*Kyler Murray – Noteworthy
Ten bold predictions for the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine: Kyler Murray will wait until his Pro Day…While I am hopeful that Murray (and every other able-bodied athlete) chooses to compete at the Combine this year, I have a hunch he is going to make scouts wait until Oklahoma’s Pro Day to throw. Everyone knows he is going to dazzle with his athleticism during athleticism testing and few quarterbacks struggle throwing against air, so the big story for Murray this week is how well he measures up during the weigh-in and interviews with teams. – Rob Rang, NFLDraftScout.com
Jalen Hurts – Noteworthy
Effective Oct. 15, 2018 a notification of transfer policy was adopted by the NCAA. The policy was known as permission to contact. Athletes have taken advantage of this new policy and several are wearing different uniforms than they wore early in their collegiate careers. After informing the current coach about the intent to transfer and the NCAA is informed the player’s name is submitted by a compliance officer or athletic administer to the NCAA for insertion in the transfer portal. Transfer portal is basically like professional sports’ free agency. Once the name enters the portal the player can be contacted – recruited – by other coaches. This process is changing college football’s landscape, not to mention that of other collegiate sports.
The only risk to the player is that once his name is in the portal his current school can reduce or cancel his scholarship and isn’t obligated to accept the player back if he’s unable to transfer. A senior transfer plays immediately but underclass transfers must sit one year. OSU football has contributed to the transfer portal this past year with several players opting to transfer for a variety of reasons. The University of Oklahoma likely will be starting its third quarterback who didn’t start their careers in Norman with Alabama transfer Jalen Hurts coming in. It’s worked well for OU, but one wonders if bringing in transfers will work against recruiting a freshman phenom. If things don’t work out for freshman players, they can always bide their time and plan on transferring during these days of free agency. – Stillwater News Press