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Tag: transfer portal

About 30% of NCAA Division I athletes who enter the transfer portal don’t find a new D1 program. What happens when you get stuck?

Empty football field

By Will McLernon Medill Reports On Saturdays last fall, former Houston Christian University offensive tackle Rodney Leaks would often sit in a Las Vegas sportsbook or at home with his dad watching college football, wishing he was on the field. Instead, he was stuck in the transfer portal. The 6-foot-5, 310-pound, former three-star high school […]

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