Cal Poly reeling in the talent

[2008 National Champ]

5* Sam Huard and 4* Ethan Calvert have both committed out of the portal. There’s also rumors that 4* WR Lonyatta Alexander will commit.

That’s quite the haul for an FCS program

[Xanthis]

FBS programs aren’t the only ones reaping benefits from the portal. The NFL is drafting guys from FCS teams so it’s not necessarily a bad idea to move to a top tier FCS program vs a bottom FBS one. 

[PlainsUte]

Is a player’s HS rating even relevant at this point?   They couldn’t break into the active roster on their respective teams, in Utah’s case filled with “3*” players, so not sure what that makes their actual college rating today, 2.5-star?

[cj13]

It’s not relevant. That’s why players are given transfer ratings. I am sure if Ethan or Huard were re-evaluated they would be low 3 Stars (80-83). That’s what a lot of our guys got like Jackson, Curry, Pledger, Howard, and more former 4-5 stars that didn’t get time at their initial schools.

[AlohaUte]

Wonder if Cal Poly is considering a jump to FBS, perhaps to replace SDSU in the MWC if they jump to the P12?

[2008 National Champ]

The WAC and the Atlantic Sun conferences are going to merge and form a 10 team FBS conference in either 2025 or 2026. Cal Poly isn’t one of the schools but Utah Tech and Southern Utah are.

[dystopiamembrane]

This is exciting. Would you please post a source article for this info?

[OmahaOmaha]

https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2023/01/10/ggg-utah-tech-will-join-football-only-conference-merger-trailblazers-hope-to-stomp-their-footprints-in-fcs/#.Y9p7exZlAlQ

[dystopiamembrane]

This article indicates that the merger will be a D-IAA (FCS) conference.

[OmahaOmaha]

https://www.si.com/.amp/college/2022/12/09/atlantic-sun-wac-football-schools-merge-jump-fbs-report

[dystopiamembrane]

Thank you.