ball picks to Kansas.

Genesis Smith has withdrawn
Dalton Johnson has withdrawn

Pick ups:

Luke Wysong from New Mexico. Solid receiver
Jshawn  Frausto-Ramos from Stanford is a solid safety.
Michael Dansby is a nice CB, but I am not sure about P5, P4, or whatever it is.
Chancellor Owens looks good on video, but the competition Northwestern State faces is not the same.
Jay'vion Cole from Texas? He was originally at SJSU. Did not make the cut at Texas. IDK.
Kris Hutson is another solid receiver! Coming from WSU ain't a bad thing.

[Little George]

New addition

https://247sports.com/player/ty-buchanan-46100516/college-285656/

[Little George]

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/2024/12/20/24326083/arizona-wildcats-football-ty-buchanan-texas-tech-keyan-burnett-kansas-jordan-brown-georgia-tech

[Little George]

DL Bryce Echols commits to Nevada

Keyan Burnett commits to Kansas

We pick up two OL.

From TTU and Georgia Tech

[Little George]

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/2024/12/20/24326200/arizona-wildcats-football-jacob-manu-ncaa-transfer-portal-washington-huskies-jedd-fisch-servite-2025

[Little George]

Gunner Maldonado transfer to Kansas State