SHEPHERDSTOWN — Over the past week a significant portion of Shepherd’s football stars entered the NCAA Transfer Portal with their sights set on a Division 1 roster spot now that the division is expanding roster sizes and scholarship amounts. Since then, the former Rams’ dreams have come true with heaps of Division 1 offers flooding their inboxes.
Linebacker Brodie Carroll, who was recently named Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, has become incredibly sought after. Since announcing his admission into the Transfer Portal on November 19, he has accumulated a total of six Division 1 offers. Those offers come from Western Illinois, Albany, New Hampshire, Stony Brook, Austin Peay and now Elon.
Albany, New Hampshire, Stony Brook and Elon are all members of the Coastal Athletic Association Conference. Of the four schools New Hampshire has performed best within the conference this year, putting up a record of 6-2. Albany finished conference play 2-6 while Stony Brook and Elon both finished 5-3.
Western Illinois is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and Austin Peay is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. Within their respective conferences both schools finished with a record of 3-5.
Caroll’s fellow captains, Miles Greer and Cameron Dorner, have received a tsunami of early offers as well.
Greer, a sophomore defensive back, has received a massive total of nine offers since announcing his admission into the Transfer Portal on November 20. The first offer he received was from Stony Brook, which was followed by Southern Utah, North Carolina A&T, Hampton, Maine, Campbell, Austin Peay, Morgan State and Tarleton State.
This past year Southern Utah went 6-2 in the Big Sky Conference, North Carolina A&T went 0-8 in the Colonial Athletic Association Conference, Hampton went 2-6 in the Big South Conference, Maine went 3-5 in the Coastal Athletic Association Conference, Campbell went 1-7 in the Big South Conference, Morgan State went 3-2 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Tarleton State went 6-2 in the United Athletic Conference.
Dorner, a junior wide receiver, has accumulated five Division 1 offers since announcing his Transfer Portal admission on November 22. Dorner’s offers come from Tennessee Tech, Murray State, University of Tennessee at Martin, Maine and New Hampshire.
Tennessee Tech, Murray State and University of Tennessee at Martin are all members of the Ohio Valley Conference. Tennessee Tech and UT Martin both finished conference play with 6-2 records and Murray State finished 0-8.
Shepherd graduate defensive back Donte Harrsion has received two Division 1 offers. His offers come from Central Connecticut State and Furman.
Central Connecticut State finished Northeast Conference play with a record of 5-1 and Furman finished Southern Conference play 2-5.
Additionally, Shepherd’s starting quarterback this year, Lek Powell, has received one Division 1 offer from Charleston Southern.
Charleston Southern concluded their Big South Conference season with a record of 0-8.
Other Rams in the Transfer Portal who have yet to announce any offers they have received are linebacker JT Kouame-Yao, linebacker Harold O’Neal, wide receiver Will Patterson, running back Jahmari Nelson and wide receiver Asa Mayo.
