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If you look at the portal today, those leaving are often kids that were highly recruited, then ran into a road block in college, sitting behind someone that's usually a sure fire candidate for the NFL draft. Often, someone with two years or three years of eligibility left, and there just doesn't seem to be enough wiggle room for them to take the field. The question coaching staffs need to ask themselves when it comes to scarfing up these 4 and 5 star kids (just a reference) is whether they were actually stuck behind someone and had talented, or were totally over-hyped in their ratings, coming out of high school. But, for coaches looking for talent, it's a step up from getting the left overs from the schools like Georgia, Texas, and Alabama, who have kids wanting to go there, even though they aren't going to be getting a boat load of money to do it. Of course, schools that are effectively getting these kids are convincing them when they recruit them that they have a very strong chance of reaching the NFL, if they play up to the ability the coaches see in them, and they will prepare them with every opportunity to reach that point. Rarely would a coach say that a kid could be a good "back up" for someone on their team.
Every day, down here in Texas, the people with big bucks, and there's a lot of them due to oil, are pooling more money to support their favorite school's athletic program, because they aren't going to let UT beat them in recruiting.
Please remember. Texas high schools have better athletic facilities for football than the vast majority of Division II football teams in college. In fact, they have better facilities than some schools, like Northwestern, who are DI.
