ACC Transfer Portal Rankings

[richmondcuse03]

Syracuse with a B-

• Career snaps added/lost: 10,249/7,234

Grading the ACC’s transfer portal classes, from Miami’s ‘A’ to Florida State’s ‘D-’

Four ACC schools made The Athletic’s ranking of the top 25 transfer portal classes, but several others received poor grades from Manny.

www.nytimes.com

Miami, Louisville and Va Tech were top three followed by Cal, SMU and UVA.

We finished tied for 7th with Wake Forest.

 

[djorange1989]

Syracuse with a B-

• Career snaps added/lost: 10,249/7,234

Grading the ACC’s transfer portal classes, from Miami’s ‘A’ to Florida State’s ‘D-’

Four ACC schools made The Athletic’s ranking of the top 25 transfer portal classes, but several others received poor grades from Manny.

www.nytimes.com

Miami, Louisville and Va Tech were top three followed by Cal, SMU and UVA.

We finished tied for 7th with Wake Forest.

Interesting, that is basically where our HS class is ranked in the ACC by most services. Out of 17 teams, considering our limitations, is pretty good. I like the portal class, filled a lot of holes in a financially efficient manner. No McCord’s or Diggs in there(from a big name standpoint) but some solid players

 

[Archimedes]

I believe in the guys who stayed too. We were young last season at a lot of spots. If they put in the work and the coaches deliver like we expect, we will be good. Last year was so strange. Onward.

 

[CuseFan]

My only wish was for more Offensive Lineman. Otherwise pretty good.

 

[djorange1989]

My only wish was for more Offensive Lineman. Otherwise pretty good.

Yeah I think they may feel confident enough in Castillo and the raw ability of who we have to get them coached up. Fingers crossed!

 

[richmondcuse03]

Interesting, that is basically where our HS class is ranked in the ACC by most services. Out of 17 teams, considering our limitations, is pretty good. I like the portal class, filled a lot of holes in a financially efficient manner. No McCord’s or Diggs in there(from a big name standpoint) but some solid players

I think it's interesting to see it's more of the "new" guard ranking highly, sans Miami. I think there will continue to be more parity in the conference.

 

[PhatOrange]

My only wish was for more Offensive Lineman. Otherwise pretty good.

We have 18 on the roster and added 1 for 19 total.

 

[Faegan]

We have 18 on the roster and added 1 for 19 total.

An important piece of info... are there guys we expect to develop enough to make meaningful contributions?

 

[richmondcuse03]

An important piece of info... are there guys we expect to develop enough to make meaningful contributions?

Yes, there are several.

 

[javadoc]

An important piece of info... are there guys we expect to develop enough to make meaningful contributions?

No inside info but based on comments here it sounds like the last 2 years we haven't been getting any development or competence from the unit, based on coaching. We really don't know what we have.

 

[CbusCuse]

An important piece of info... are there guys we expect to develop enough to make meaningful contributions?

I'd say obviously, otherwise we would have had to pick up some transfers.

 

[Blanko97]

We have 18 on the roster and added 1 for 19 total.

the line sucked though. Some of that might be coaching but it would've been nice to see some talent upgrades alongside the coaching.

 

[CuseFan]

the line sucked though. Some of that might be coaching but it would've been nice to see some talent upgrades alongside the coaching.

That's my concern. The existing crew was not very good in 2025, so was hoping to get some competition from FL, GA, Miami, Oh St, wherever. Let's hope they can be coached up.

 

[phsyra]

We have bodies on the OLine. They were atrocious last year so I am concerned we didnt bring in more talent.

 

[azbobbop]

We have bodies on the OLine. They were atrocious last year so I am concerned we didnt bring in more talent.

We spent on the new line coach. In the long term, that could be more important.

 

[shu 49]

This is my question, watching top teams and their oline, no one saw how bad this guy was from the rip. Was it his technique that was coached wrong(my opinion) or was it his talent evaluation. Honestly I’m shocked he was here 2 years and not 1. Pay the new guy well so he don’t leave.

 

[Archimedes]

We have more continuity on OL going into 2026 versus last year at this time. That helps. It takes time to mesh.

And Angelli is a quick decision maker. He had those timing routes over the middle down before he got hurt. We will love seeing them again. That alone can take pressure off.

 

[Ttk.gman2]

We have bodies on the OLine. They were atrocious last year so I am concerned we didnt bring in more talent.

3 starters on that “atrocious OL” are gone.

 

[DomeHolmes]

We spent on the new line coach. In the long term, that could be more important.

I hope so, but you can’t teach instinct and athleticism. And to a small degree, you can work on quickness, and explosion, but not much. What you can fix is strength and technique, as well as scheme and execution.

A good coach is half the battle, I’m not sure we have the horses we need, but we’re much better off.

 

[upperdeck]

Also factor in that most of the line was hurt or playing hurt 75% of the season.

 

[Ttk.gman2]

 

[PAcuse]

This list is terrible
Eget at 5??? Our guy has better stats, other then yards, then he does
Pribula is on to his 3rd team and still has proved nothing

 

[CuseMan4]

No one on this scares me other than Mensah. He’s a stud. Pribula is definitely good, coming off an injury. Mobility is really good. Kienholz has the potential to be really good, but unproven. Everyone else is ehhhhh

 

[Sdot]

No one on this scares me other than Mensah. He’s a stud. Pribula is definitely good, coming off an injury. Mobility is really good. Kienholz has the potential to be really good, but unproven. Everyone else is ehhhhh

I thought pribula was pretty good at Penn state but looking at his stats in SEC play do mizzou I’m pretty sure his touchdown/interception rate was negative. A lot of the fans said he’d play good against worse teams and not good against better teams.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

We have more continuity on OL going into 2026 versus last year at this time. That helps. It takes time to mesh.

And Angelli is a quick decision maker. He had those timing routes over the middle down before he got hurt. We will love seeing them again. That alone can take pressure off.

I think that quick reaction time is key. Kept McCord healthy. Last year our backups needed more time, a lot more.

I’d like to see a more robust running game this year. That would help as well. Frankly that would help me watch games as I’ve run out of hair to tear out waiting for a running game to emerge.