The NCAA Transfer Portal has changed the landscape of college football in a big way. There have been hundreds of players enter the portal over the last three years, some of them designated as can’t-miss, five-star recruits while in high school.
Clemson running back Demarkcus Bowman, a 2020 signee for the Tigers, became the latest notable blue-chip star to enter the portal. Expected to be the heir apparent to Clemson senior Travis Etienne, the program’s all-time leading rusher, the news of Bowman’s portal entry caught many by surprise.
One of a quintet of five-star signees for Clemson last cycle, Bowman had already logged nine rushing attempts for 32 yards through the No. 1 Tigers’ first two games of the season.
“He looks great,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said of Bowman in August. “Just the first day out here, but he’s in great shape. He’s thicker than I thought he might be at this point. The weight room has been good for him. He put in a lot of work before he got here. He spent a lot of time on the track on his own, too. He’s as advertised. He is a fast, fast dude, and I can’t wait to see him once we get the pads on and see how he picks things up.”
Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott also raved about Bowman that same day.
"You know Demarkcus is as advertised running with the ball. He's got the juice in his legs and he can really, really go," Elliott said. "The biggest thing is you go back and watch him in high school and you understand the program he came from... kind of a totally different philosophy. They were huddle, slow-pace, quarterback ran to the sideline. The biggest thing for him right now is getting adjusted to the communication of the play call. But he understands football. He's got a great understanding."
But Bowman is far from the only former five-star recruit to change schools. Below is a list of the 10 highest-rated players to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal since 2018, using the industry generated 247Sports Composite as the guide.
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