When it comes to the transfer portal, the apple of many programs eyes across the nation may be former four and five-star recruits from Power Five programs.
However, as the last few years have shown, there’s major benefit for Group of Five programs to look towards the FCS ranks to find the next impact players to add to their roster — and FIU has been no exception.
While Mike MacIntyre’s club have added former P5’ers, a look at the team’s two-deep from last season shows six significant contributors from the lower levels (Tyrese Chambers, Jacob Peace, Rey Burnett, Donovan Manuel and Dean Patterson).