Former 5 star RB Tavien Feaster from Clemson has entered the transfer portal
Clemson has one of the lowest attrition rates in the country so this is surprising. Given Michigan's RB depth right now this should be something the coaches explore thoroughly.
Clemson running back Tavien Feaster has entered the NCAA transfer portal, per source.
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) April 24, 2019
Ran for 1,109 yards and 13 touchdowns over the last two seasons.
Clemson’s running back depth just took a massive hit https://t.co/rzcX9DvChM
— 247Sports (@247Sports) April 24, 2019
Obviously M can pitch RB depth but it does depend on reason for departure being depth chart related. If there are any grade issues one has to think he's out with Evans already academically suspended
Evans is suspended due to an honor code violation which means either cheating or plagiarism, not because of bad grades
and players usually get a couple strikes before it gets really serious ...
April 24th, 2019 at 11:52 PM ^
its plagiarism
Is there a chance he will have the 1 year suspension reduced to 6 months?
Can't he just rewrite his punishment?
April 25th, 2019 at 10:36 AM ^
No, the university takes plagiarism super seriously (almost too seriously imo). Some professors give you some leeway and will either tell you to rewrite the assignment for partial credit or will just fail you on that assignment, but some will also send you directly to the university where that almost never ends well. If you're sent the university for plagiarism, which Evans was, you fail that course automatically and are commonly suspended or even expelled.
I honestly don't understand why the punishment for plagiarism is so bad. Is plagiarism bad? Yes 100%, but to basically derail a kid's life because of it seems super harsh
April 25th, 2019 at 10:59 AM ^
Whoosh.
Woosh is right! LOL
April 25th, 2019 at 11:00 AM ^
It's part of the honor code and it's spelled out very clearly. Plagiarism is the cardinal sin of academics everywhere, it's taken very seriously. That's he's even been given a second chance at all is more than most students would get. A regular student found guilty of plagiarism would be run out of the university and likely never allowed back.
A little harsh... I'd wanna see the plagiarism as well.
It's one thing if he went "word for word" on a paper, it's another if he was having difficulty putting a thought/idea down on paper in his own words after researching a topic etc.
Agree with OP, if a kid is struggling, help him out, don't derail his life; this doesn't mean to say that he should get a free pass, but help get him vested in his own education just in case 'football' doesn't work out, or God forbid he becomes injured and can't return to the game!
Not a fan of this type of punitive reinforcement.
A player with grade issues never has a chance of transferring into Michigan. Even players with good grades can have a tough time. Admissions can be very fussy about what classes they will accept.
Do you know of any 5 star transfer that’s been denied? We play the same players with the same academic standards for those players as any other P5 school, stop it.
I think most of all of these players know where they are going before they enter the portal, don’t be nieve and I hope it’s us.
Really? Our academic standards are the same? How many Juco transfers have ever gone to Michigan? To think that the same kid can transfer to Michigan and other SEC schools is absurd. Michigan has never turned down a 5 star transfer because we don't pursue players that wouldn't get into the school.
Yes really, few schools recruit JUCO because there are better options. If you think we turn down 5 star recruits that other schools take you are mistaken. As a school UM has high academic standards. For the athletes, it’s the same NCAA mandated standards that every other school uses. Give me the name of a non transfer 5 star we turned down that another P5 took, I’ll hang up and listen.
This is such an idiotic response.
1. There are plenty of 5* JUCOs. Kids who didn't qualify out of HS and go to JUCO to get their grades up...we don't EVER consider or recruit those kids. Yet they still play D1 and go in the 1st round of the NFL Draft. Look at Ole Miss, Miss St. Or Kansas St.
2. This LITERALLY happened a year ago! Shea Patterson got in...Van Jefferson did not. There was also another Ole Miss kid who tried to come but couldn't get in due to grades.
No, Michigan (and plenty of other schools) are not like every other school. It's not even an athletics department decision...just like Chris Evans isn't.
If Evans copied someone's test and Harbaugh had to pick the penalty he'd make him run stadium stairs or something. He'd be on the team even if demoted to 3rd string.
He is being held out by the University. As soon as he's cleared...he'll be back on the team.
Actually... from my understanding of Harb's personality, he'd be the first to bench the kid. This was one of Harb's issues with the University in the first place because he wanted the M experience to be as much about education as it was about football...
Ergo... trips overseas and a successful career at Stanford.
Just a year ago two Ole Miss dudes couldn’t get in. Four star players but if they had a fifth the results would have been the same.
I’m not sure about how admissions handles transfers, but all y’all are kidding yourselves if you think that a player who barely scrapes by NCAA clearinghouse can’t join our football team. The difference between UM (and Stanford, for that matter) and Bama or Texas Tech isn’t the academics of one individual, but how many of those individuals per year they’ll let in. UM might get five or so, while Bama or others might let 70%+ or have no cap. Well accept an incoming student who meets NCAA minimums, just not a whole class of them. While we don’t take many JUCOs I’d be shocked if we didn’t take direct transfers from D1 schools unless they have legal issues, but at this point I don’t know for certain like I do for incoming first years.
April 25th, 2019 at 12:13 AM ^
I'm with you on HS recruits but undergraduate transfers can be tricky because not all credits will necessarily transfer to your new institution.
Any incoming freshman can be a realistic degree candidate to admissions because he has the full five years to play four ahead of him.
If a transfer has, say, two years of eligibility remaining but needs three to graduate because some of his prior classes don't count in AA he's probably not getting in.
That's a good point about credit transfer. I can't speak to UM at this point but typically, even for top US academic institutions, credits will transfer. However, they may not count toward a major or toward the core curriculum requirements the same way the same or similar course would at the institution. I forget what the major that was discussed that a portion of athletes take that is a catchall major, you'd think the credits could transfer into that major. However, I admit I don't know the actual details of how UM handles this.
April 24th, 2019 at 10:00 PM ^
The standards for transfers (JUCO) are tougher, but f they meet the NCAA and B1G requirements we will sign them:
https://mgoblue.com/sports/2017/6/16/compliance-sa-academic-standards-html.aspx
1. That link is only about academic requirements to stay eligible at Michigan. It has nothing to do with the process for accepting transfers.
2. Michigan has a long history of rejecting transfers from athletes. They are not treated like incoming freshmen by admissions. You usually won't hear about it because they usually don't get far in the recruiting process before finding out. An exception was with Patterson's two teammates. both 4*s and one at a position of need.
3. Michigan grants a limited number of waivers for athletes each year. Harbaugh can get a few minimum qualifiers in. He negotiated that before signing his contract. Even then, Michigan still requires an extra core class than the NCAA minimum. Same with Notre Dame and Wisconsin.
Right - they don't accept many classes from Clemson CC
so after reading the recent 'payola' (my word) articles about how to buy players, it looks like you get a big check when you commit, then get a monthly stipend, of course all of that under the table.
if true, given the new transfer portal the way you play your cards right, you can get two big payments and double the 'look the other way, NCAA' fun.
I grew up dreaming of wearing a winged helmet and if I had been a D1 recruit back in day without an offer from Michigan and the rules were as they are now, I would plan on double dipping.
here, take this cash. remember me when you get famous. i can invest your money for you.
EDIT: in keeping with the fully weaponized/funded nature of college football recruiting, michigan has been investing some of your PSD (preferred seat donations). see what your money has bought....
Look the other way NCAA? Not if your mother has cancer.
I think you’d have to be very careful about who you’re taking money from.
Guido “The Piano Man” Venelli (known because of his affection of piano wires) may decide to collect.
It would be great to get him, but if we don't, I don't know who else we could get.
In other words, it's Feaster Famine.
That's horrible. I wish I'd thought of it.
Be careful not to make too many puns about this kid. You could get a Feast infection
I applaud
April 25th, 2019 at 10:15 AM ^
Considering our depth concerns at the tailback position, making a play to bring this athlete on board is the Feast we could do.
I thought Feaster was on Sunday?
Every frugle fatman knows that Feaster is the day after Easter. You ever eat 10 Cadbury eggs for $2?
This man Feasters.
Immediate eligibility is questionable here...but would be an amazing pickup if he can play this fall. Probably bumps Tru from the main rotation, and could even become the #1 here.
I’ve been to Clemson SC. There is a zero percent chance that this guy hasn’t heard someone use the n word around him.
Slam dunk.
There's a very good chance that nobody has ever called the kid the n-word. Come tf on.
Why because he'd beat them to death? That's soft racism right there buddy.
So you went straight for it. SMH.
I’m usually with you Dr, but the poster is right in my experience. Even in NC, the mostly less racist part of the south, Af-Am college students get called the N word about once a month on average based on a relatively small sample size. I bet it may not be all that different further north. Drunk and or racist students attend every university and say dumb or intentionally hurtful shit with some frequency. I know the poster was making a joke, but it—unfortunately—matches reality.
You've clearly never been to South Carolina
Nah, he'll be eligible right away. It's about playing time, not a sick parent.
Anna Hickey, an insider at Clemson’s 247 site is saying his plan is to graduate by August, so immediate eligibility.
This makes no sense. Maizen said Clemson never loses transfers.
Well at least Maizen acknowledged as much in the OP.
I see what you did there. Acting coy like you didn’t know the OP is maizen.
Do we have room on the roster for him?