Joey Slackman 2024 Transfer Portal DT from Penn

[Paranos]

Joey Slackman's a 6'4" 300lbs 2024 IVY league DT portal grad transfer has 20+ P5 offers in the last week including one from UM. He has an interesting back story as a college wrestler, which is intriguing as a NT in Miami's dline. He has a lot of options at this point. I like that he has plays with a high motor, but more importantly a high FBIQ which allowed him to deflect several passes when he couldn't pressure the QB..





Go Canes

 

[Damiencane86]

Looks like he has room to add a good 10-20 pounds more if given enough time

 

[90scane]

Looks like he has room to add a good 10-20 pounds more if given enough time

He is a GT/senior.

 

[jjacks93]

looks good but I hope we prioritize guys with multiple years left, esp in areas where our recruiting is lacking

 

[ALLoverCANE]

looks good but I hope we prioritize guys with multiple years left, esp in areas where our recruiting is lacking

Why? We'll just get another rental to replace him next year.

This is college football now.

 

[Gi0logy]

looks good but I hope we prioritize guys that will have the biggest impact regardless of how many yeses they have left

FIFY

 

[AK_Cane]

Yes ease haha because we need like 4/5 portal dts. Not sure how but it's what we need

 

[The U is back to work]

He should be the 3rd best DT we get. Can’t be the best.

 

[JOE'CANE]

looks good but I hope we prioritize guys with multiple years left, esp in areas where our recruiting is lacking

Agree with you however rumor is we are gonna be thin at DT. We need bodies.

 

[FrancisSawyer]

He should be the 3rd best DT we get. Can’t be the best.

Agreed but at this point he's a take for sure. When the program gets to the point where a kid like this barely raises an eyebrow here then we will be getting somewhere. Unfortunately that seems light years away.

 

[jjacks93]

Why? We'll just get another rental to replace him next year.

This is college football now.

I specified in areas we’re lacking in recruiting because that type of philosophy is how you end up one injury away from disaster at a position.

Plus I don’t think we’re at a point where we think we can just go in the portal and cherry pick who we want. We found that out last cycle with all the receivers we were supposed to/trying to get . It’s gonna be a battle for the top guys year after year….getting a guy with multiple years left vs a rental helps protect against that .

 

[skeeter]

I specified in areas we’re lacking in recruiting because that type of philosophy is how you end up one injury away from disaster at a position.

Plus I don’t think we’re at a point where we think we can just go in the portal and cherry pick who we want.

Exactly…Every portal offer people see they think we lead for a kid and he's ours.

 

[ALLoverCANE]

Exactly…Every portal offer people see they think we lead for a kid and he's ours.

Same for recruiting.

For us to succeed, we need to win those battles.

 

[Torocane]

He should be the 3rd best DT we get. Can’t be the best.

I don't disagree but since he is the first available it would be nice if they can get him wrapped up and already have someone in the bag as the others become available.