PSU DT Antonio Shelton in transfer portal
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:29 PM ^
Columbus Ohio Native, hope they don’t try and poach.
December 23rd, 2020 at 9:30 PM ^
Pretty sure OSU has two to three 5* DTs just waiting in the wings for playing time. They don’t need this guy.
December 24th, 2020 at 8:00 AM ^
They would take him in an instant, just to keep him away from Michigan.
December 24th, 2020 at 8:09 AM ^
Using up a scholarship slot on a player you’ll never play just to spite another team when you could be using it to sign a player that you will actually use to help you win is pretty goddamn stupid, regardless of who does it.
December 24th, 2020 at 11:22 AM ^
Georgia and Otis Reese say hi
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:29 PM ^
This would need to be very large bag, Comrade. Very large, indeed.
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:31 PM ^
3*
Do not want
/s
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:31 PM ^
But can he play CB?
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:55 PM ^
6’-2” 327.. if he is in discussion for CB then we might as well make him a two way starter and throw him in a tight end!!
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:03 PM ^
Can he kick FG’s?
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:27 PM ^
Long snapper
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:32 PM ^
If Tim Banks is coming to Michigan, Shelton’s being in the portal could be related - and good news for Michigan’s DT situation.
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:52 PM ^
PSU has another DT in the portal, also. Banks might as well bring both of them.
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:18 PM ^
December 23rd, 2020 at 9:05 PM ^
Well the problem of us not having any DTs is fixed. The problem of us not putting them to good use still exist.
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:43 PM ^
The other PSU DL in the portal are 6'5" 295 DT Judge Culpepper and 6'2" 250 DE Brandon Taylor. Will the last PSU DL please turn off the lights?
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:42 PM ^
Tally ho!
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:21 PM ^
Sham wow!
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:46 PM ^
It is quite remarkable how we have to go after others seconds, at DT... people here been screaming for years about no DTs, only to see each recruiting class not have any... same was going on with Hoke and OT.
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:50 PM ^
Well.....stating the obvious, any DTs are better than none.
December 23rd, 2020 at 10:39 PM ^
Need to stock pile, possibly one or two will be good.
December 24th, 2020 at 7:15 AM ^
Yup. And whether we sign & develop our own DT's or bring in somebody else's couldn't matter less right now.
At this point, they're like Christmas presents: I don't care how they get delivered. I just want them here.
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:01 PM ^
This is actually a quality player from a Power 5 conference, not someone who's a major projection to contributing in the B1G. Also the reason DT is a disaster is attrition from the 2017 class, not recruiting! We wouldn't be playing true freshmen at DT regardless. The poor DT recruiting is more a sign that it's going to remain a problem for a couple years because we haven't recruited sufficient depth to alleviate the problem moving forward.
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:14 PM ^
You say this in every DT post.
December 23rd, 2020 at 9:47 PM ^
You say this in every DT post.
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:14 PM ^
Are all the Michigan guys that have transferred our "seconds," or does that label only apply to players who transfer from other schools?
December 23rd, 2020 at 7:42 PM ^
They just fired the DC that created this situation and you're bitching about how to rectify the problem as quickly as possible. How about we do it your way through only recruiting and get shredded up the middle for the next 2-3 years while we wait for that to happen.
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:51 PM ^
PSU has the reverse situation of Michigan. I think they had like 10 DTs on the roster this year and were not due to lose any/many due to graduation.
The will probably be looking for DEs though as they only had about 5 and were expecting to lose 3.
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:35 PM ^
Maybe we could work out a trade.
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:56 PM ^
Also an OSU WR in the portal
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:48 PM ^
Since they have the #1 WR for 3 straight classes, I'm sure they will be fine.
He's 5-9 193...sounds alot more like a RB than a WR.
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:10 PM ^
Come on down!
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:14 PM ^
Great player. Would love to have him. Can't picture anyone jumping from PSU to UM though. But weirder things have happened.
December 23rd, 2020 at 7:33 PM ^
Lol. A “great” player? Really? A “great” player would be heading for the NFL. The grass is truly greener...
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:38 PM ^
There’s the beef!
December 23rd, 2020 at 6:58 PM ^
With the free transfer and extra year of eligibility, the need to name a new DC soon is extremely important so we can start trying to get anyone we are interested in, into the mix.
December 23rd, 2020 at 7:14 PM ^
Can only see two reasons he'd leave. One, he's following a coach that's leaving. That would be a potential for UM to land both. Two, he wants to finish with a winner. That would not make UM a likely landing spot. Although he's good, he's not elite, which is why it's surprising he'd leave. I don't see him going home to OSU because the Bucks already have plenty of DT talent better than Shelton. Odd move to me, unless he's headed to Cincy or knows something we don't.
December 23rd, 2020 at 7:40 PM ^
There seems to be a number of serviceable DTs in the portal this year. Hopefully the new DC can take advantage of it.
December 23rd, 2020 at 8:37 PM ^
This would be a nice get.
He fills a huge whole, is not going to the NFL, and does not count against the 85 ship limit.
I'd say we're due some good karma for once.
December 23rd, 2020 at 8:43 PM ^
I wonder if it’s easier to transfer credits from another Big Ten school? It seems like that’s been an issue for previous non grad-transfer candidates. Even players that did transfer like Shea had to fight for a lot of their credits earned at their previous school.
December 23rd, 2020 at 9:02 PM ^
Penn State is decent academically so I don't know what the problem would be with transferring the credits.
December 23rd, 2020 at 10:03 PM ^
Nua and Gattis have started following Shelton on twitter. He's following both of them back.
December 23rd, 2020 at 10:37 PM ^
Thought Nau was gone?!
December 23rd, 2020 at 11:13 PM ^
If Nua is following kids on Twitter I dont think he's going anywhere. He wouldn't be assigned to try and persuade kids to come to Michigan if he was on his way out. Surely out of all these staff changes, its not gonna be just Don Brown leaving.
December 23rd, 2020 at 11:14 PM ^
So are Florida State, West Virginia, and Arizona State HC Herm Edwards
December 23rd, 2020 at 10:38 PM ^
But can he regularly jump off-sides?!
December 23rd, 2020 at 10:39 PM ^
Bring in as many orb shaped men as possible.
December 23rd, 2020 at 11:10 PM ^
Doesn't help right now to try to recruit dt's and cornerbacks when we don't even have a defensive coordinator and our head coach hasn't officially accepted a contract extension.
December 24th, 2020 at 6:44 AM ^
Would you prefer that we DON'T recruit DTs and CBs right now?? Just give up on it until later???