In the age of the vaunted transfer portal, there’s one word that should be the point of emphasis for FIU in competing with programs eyeing their talent – culture.
At the time of this article’s publishing, the Panthers have seen seven players who played at least 50% of the season’s snaps enter the portal, including six full-time starters. This comes off last year’s exodus that while expected due to the inevitable coaching change, saw two starters choose to sit out of the final two contests in preparation to enter the portal.
To be clear, this is not unique to FIU.