US EditionMichigan incoming transfer’s unusual path to college football
- On May 7, 2025, Chicago's western suburbs hosted 'DuKane Day,' a high school football showcase led by Robert Pomazak involving eight schools and over 60 college coaches seeking recruits.
- The event was created a few years ago to address a more challenging recruiting climate shaped by the NCAA transfer portal and uncertain Division I roster limits.
- Coaches from multiple college levels observed players during drills, engaged with them, and gathered info from high school coaches, while similar regional events also promote athletes in new ways.
- By July 2024, NCAA records show that 2,902 athletes in the Football Bowl Subdivision and 1,395 competitors in the Football Championship Subdivision had switched schools, highlighting a recruiting trend that favors transfers over incoming freshmen.
- These changes suggest that athletes, especially 'tweener' recruits, might start at lower levels with developmental programs, as coaches and showcases adapt to evolving college football recruitment.
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Transfer portal has shifted priorities in college football recruiting. One response: High school showcases.
Chicago’s western suburbs played host to a sort of “high school crawl” for college football coaches Wednesday, with talent evaluators shuttling from one DuKane Conference football field to the next in search of recruits. Conference coaches, led by St. Charles North’s Robert Pomazak, started the eight-school event — called “DuKane Day” — a few years ago in an effort to get more eyes on their players amid an increasingly challenging high school re…
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