Following successive recruiting classes with underwhelming numbers at the wide receiver position, it’s been assumed for a while Notre Dame would pursue receivers in the transfer portal. To date, that hasn’t happened, but according to the Athletic’s Pete Sampson, that could change after Iowa wide receiver Charlies Jones entered the portal yesterday.
Iowa fans Jones’s move to the transfer portal as a big loss for the Iowa offense.
It’s hard to overstate how much he meant to this team last year, particularly given the lack of offensive production. It seemed that a spot in the NFL was a large driving factor for Jones returning for another year of college.