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Waylee entering the portal

cowpoke pride said:
I'm either ignorant or just totally drawing a blank but has anyone ever transferred from Wyoming and then come back? Not sure I can think of an example anywhere else leaving and then coming back.
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I am not aware of any player who has actually left, played at another program, and then came back to be part of the Wyoming program again.

There have definitely been several Wyoming players who have put their names into the transfer portal and had to be re-recruited (aka paid) in order to stay at Wyoming. John-Michael Gyllenborg is probably the most recent example of that...my understanding is that he had lots of transfer offers, including some Big 10/SEC offers. Not sure what we had to pay him to keep him here.
 
cowpoke pride said:
I'm either ignorant or just totally drawing a blank but has anyone ever transferred from Wyoming and then come back? Not sure I can think of an example anywhere else leaving and then coming back.
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A few have dipped their toes in the water and pulled back. Otherwise, no.
 
Austin Fort transferred to JUCO to keep his QB dream alive but ended up back at Wyoming as a TE.

Marcell Gipson left for a year and then came back. His son is a highly rated CB that is committed to Clemson.
 
The one thing that bothers me about Neyor (and I do wish him well in Green Bay) is that he was a Texas kid probably dying for an opportunity to play for the 'Horns. Hometown kid wasn't good enough...never gave him a look to my knowledge. If I were Neyor, the last team I would ever play for would be Texas. He toyed with Tennessee and Ole Miss.

Kind of like if Josh Allen would have left Wyoming to play at Fresno State after being completely irrelevant to them. I could not have done that.
 
Midwest Cowboy said:
The one thing that bothers me about Neyor (and I do wish him well in Green Bay) is that he was a Texas kid probably dying for an opportunity to play for the 'Horns. Hometown kid wasn't good enough...never gave him a look to my knowledge. If I were Neyor, the last team I would ever play for would be Texas. He toyed with Tennessee and Ole Miss.

Kind of like if Josh Allen would have left Wyoming to play at Fresno State after being completely irrelevant to them. I could not have done that.
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If someone offers you a million dollars, the decision becomes more straight forward.

We can hash and re-hash this over and over but the Josh Allen story would likely not have been the same had NIL been in place in 2016/2017.
 
OrediggerPoke said:
If someone offers you a million dollars, the decision becomes more straight forward.

We can hash and re-hash this over and over but the Josh Allen story would likely not have been the same had NIL been in place in 2016/2017.
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Neither would the Fennis Dembo, Eric Leckner, Jay Novacek, etc. stories had NIL existed in the 80s
 
OrediggerPoke said:
If someone offers you a million dollars, the decision becomes more straight forward.

We can hash and re-hash this over and over but the Josh Allen story would likely not have been the same had NIL been in place in 2016/2017.
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I agree but I feel like this is a different issue. The issue isn't why/whether he should have left Wyoming. I get it. The issue is that Tennessee and Ole Miss were probably also offering NIL $$$ and he went to Texas....the team than shunned him. My guess is that Josh Allen would have left Wyoming, too. But I cannot imagine he accepts an offer from Fresno State with other offers on the table. It's pure speculation on my part. Of course if Texas is offering 5x what Tennessee was offering....but I find that tough to believe.
 
Midwest Cowboy said:
I agree but I feel like this is a different issue. The issue isn't why/whether he should have left Wyoming. I get it. The issue is that Tennessee and Ole Miss were probably also offering NIL $$$ and he went to Texas....the team than shunned him. My guess is that Josh Allen would have left Wyoming, too. But I cannot imagine he accepts an offer from Fresno State with other offers on the table. It's pure speculation on my part. Of course if Texas is offering 5x what Tennessee was offering....but I find that tough to believe.
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How was he shunned by Texas?
 
Midwest Cowboy said:
The one thing that bothers me about Neyor (and I do wish him well in Green Bay) is that he was a Texas kid probably dying for an opportunity to play for the 'Horns. Hometown kid wasn't good enough...never gave him a look to my knowledge. If I were Neyor, the last team I would ever play for would be Texas. He toyed with Tennessee and Ole Miss.

Kind of like if Josh Allen would have left Wyoming to play at Fresno State after being completely irrelevant to them. I could not have done that.
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Neyor was not a highly recruited athlete coming out of high school. His only other offers outside of Wyoming were from Henderson State, Incarnate Word, and Western Illinois. It wasn't like he was a well know commodity and Texas simply turned their nose up at him. He couldn't even get a sniff from a program like Texas State or UTSA at the time.
 
307bball said:
How was he shunned by Texas?
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That’s what I’m struggling to comprehend. He was a 2 star prospect and I believe Wyoming was his only FBS offer. Other offers out of high school were FCS Incarnate Word, FCS Western Illinois and D2 Henderson State.

By this logic, Neyor was shunned by every team in FBS but Wyoming.

*Edit - I see RealUW already posted the same thing.
 
ragtimejoe1 said:
Larry Shyatt
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Exhibit A as to why we shouldn't invite "transfers" back to UW, in my humble view. I know others will disagree, likely owing to his one MW championship after making a run in the MoWest tourney, but I found his second stint in Laramie to be generally boring - with his last year being outright deflating starting with the loss to Fort Lewis after we had finally created some buzz the previous year. He also facilitated the hiring of AE - one of the worst coaches in the history of UW.
 
LawPoke said:
Exhibit A as to why we shouldn't invite "transfers" back to UW, in my humble view. I know others will disagree, likely owing to his one MW championship after making a run in the MoWest tourney, but I found his second stint in Laramie to be generally boring - with his last year being outright deflating starting with the loss to Fort Lewis after we had finally created some buzz the previous year. He also facilitated the hiring of AE - one of the worst coaches in the history of UW.
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Perhaps but probably the most successful coach Burman hired during his nearly 20 year tenure. You could then argue that not bringing someone back is worse?
 
Waylee is 4th string now at Virginia and didn’t register a carry in Virginia’s loss to NC State. Yikes! I’m not too upset about his fortunes after the way he lied about returning and then leaving. I’d say his NFL dreams are very slim now.

The actual depth chart lists him as either 3rd or 4th string. But based on the carry distribution, he is clearly 4th right now.

www.streakingthelawn.com

UVA football releases depth chart ahead of road test at NC State

The ’Hoos are on to week two.
www.streakingthelawn.com www.streakingthelawn.com
 
OrediggerPoke said:
Waylee is 4th string now at Virginia and didn’t register a carry in Virginia’s loss to NC State. Yikes! I’m not too upset about his fortunes after the way he lied about returning and then leaving. I’d say his NFL dreams are very slim now.

The actual depth chart lists him as either 3rd or 4th string. But based on the carry distribution, he is clearly 4th right now.

www.streakingthelawn.com

UVA football releases depth chart ahead of road test at NC State

The ’Hoos are on to week two.
www.streakingthelawn.com www.streakingthelawn.com
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I just can’t think he got much (if any) NIL money to transfer. Not sure how he improved his position. Omotosho didn’t improve his position at Oregon State either.
 
Itsux2beaewe said:
I just can’t think he got much (if any) NIL money to transfer. Not sure how he improved his position. Omotosho didn’t improve his position at Oregon State either.
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He got NIL money for sure. He was sought after but apparently has not made an impression in practice or the first game.


For memory’s sake - here are some of Waylee’s quotes regarding his dedication to the Wyoming program justifying sitting out games to come back for another year. Ironically, Wyoming likely would have been his best bet to get an NFL chance. Can’t imagine any NFL team is inviting Virginia’s 4th string running back to camp as anything but a fan.


www.wyomingnewsnow.tv

Harrison Waylee on his decision to take a redshirt season

Wyoming Star Running Back, Harrison Waylee, opens up about his decision to take a redshirt season.
www.wyomingnewsnow.tv www.wyomingnewsnow.tv
 
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