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Who do you was biggest transfer portal miss in the BK era ?
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:34 pm
I was on Twitter and saw a fan page I follow called nic anderosn the biggest recruiting bust of the portal era for us. That got me who do y’all think was the biggest transfer portal miss in the Brian Kelly era ?
This post was edited on 11/7/25 at 1:36 pm
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Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:36 pm to Cd104
It is really hard to judge the receivers based on Nuss being bad this year.
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:37 pm to Cd104
Jury is still out on Nic imo.
I'd lean Duce Chestnut or Denver Harris honestly
I'd lean Duce Chestnut or Denver Harris honestly
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:38 pm to Cd104
Denver Harris
Omar Speights, yet he is somehow an NFL starter
Omar Speights, yet he is somehow an NFL starter
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:38 pm to lsufan0582
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I'd lean Duce Chestnut or Denver Harris honestly
Man that 23 portal class in general was horrific. Can’t think of one defender that panned out in that class outside of zy Alexander and maybe andre sam
This post was edited on 11/7/25 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:38 pm to Cd104
I will almost quote Bum Phillips referring to Earl Campbell in a different light obviously. "Sharp may not be in a class by himself as the biggest transfer portal miss but it doesn't take long to call the roll." Sharp started off at SELA and is about that qualify. Poor blocker...slow as molasses and not even a great pass catcher. He is a JOKE of a football player.
I see some posters picking Denver Harris. He had so much trouble at A&M I wasn't surprised he didn't pan out. He wasn't a miss or a bust since many people expected very little.
I see some posters picking Denver Harris. He had so much trouble at A&M I wasn't surprised he didn't pan out. He wasn't a miss or a bust since many people expected very little.
This post was edited on 11/7/25 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:39 pm to Cd104
Wasn’t it the DB from Syracuse and the DB from aTm?
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:39 pm to SEC Doctor
#Matthouse
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:44 pm to NotaStarGazer
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I will almost quote Bum Phillips referring to Earl Campbell in a different light obviously. "Sharp may not be in a class by himself as the biggest transfer portal miss but it doesn't take long to call the roll." Sharp started off at SELA and is about that qualify. Poor blocker...slow as molasses and not even a great pass catcher. He is a JOKE of a football player. I see some posters picking Denver Harris. He had so much trouble at A&M and as I remember, his transfer portal rating was not remotely close to his 5* HS recruiting rating. He wasn't a miss or a bust but most people expected very little.
I truly brought into the sharp preseason hype. His fumble vs Clemson was the first red flag. Didn’t come close to being the playmaker in the pass game we expected and his blocking is straight up bad
Harris was always a boom or bust guy. Showed real potential as a true freshmen but had serious maturity issues. Ngl I felt him being in a more stable program and also by all accounts being extremely tight with Harold Perkins would lead to him keeping his head down and breaking out. Didn’t come close to panning out.
This post was edited on 11/7/25 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:45 pm to Pikes Peak Tiger
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Wasn’t it the DB from Syracuse and the DB from aTm?
Yep duce chestnut and Denver Harris.
Duce simply didn’t have close to the size or athleticism to be a boundary sec corner. Been playing solid ball for Syracuse at safety in the ACC
Denver Harris had massive maturity issues and simply didn’t live up to the 5 star upside
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:45 pm to Cd104
Well, Kiffin signed the #1 and #3 transfer classes in 2024 and 2025, so I’d start with their roster. Of course, the whole country missed on Chambliss.
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:47 pm to SEC Doctor
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Denver Harris
Omar Speights, yet he is somehow an NFL starter
5-star Denver Harris was supposed to save the DB room. Instead he never played then transferred out.
This post was edited on 11/7/25 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:48 pm to Cd104
Production relative to hype/rating it's
1.Denver Harris
2. JK Johnson, did get hurt first year
both in the '23 class
Nic is 3rd but I'm willing to give benefit of the doubt with how bad our offense is as a whole.
1.Denver Harris
2. JK Johnson, did get hurt first year
both in the '23 class
Nic is 3rd but I'm willing to give benefit of the doubt with how bad our offense is as a whole.
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:50 pm to lsufan0582
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I'd lean Duce Chestnut or Denver Harris honestly
To expand on that. Here's all the secondary transfers we got for the 2023 and 2024 seasons:
CB Jyaire Brown
CB JK Johnson
CB Duce Chestnut
CB Denver Harris
CB Zy Alexander
S Austin Ausberry
S Jardin Gilbert
S Andre Sam
Literally found 2 worthwhile players form that lot of 8.
Chestnut, Brown, Johnson, Harris & Ausberry did nothing or next to nothing here and Gilbert was a disaster all last season. Sam and Alexander were good players but certainly not game changers. In that lot of 8 guys, not a single one ended up drafted.
They did better in the 2022 transfer class in the secondary with Greg Brooks, JBC and Garner...but in 2023 and 2024 talk about some major reaches and whiffs
This post was edited on 11/7/25 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:50 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
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5-star Denver Harris was supposed to save the DB room. Instead he never played then transferred out
Still remember Denver Harris infamously not even making the trip for the FSU game
Posted on 11/7/25 at 2:03 pm to SEC Doctor
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Omar Speights, yet he is somehow an NFL starter
one of the biggest mysteries
You can say “oh well Matt House was a bad coach” but he’s a great linebackers coach. that’s literally what he does in the NFl and they love him.
But Omar was so out of the looked like we dropped a dude out of a seniors league
Posted on 11/7/25 at 2:15 pm to Cd104
Jack Bech,
Denver Harris
Denver Harris
Posted on 11/7/25 at 2:15 pm to Cd104
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fan page
James LSU?
The kid who sent death threats to recruits?
Posted on 11/7/25 at 2:29 pm to Cd104
My biggest problem with BK and the portal is that he did the opposite of what he said he was going to do. He preached HS recruiting as the foundation and the portal as a key supplemental piece. Yuh. Last offseason, he was forced to scramble in the portal for players literally all over the field. Somehow, his core got weaker from Year 1 to Year 4.
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