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CBS Sports transfer portal article

B. Golan

Noted Texas Tech Recruiting Journalist
Staff
Aug 21, 2016
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Wanted to highlight this section. What are the odds this is Florida State (Terrance Carter, Lee Hunter) or Georgia Tech (Romello Height)?

But no team better represents the offseason spike than Texas Tech.

A surprise No. 1 atop the 247Sports Transfer Team rankings, the Red Raiders currently have 17 commitments, including nine of the top 103 transfers. For perspective, Texas Tech ranked 36th in the transfer rankings a season ago. A spike, indeed.

The Red Raiders do a good job recruiting, but NIL is playing a large role in their success. Northern Illinois DT Skyler Gill-Howard, the No. 174 overall prospect in the portal, commanded "one of the largest deals in portal history" for an interior lineman, per a source. Several other Red Raiders have received deals in the seven-figure range, per multiple sources.

"They're running up the market for everyone," the ACC DPP said. "It's insane. It's premium on premium.”
 
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