UVa transfer strategery just took a hit, transfer Zion Wilson jumps to pros
Never suited a game for UVa. Brilliant 2026 transfer class ranked 37th (after a bump up from the 40s) lost its 6th highest transfer member, Zion Wilson. Strategy; pay the big money to experienced men instead of children…. even if they don’t have any eligibility left. Zion was a comp 88 which which had elevated the average per player to a laudable 86.21.
He gets a raise but foregoes the honor of suiting up in the revered orange and blue; certainly never have a plume in his cap. The raise was big; $25k signing bonus and $225K in guaranteed money.
As I’ve read elsewhere, its just another player UVa put into the league. Errr, except that the only snaps he had were in the spring game.
Ouch, that’s gotta hurt.
[For our learned UVa viewers and others in Rio Lindo, ’strategery’ was intentionally spelled as such.]
** Edited by V333T at 6/4/2026, 5:33:28 PM
** Edited by V333T at 6/4/2026, 5:36:35 PM
** Edited by V333T at 6/4/2026, 5:39:34 PM
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1mo
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1mo
At least they didn’t take a fly on Pavia this year. Oh forgot, they were counting on Chandler until Chandler was no more. Then they got a QB that JF had counseled out (at PSU) and then passed on (at VT).
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1mo
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1mo
from a transfer. But they only got 1 spring game scrimmage out of Zion. UVa had 55 seniors on their roster last year and, of course, several still had a redshirt year. I joked TE would need to recruit from the stands to field a full roster this year. Nevertheless, it would seem hard to gel a team out in that ‘herding cats’ type of environment.
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1mo
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1mo
UVa got a big donation just prior to the 2025 transfer class and with TE unable to recruit HS he hadn’t any choice but to portal big. And it worked out extremely well for UVa. But TE is reverting to the mean and had a 2026 transfer class that was not great (#37 after 247 pumped up their ratings) and became worse when the 4th highest rated transfer, Zion Wilson, didn’t get a 6th year (of course 247 hasn’t reflected that). Now he’s totally reverted to the mean, VT might get as many commits out of this weekend as there were uncommitted recruits at UVa’s OV weekend (only 5 uncommitted recruits with at least 1 CB elsewhere).
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1mo
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1mo
Unless the Hoos are on the road, there aren’t enough fans in the stadium to fill their roster.
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1mo
25% of the roster, but the realties dictated about a 50/50 transfer/recruit mix.
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