No doubt about it.

Where would Reed rank if he entered the portal?

Overall Portal Rank 2025:
3 Miami
4 Ole Miss
5 Oregon
25 Indiana

They paid a lot of money on portal players and chose well. On the flip side, there were a lot of teams that also paid a fortune on their roster in 2025 and have little to show for it. As for Elko, I think he has done relatively well in his first 2 portal classes; his portal additions typically meet or exceed expectations.

someone on Youtube did a look-back analysis of HS recruiting rankings. Composite 5-stars are supposedly sure things for NFL draft picks.

The most accurate predictions came in RB, WR, and DE/DL. The worst were OL and QB, iirc.

I'd take that into account when balancing recruiting vs portal shopping.

JohnClark929 said:

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Overall Portal Rank 2025:
3 Miami
4 Ole Miss
5 Oregon
25 Indiana

They paid a lot of money on portal players and chose well. On the flip side, there were a lot of teams that also paid a fortune on their roster in 2025 and have little to show for it. As for Elko, I think he has done relatively well in his first 2 portal classes; his portal additions typically meet or exceed expectations.

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This is where the GM + Coach come into play just like the NFL. And we'll see if Cignetti continues with a solid season (I expect a drop-off) in 2026. But, he has been described as a "great evaluator of talent" and he's got the track record

Kozmozag said:

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Where would Reed rank if he entered the portal?

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He would get a ton of attention, but I don't think anyone hoping for Sorsby, Brown, Chambliss, or even Lagway would consider Reed on the same plain.

Just looking at the current official portal QB rankings on 247, I suspect Reed would be in the 10-13 range with the likes of Austin Simmons and Aiden Chiles. Personally, I would wager on coaching up the far superior physical talents of either of those aforementioned projects over Reed. We've already seen the skills of a turnover machine, inaccurate, and featherweight Reed.

I suspect Reed would ultimately get a good payday at an Arky type of school, while IMO, he's a Memphis Tiger.

JohnClark929 said:

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Overall Portal Rank 2025:
3 Miami
4 Ole Miss
5 Oregon
25 Indiana

They paid a lot of money on portal players and chose well. On the flip side, there were a lot of teams that also paid a fortune on their roster in 2025 and have little to show for it. As for Elko, I think he has done relatively well in his first 2 portal classes; his portal additions typically meet or exceed expectations.

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Exactly. Just like in recruiting- need good coaching, development of players, and a good scheme mixed with some luck to advance to the "Final Four".

For example, wasn't LSU supposed to have had the number one Portal Class last year. And Texas Tech had perhaps one of the most expensive classes in terms of NIL. One blew up during the season (thanks in large part to the Ags invading Baton Rouge and eliminating their coach like the US military in Venezuela) and the other, due to their being in a cush conference, wasn't exposed until the playoffs.

People demanding spending more of other people's money…pony up if you ask for spend.

Schrute Farms said:

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The complexity with those four players is that there's no consistency in their journey.

Beck was forced from UGA & was dating a Miami basketball player at the time.

Dante Moore left UCLA and spent a year as QB2 before promoting to QB1 this year.

Mendoza went from Cal to Indiana in a consistent QB1 transition.

Ole Miss struck gold with Chambliss, who started his final season of eligibility as QB2.

That's a wild variance.

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A wild variance at QB, yes, but all 4 schools recruited multiple positions aggressively in the portal. Miami's greatest strength is DL; that was from the portal. Ole Miss did strike gold with Chambliss, but they are also strong in all positions (almost all from the portal).

i think we may have just gottten Cam coleman. that would be huge.

All for getting Cam, but not at the expense of at minimum 2 solid OL, run-stopping DT, LB, and arguably an RB.

My son plays hockey, and I've been saying for a few years now that IMO college hockey offers a peek at the future of college football.

In college hockey, only extremely gifted players jump straight from high school straight to D-I. Think of the Minnesota kids who've been playing since they were 3 yrs old and their high school teams could blow away most AAA 18U teams in the nation. Other than those select kids, a huge percentage of D-I hockey players filter through juniors and D-III first and are 20-21 yrs old before signing with a D-I team.

I totally see future successful D-I CFB teams leaning more and more into portals players filling larger percentages of their rosters.

Kozmozag said:

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Where would Reed rank if he entered the portal?

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Dead Last

Class of 65 said:

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Kozmozag said:

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Where would Reed rank if he entered the portal?

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Dead Last

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Cry some more.

FL_Ag1998 said:

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My son plays hockey, and I've been saying for a few years now that IMO college hockey offers a peek at the future of college football.

In college hockey, only extremely gifted players jump straight from high school straight to D-I. Think of the Minnesota kids who've been playing since they were 3 yrs old and their high school teams could blow away most AAA 18U teams in the nation. Other than those select kids, a huge percentage of D-I hockey players filter through juniors and D-III first and are 20-21 yrs old before signing with a D-I team.

I totally see future successful D-I CFB teams leaning more and more into portals players filling larger percentages of their rosters.

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there are over 50,000 ncaa football players. trying to manage the evaluation and recruiting is infinitely more difficult.

FL_Ag1998 said:

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My son plays hockey, and I've been saying for a few years now that IMO college hockey offers a peek at the future of college football.

In college hockey, only extremely gifted players jump straight from high school straight to D-I. Think of the Minnesota kids who've been playing since they were 3 yrs old and their high school teams could blow away most AAA 18U teams in the nation. Other than those select kids, a huge percentage of D-I hockey players filter through juniors and D-III first and are 20-21 yrs old before signing with a D-I team.

I totally see future successful D-I CFB teams leaning more and more into portals players filling larger percentages of their rosters.

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Same thing is happening with track and field. With limited scholarships they aren't as willing to take a HS kid. Even being highly ranked nationally doesn't necessarily get you into a power 4 D1 program. The G5 and lower tier D1s are still taking HS kids but id guess thatll diminish.

Sparkie said:

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FL_Ag1998 said:

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My son plays hockey, and I've been saying for a few years now that IMO college hockey offers a peek at the future of college football.

In college hockey, only extremely gifted players jump straight from high school straight to D-I. Think of the Minnesota kids who've been playing since they were 3 yrs old and their high school teams could blow away most AAA 18U teams in the nation. Other than those select kids, a huge percentage of D-I hockey players filter through juniors and D-III first and are 20-21 yrs old before signing with a D-I team.

I totally see future successful D-I CFB teams leaning more and more into portals players filling larger percentages of their rosters.

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there are over 50,000 ncaa football players. trying to manage the evaluation and recruiting is infinitely more difficult.

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Isn't something they do already with h.s. recruits? They don't just blindly offer h.s. kids. I'm saying the staffs simply adjust their focus - the top 5* and 4* h.s. kids obviously gain attention from D-I scouts, but 3* and lower h.s. recruits get less attention from D-I colleges and it eventually becomes almost automatic that those kids start out in D-II or on teams in the Group of 5 leagues. In turn, the D-I colleges put more and more effort into evaluating college portal prospects.

Kozmozag said:

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Where would Reed rank if he entered the portal?

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I entered the portal recently but was told that I didn't rank very high

Kozmozag said:

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Where would Reed rank if he entered the portal?

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No Takers.....well except for Blinn JC.