Needs: QB, WR, OL, DL Best-case scenario: Gerry Bohanon, Jyaire Shorter Realistic option: Zion Turner, Rico Arnold Mike MacIntyre is entering year three of a rebuild that’s very intricate – to say the least.
The first FIU football player to enter the transfer portal this cycle is quarterback Grayson James. James has been with the program since 2021, the final year of the Butch Davis era.
Every year there are teams that are trying to build something special but are starting at the bottom. Heck, some of these programs are adapting to having an FBS program, while some are just wallowing in the basement of power conferences. Some watched their 2020 season literally waste away as circumstances have them out here flailing away.