All Big Ten schools except Iowa* took advantage of the transfer portal to add talent during the last several months.
https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/mckewon-most-of-the-big-ten-loves-the-transfer-portal-and-then-theres-iowa/article_591b332c-85ea-11ec-9db3-a34fce15f222.htmlLINCOLN — Iowa football must feel pretty good about itself. It has a right to, winning the Big Ten West in 2021.
But the Hawkeyes, outliers already in other ways, were the one conference team not to bull rush the transfer portal the past several months.
Nebraska added 10 non-juco transfers. According to the 247Sports transfer tracker, Michigan State, which struck gold last transfer cycle, signed seven. Purdue — a trendy pick for West favorite in 2022 — added six, including Iowa receiver Tyrone Tracy. Wisconsin signed five and nearly signed a sixth who would have turned the league on its head.
Even Ohio State, perennial prizefighter, added multiyear starting corner Tanner McCallister, who followed Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to Columbus.
“He was already a coach on the field, and he’ll be more so here at Ohio State,” Knowles told Buckeye beat reporters. “He’s been with me. We’ve been through the wars together.”
Iowa likes the soldiers it already has, coach Kirk Ferentz said during 45-minute press conference Wednesday.
“We look at it a little bit differently,” Ferentz said of the 2022 transfer portal cycle. “Our numbers (of) attrition were low, and we’re not looking to bring a lot of new guys in that really didn’t grow up in the program.”