Huskers DB coach Fisher talks transfer portal, says ‘it’s very sad’ to see so many young players leave | Football

“You don’t get the chance to have a campus life and then, you know, they hear some things on the other side that could be negative, you never know.”

Delancy and Fleming both had played during the early parts of their career. Delancy, a cornerback, was on special teams and saw some late action on defense against Ohio State. Fleming had five catches for 75 yards against Northwestern but then saw his playing time diminish after that.

Their former high school teammate, four-star 2021 outside linebacker Patrick Payton, decommitted from Nebraska on Saturday and verbally pledged to Florida State on Monday.

“It’s very unfortunate that a lot of them happen to be from the same area,” Fisher said of the five transfers. “But, just talking about that, and I’m going to kind of leave it alone, it’s throughout the whole country. It’s not just Nebraska, it’s throughout the whole country. Obviously, that’s not my seat and I don’t really want to talk about stuff that’s not my seat, but I just think the transfer portal, it’s given a lot of the young kids a way to opt out of this thing and it’s not doing any of them any good, really. To be honest with you. That’s across the country and just looking at it.”

There are several practical considerations, including this: The 2021 recruiting class has filled up spots at schools around the country faster than any previous recruiting cycle on record. Space at many schools either doesn’t exist or is very limited. Even talented players are going to have a difficult time finding a school to give a scholarship at this moment. Once National Signing Day is over, not many spots will remain. And yet, players continue to pour into the portal. According to Stadium, 121 FBS players entered the portal in eight days leading up to Dec. 7.