We’re less than a week away from the April 16 opening of the college football spring transfer portal window, which will give players a two-week period from April 16-30 to enter their names into the portal.
Here are a few things to be aware of with the opening of the spring window getting closer:
IT WON’T BE A HOT QUARTERBACK MARKET
After a winter portal cycle that saw Oregon, Notre Dame and about 20 other Power Four schools land turnkey starting quarterbacks, don’t expect much high-level quarterback action during this window.
Simply put, most of the Power Four teams that were in search of a new starting quarterback filled that need during the winter window.
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Also, while there may end up being a surprise entry or a couple exceptions, the current expectation in the college football personnel world is that the majority of quarterbacks that enter the portal these next few weeks will be backup guys for their current teams.
A couple of the Power Four teams interested in potential starting-caliber options at quarterbacks are places like UCLA and Northwestern. However, some of the other schools with question marks at quarterback that didn’t add a starting-caliber option during the winter window (i.e. Michigan, USC and Auburn) currently seem less likely to be in the market this go-around barring some high-level player entering the portal.
