re: Brandon Kennedy transferring

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4. Graduate transfers in college sports have increased a lot, but they represent a tiny fraction of the athletes.

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The number of graduate transfers tripled in men’s sports and doubled in women’s sports between 2011 and 2016, according to the NCAA. But:

There were only 443 graduate transfers identified in the 2016 Division I academic performance data out of nearly 110,000 Division I student-athletes, which equates to less than one-half of 1 percent.

Even if the football grad transfer market went bananas and, say, quadrupled in one year, that would mean 3.6 graduate transfers per FBS team. Even that assumes these are all FBS transfers, not FCS.

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There’s no transfer epidemic. But there should be discussion between athletes, coaches, and families about why a player might want to leave.

Coaches should empower the athlete to make the best decision for him/herself, without treating transfers like they’re some scary new thing.

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