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After spending the most of Wednesday afternoon in Miami, one of the Sunshine State’s most prolific linebackers intends to return on Thursday to observe practice.
Linebacker Ty Jackson of Loxahatchee (Fla.) Seminole Ridge Top247 spent hours studying Derek Nicholson and the program during the team’s day off. This was Jackson’s first in-depth examination of the curriculum.
Waden Charles, a four-star athlete from Palm Beach, Florida, committed to Miami in September. He returned to the school on Tuesday to watch a spring practice.
The 6-foot-2, 185-pound player, who is anticipated to play wide receiver at the next level, managed to avoid Donovan Varner, Kevin Beard, and David Cooney, his prospective position coaches.
It wasn’t too hard to locate a fruitful beginning center in the transfer portal cycle for 2023. While Jesse Edwards, Hunter Dickinson, and Kel’el Ware were at the top of the hierarchy, other key players for teams participating in the NCAA Tournament were Graham Ike, Warren Washington, BJ Mack, Micah Handlogten, and Rienk Mast. Will the transfer portal cycle in 2024 follow the same scenario?
It opened on Monday and is currently simmering, but after the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament, it will soon begin to boil.
Programs like Michigan, West Virginia and Louisville are searching for a coach right now. They will likely need just about everything in the portal. Arkansas will need just about everything in the portal. Illinois might need one of every position in the portal. But other programs can enter with a handful of targeted positions to pour all the resources into.
At the top of the list for many elite programs around the nation will be finding big men. There are probably still more to come, but a few excellent ones have already shown on the portal.
Maxime Raynaud of Stanford, a center, is presently ranked #1 in the portal. With one more year of eligibility, the 7-foot-1, 250-pound big man is the complete offensive package. During the previous season, Raynaud averaged 15.5 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game. Raynaud made 36% of his 61 3-pointers, 78% of his free throws, and 67% of his baskets at the rim. Because Raynaud is so good, teams looking for a plug-and-play starter will be vying for his services.
