Just thought I'd check in on former Bulls across CFB with stats and some observations. Only looking at guys who were on the 2022 or 2023 teams. In no order except offense/defense
Offense:
Jimmy Horn, Colorado: 28 catches, 356 yards, 1 TD
Omarion Dollison, JMU- 18 catches, 385 yards, 4 TDs. 8th in nation in YPC
Holden Willis, MTSU- 33 catches, 491 yards, 2 TDs
Khafre Brown, Arkansas. 2 catches, 42 yards
Timmy McClain, Ark. State: 12-19, 138 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, 16 carries, 18 yards. Probably the #1 example of why guys who aren't established shouldn't transfer
Gunnar Smith- Highland CC (UCF). I have no idea on earth why he wasted a year at UCF.
Gerry Bohanon, BYU- 3-3, 27 yards. Rooting for him in his eventual coaching career. Not sure why he picked BYU.
Jason Albritton, Arkansas. 4 games played
Jaren Mangham, Minnesota: 8 carries, 59 yards. Didn't realize he was still playing.
Javohn Thomas- Iowa Western CC. Maybe he can find Jaylen Pettus...
DeQuan Stanley- EKU- 24 catches, 365 yards, 5 TDs
Jackson Long, GT- out for season
Michel Dukes, Georgia State: 26 carries, 151 yards
Yusuf Terry- apparently UAB, no stats
Junior Uzebu- ?
Derrell Bailey- ETSU- not sure if playing
Josh Blanchard- Akron- RS in 2023 there, not sure if playing this year
Dustyn Hall- ECU- starter. Would be nice to have him.
Zach Perkins- Hampton- appears to be starting
Thomas Nance- Bethune Cookman- 13 catches, 102 yards. Left after 2021 but we played him this year.
Seth Jones- ?
Defense:
Tramel Logan, Louisville: 13 tackles, 5 TFL, 3 sacks
Eddie Kelly, Mizzou (GT): 10 tackles, 3 TFL
Ray Thornton, UAB: 18 tackles. Pretty sure he's the safety who crept up on the K Singleton TD
Chris Townsel, Kennesaw State- 3 tackles
Stantavious Smith, FAMU: 2 tackles
Brian Norris, FAMU: no stats
Clyde Pinder- FAMU: 3 tackles
James Ash- FAMU: 16 tackles, 1 TFL
Jameel Sanders, FAMU: 12 tackles
Lloyd Summerall, JMU: 10 tackles, 1 INT for TD
Kendall Dennis, UNC Pembroke (apparently)- no stats
Jayden Curry- Maine- 15 tackles, 1 TFL
Davon Hicks- GA Southern (Wazzu)- 15 tackles, 0.5 sack. No idea why he wasted a year at Wazzu.
Will Jones, ODU: 27 tackles, 4 TFL, 1 sack, 1 INT
Keeon Terrell ?
Jordan Blackmon ? (Gardner Webb)
AJ Hamilton ?
DeAunte Hunter ?
Nick Bags ? Remember kids, giving scholarships to guys who have to post practice tape from a bad program while begging for offers on Twitter is a very, very bad idea.
In NFL
Xavier Weaver (Colorado)- Cards- 1 target
Antonio Grier (Arkansas)- Bucs- 3 games, 1 tackle
Spencer Shrader (Notre Dame)- Colts- 3/3 XP
In CFL
Ajou Ajou (JUCO)- 20 catches, 307 yards, 2 TDs. I don't understand why CAG didn't bring him back.
Summary
I'm sure I missed some guys, but the biggest takeaways are that very, very few of our guys are doing well at a level higher than the AAC. It's basically only Horn, Logan, and Kelly (plus Weaver and Shrader last year). A bunch of our former recruits aren't even starters at the FCS level. The only guys that I think would make an impact on this team are those three, plus Hall and Mangham (a power back is always useful, as he proved while here). More than anything, this is a list of failed development- the vast majority of these guys had plenty of G5 level offers or better and ended up FCS players.
