FLORIDA STATE DEFENSIVE end Jared Verse owes his future to the transfer portal.
It is a simple but truthful statement, one that helps illustrate the positive impact the portal can have for players.
"Honestly," Verse said during a recent phone conversation, "it was life changing."
Verse is not exaggerating. In three short years, he went from being an undersized high school tight end with zero FBS scholarship offers, to going through a position switch as a freshman at FCS Albany, to being one of the most coveted players in the transfer portal this winter, with more than 30 offers from many of the biggest programs in the country.