The transfer portal catches a lot of flak for altering the trajectory of many college players and fundamentally changing the way rosters are constructed, but when it is examined on a case-by-case basis, success stories can be found.
As is often the case when transfers occur within the same conference, players end up playing against their former school. That will happen this Saturday when a pair of Arkansas football players – center Addison Nichols and nickelback Doneiko Slaughter – face off against No. 4 Tennessee, the school at which both played multiple years.
Transfers within the SEC were once considered blue-moon occurrences, but now are commonplace.