What’s happened when players have entered the transfer portal?

Utah Utes quarterback Charlie Brewer (12) warms up through the season opener at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021.

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Relying on who you speak to, the NCAA switch portal is both the best factor to occur to varsity soccer, or the worst.

Participant motion is at an all-time excessive as a result of portal, and this offseason noticed a few of the finest within the sport change groups.

It's an understatement to say that transfers have performed key roles at BYU, Utah and Utah State. The Utes and Aggies wouldn’t have received their respective conferences this previous season with out transfers, nor would BYU have received 10 video games in consecutive years.

In a current Q&A with The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach, Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham mentioned, “I might say total, from the arrival of the portal until now, we've come out on the plus aspect of that ledger. We’ve benefited greater than we’ve misplaced.”

For all the nice that the portal has wrought, although, there have at all times been questions on what occurs to nearly all of gamers who switch. The place do they find yourself? Do their soccer careers proceed?

On Tuesday morning, Rivals, one of many main nationwide recruiting providers, answered a couple of of these questions.

By way of its switch portal particular Twitter account, Rivals launched switch portal statistics for every Energy 5 convention, together with what share of gamers have transferred to Energy 5 faculties, to Group of 5 faculties, to FCS and Division II faculties, in addition to what number of gamers presently stay within the switch portal and not using a residence.

Listed here are the numbers (knowledge is predicated on gamers who entered the portal after Aug. 1, 2021):

ACC

• 71.6% discovered new faculties.
• 40.6% of gamers dedicated to P5 faculties.
• 40.6% of gamers dedicated to G5 faculties.
• 18.8% of gamers dedicated to FCS/DII faculties.
• 47 gamers stay in portal.

Large Ten

• 68% discovered new faculties.
• 36.2% of gamers dedicated to P5 faculties.
• 46.6% of gamers dedicated to G5 faculties.
• 17.2% of gamers dedicated to FCS/DII faculties.
• 57 gamers stay in portal.

Large 12

• 61.3% discovered new faculties.
• 41.8% of gamers dedicated to P5 faculties.
• 38.8% of gamers dedicated to G5 faculties.
• 19.4% of gamers dedicated to FCS/DII faculties.
• 46 gamers stay in portal.

Pac-12

• 56.2% discovered new faculties.
• 51.2% of gamers dedicated to P5 faculties.
• 30.9% of gamers dedicated to G5 faculties.
• 17.9% of gamers dedicated to FCS/DII faculties.
• 63 gamers stay in portal.

SEC

• 73% discovered new faculties.
• 48.8% of gamers dedicated to P5 faculties.
• 36.2% of gamers dedicated to G5 faculties.
• 15% of gamers dedicated to FCS/DII faculties.
• 49 gamers stay in portal.