There are a gazillion transfer options to evaluate and consider and I’m sure the coaching staff has a way of prioritizing them. But here are the three best strategies I see:
- Graduate Transfers - this has worked for them for a while and “we turned Malik into an All-American in one year so we can do it for you too” helps.
- Ivies/Upper Tier Academic schools - Come here and improve your odds of being seen by an NFL scout but you won’t lose (most) of your credits and you’ll still have an A+ diploma when you’re done.
- All-Conference Academic Honor Roll Players (who are leaving because of playing time) - similar messaging as above.
That should make a more manageable list of potential recruits and it has messaging that at least gives UVA a chance of getting a door open to make a player specific pitch.
- Graduate Transfers - this has worked for them for a while and “we turned Malik into an All-American in one year so we can do it for you too” helps.
- Ivies/Upper Tier Academic schools - Come here and improve your odds of being seen by an NFL scout but you won’t lose (most) of your credits and you’ll still have an A+ diploma when you’re done.
- All-Conference Academic Honor Roll Players (who are leaving because of playing time) - similar messaging as above.
That should make a more manageable list of potential recruits and it has messaging that at least gives UVA a chance of getting a door open to make a player specific pitch.
