re: 2016 Arkansas Recruiting Thread - Football & Basketball Commits

Exactly. I'd rather have a grad transfer come in and play backup or on special teams and keep a redshirt on a freshman. If we get lucky with a grad transfer, maybe we get a starter or someone who contributes in a rotation.

A grad transfer who contributes and replaces someone who transfers out of the program is a net gain. And if they only have one year of eligibility, we get that scholarship back the very next year and the redshirt we kept on a freshman comes off and we have someone with a year in there program who can step up while we redshirt the new recruit.

But this relies on us getting a good grad transfer. There's still work to be done and there's still a risk it doesn't work out.