More playing time? A fresh start? Extra cash? The transfer portal produces winners and losers
Associated PressThe AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! In this, the College Football Playoff edition, we’ll look at players who either left CFP teams for a new start, or turned their new school into one of this season’s lucky 12. RB Trevor Etienne, Florida to Georgia: He moved to Florida’s archrival, but Etienne said he saw the uncertainty around the Gators rebuild and instead “decided to bet on myself and take a chance somewhere else.” Stats: 571 yards, nine TDs. WR Evan Stewart, Texas A&M to Oregon: This social media post says it all for Stewart, who was the top receiver in the portal last year: “I saw it coming freshman year when I didn’t get paid a dollar from A&M but ‘sliced bread’ had y’all thinking we was all millionaires.” Stats: 48 receptions, 613 yards, five TDs. Losers WR Elijhah Badger, Arizona State to Florida: The fifth-year senior jumped in the portal this spring, bailing on the Sun Devils despite catching 135 passes for 1,579 yards and 10 TDs in two years under coach Kenny Dillingham.