Inside the Shift to a Portal Strategy and a Reworked Signing Day

SicEm365 Lead Recruiting Analyst and Co-Editor Grayson Grundhoefer details the Bears signing day success and failures plus the pivot to a transfer portal focus for the 2026 season.
December 5, 2025
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SicEm365 Lead Recruiting Analyst and Co-Editor Grayson Grundhoefer details the Bears’ signing-day successes and failures, as well as the pivot to a transfer portal focus for the 2026 season.


What a turn of events we saw over the course of less than a week leading into National Signing Day. Baylor lost commitments from three blue-chip prospects as Jamarion Carlton flipped to Texas, Jamarion Vincent flipped to Michigan and Jordan Clay flipped to Washington.

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