Baylor Adds Delaware Linebacker Anthony Crenshaw via Transfer Portal

There's a football team from Delaware?

10 k + in the portal, and we get a dude from Delaware.

I guess

It's mini-Michigan....Let's Go!


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There are diamonds in the rough. That Estrada wr in '21 is why you never know.

"Nacho" Silas Nacita

Yep, and alot of weights/heights are padded so he is probably closer to 5,10 200 lbs which is tiny for a Big 12 linebacker...

Youre a clown said:

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bear2be2 said:

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Danielsjackson114 said:

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10 k + in the portal, and we get a dude from Delaware.

I guess

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I don't care where guys come from. There's talent at every level of college football, and that gets proven every year in the post-portal landscape as great players make a successful jump to higher levels.

My issue is how little production so many of these guys we're adding have on their resumes. Past performance is the best predictor of future success, and we're adding a bunch of guys who were depth at their previous stops. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

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A lot of these guys are very undersized as well. I know we don't play in the SEC, but 6 foot, 205 LBS is going to get trucked by big 12 running backs

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That doesn't bother me either, especially on defense because we're moving to more of an aggressive/attacking style under Klanderman. I think we're looking for quickness and disruption now, so those big, slow interior linemen and lumbering linebackers aren't on the menu anymore.

We're looking for guys who can run, and I trust Klanderman way more than I did Aranda to find the guys he needs to make his scheme successful.

bear2be2 said:

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Youre a clown said:

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bear2be2 said:

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Danielsjackson114 said:

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10 k + in the portal, and we get a dude from Delaware.

I guess

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I don't care where guys come from. There's talent at every level of college football, and that gets proven every year in the post-portal landscape as great players make a successful jump to higher levels.

My issue is how little production so many of these guys we're adding have on their resumes. Past performance is the best predictor of future success, and we're adding a bunch of guys who were depth at their previous stops. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

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A lot of these guys are very undersized as well. I know we don't play in the SEC, but 6 foot, 205 LBS is going to get trucked by big 12 running backs

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That doesn't bother me either, especially on defense because we're moving to more of an aggressive/attacking style under Klanderman. I think we're looking for quickness and disruption now, so those big, slow interior linemen and lumbering linebackers aren't on the menu anymore.

We're looking for guys who can run, and I trust Klanderman way more than I did Aranda to find the guys he needs to make his scheme successful.

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I think that is what's going on here. Klanderman and Dave probably watched film and saw something they could work with.

A ZERO star recruit in 2023? Hell I was a zero star recruit for a reason.

Wrong D-Ware, but I hope he's good.

Jwalkup30 said:

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A ZERO star recruit in 2023? Hell I was a zero star recruit for a reason.

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Klanderman has been finding quite a bit of 0 star recruits for his defense. So much so that I think he sees stuff in these dudes that are overlooked. Honestly has me excited to see what he can do with them

Danielsjackson114 said:

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10 k + in the portal, and we get a dude from Delaware.

I guess

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He's from Arlington. I don't like his size, but we will see.

a camp body who will only see the field if we have several injuries at LB, and y'all are whining about his signing? Seems productive. Keep up the good work!

bear2be2 said:

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Bearknuckle said:

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a camp body who will only see the field if we have several injuries at LB, and y'all are whining about his signing? Seems productive. Keep up the good work!

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The issue isn't this particular this signing. It's the general lack of apparent starting-caliber players being added at any of our positions of need.

Everyone knew what our areas of weakness were coming into this portal cycle (OL, DL and LB), and we've done precious little to address any of those in a meaningful way this offseason.

Almost every player we've added in those spots has been depth or a camp body. At some point, you need actual talent to compete.

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Going back to '20, we've actually had some good to great finds with players from the G5 & JUCO:

• William Bradley-King (Arkansas State)
• Jacob Gall (Toledo)
• Drew Estrada (Dartmouth)
• Elinus Noel III (Texas Southern)
• Omar Agbedion (Montana State)
• Keaton Thomas (JUCO)
• Matthew Fobbs-White (Tulane)

I get that our transfer class isn't knocking anyone over right now...but fwiw, prior to this year there was literally no one that thought Indiana, with a team core of former JMU players, was going to have one of the greatest seasons of all time (anyone who wants to claim otherwise please show your receipts lol).

In retrospect IU was the football version of '21 BU MBB - seasoned guys who had all played together a bunch - but literally no one called IU's level of success pre-season despite how the experience level of their team, in large part because we all put so much stock into the Blue Chip Ratio and player rankings.

Former 4-stars create more buzz, but I don't know enough about the players we've taken or Klanderman's plans to be spun out over our transfer class at this point.

Bottom line: feeling you know how the season will go with certainty, whether optimistically or pessimistically, seems unwarranted to me at this point in the offseason.

Bearknuckle said:

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bear2be2 said:

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Bearknuckle said:

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a camp body who will only see the field if we have several injuries at LB, and y'all are whining about his signing? Seems productive. Keep up the good work!

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The issue isn't this particular this signing. It's the general lack of apparent starting-caliber players being added at any of our positions of need.

Everyone knew what our areas of weakness were coming into this portal cycle (OL, DL and LB), and we've done precious little to address any of those in a meaningful way this offseason.

Almost every player we've added in those spots has been depth or a camp body. At some point, you need actual talent to compete.

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Going back to '20, we've actually had some good to great finds with players from the G5 & JUCO:

• William Bradley-King (Arkansas State)
• Jacob Gall (Toledo)
• Drew Estrada (Dartmouth)
• Elinus Noel III (Texas Southern)
• Omar Agbedion (Montana State)
• Keaton Thomas (JUCO)
• Matthew Fobbs-White (Tulane)

I get that our transfer class isn't knocking anyone over right now...but fwiw, prior to this year there was literally no one that thought Indiana, with a team core of former JMU players, was going to have one of the greatest seasons of all time (anyone who wants to claim otherwise please show your receipts lol).

In retrospect IU was the football version of '21 BU MBB - seasoned guys who had all played together a bunch - but literally no one called IU's level of success pre-season despite how the experience level of their team, in large part because we all put so much stock into the Blue Chip Ratio and player rankings.

Former 4-stars create more buzz, but I don't know enough about the players we've taken or Klanderman's plans to be spun out over our transfer class at this point.

Bottom line: feeling you know how the season will go with certainty, whether optimistically or pessimistically, seems unwarranted to me at this point in the offseason.

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You're comparing players with track records of real success in prominent roles at lower levels to guys who have mostly been part-time players (if that, in some cases).

I hope that every player we've added is great. But there is almost no reason (beyond blind hope) to believe that we have done enough in this cycle to build a product worth celebrating.

Our strengths have stayed strengths and we've done very little to address our weaknesses, which have only grown with the talent we've lost to the portal and graduation.

Racking up the mid-tier G5 and FCS transfers!

bear2be2 said:

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Bearknuckle said:

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bear2be2 said:

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Bearknuckle said:

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a camp body who will only see the field if we have several injuries at LB, and y'all are whining about his signing? Seems productive. Keep up the good work!

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The issue isn't this particular this signing. It's the general lack of apparent starting-caliber players being added at any of our positions of need.

Everyone knew what our areas of weakness were coming into this portal cycle (OL, DL and LB), and we've done precious little to address any of those in a meaningful way this offseason.

Almost every player we've added in those spots has been depth or a camp body. At some point, you need actual talent to compete.

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Going back to '20, we've actually had some good to great finds with players from the G5 & JUCO:

• William Bradley-King (Arkansas State)
• Jacob Gall (Toledo)
• Drew Estrada (Dartmouth)
• Elinus Noel III (Texas Southern)
• Omar Agbedion (Montana State)
• Keaton Thomas (JUCO)
• Matthew Fobbs-White (Tulane)

I get that our transfer class isn't knocking anyone over right now...but fwiw, prior to this year there was literally no one that thought Indiana, with a team core of former JMU players, was going to have one of the greatest seasons of all time (anyone who wants to claim otherwise please show your receipts lol).

In retrospect IU was the football version of '21 BU MBB - seasoned guys who had all played together a bunch - but literally no one called IU's level of success pre-season despite how the experience level of their team, in large part because we all put so much stock into the Blue Chip Ratio and player rankings.

Former 4-stars create more buzz, but I don't know enough about the players we've taken or Klanderman's plans to be spun out over our transfer class at this point.

Bottom line: feeling you know how the season will go with certainty, whether optimistically or pessimistically, seems unwarranted to me at this point in the offseason.

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Your comparing players with track records of real success in prominent roles at lower levels to guys who have mostly been part-time players (if that, in some cases).

I hope that every player we've added is great. But there is almost no reason (beyond blind hope) to believe that we have done enough in this cycle to build a product worth celebrating.

Our strengths have stayed strengths and we've done very little to address our weaknesses, which have only grown with the talent we've lost to the portal and graduation.

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Around half the G5/unheralded guys added have really solid production last year - so they were clearly added as potential starters or solid rotation pieces. The whining regarding them has been "we don't know that their production against lower level comp is going to translate."

The guys with no serious production on record are either multi-year developmental projects and/or camp bodies who we likely signed at a very reasonable rate.

But let's analyze OT, since we all know that with Lagway in the fold that's a crucial position:

There are a total of 340 starting OL positions in the P4 (68 teams at 5 starters and 5 backups). While most teams only rotate 3-4 backups, there are also solid players in the G5, so we can say there are about 680 players total each year who are 2-deep worthy at the P4 level.

I don't know the exact % of returning starters who opted into the portal, but I think we can still identify a range within the transfer rankings for P4 2-deep level talent in the portal. For 247 Sports, all OL are either listed as OT or IOL (i.e. Centers are listed with the Guards, and Tackles are listed together).

For discussion's sake, I'll posit that the Top 250 OL in the portal are all P4 2-deep quality: the top 100 OTs (2/5ths of the line) and top 150 IOLs (3/5ths of the line) making up the Top 250 overall OL prospects in the transfer Portal, more or less. Let's see how our transfers are ranked as transfers per 247:

• Asher Hale IOL #108
• Lawson Petty IOL #150
• Nate Kibble IOL #26
• Cole Rhett OT #69
• Yakiri Walker IOL #77
• Logan Moore OT #114
• Joe Crocker IOL #145

It's worth noting that there were 3300 FBS players and over 10k total football players who entered the portal this year. So even Lawson Petty at IOL #150 is still within the top 10% or better of all OL in the portal, and per the discussion above, all of these players are projected as P4 level talent.

Our transfer class isn't nearly as bad as the doomers here want to believe.

Bearknuckle said:

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bear2be2 said:

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Bearknuckle said:

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bear2be2 said:

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Bearknuckle said:

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a camp body who will only see the field if we have several injuries at LB, and y'all are whining about his signing? Seems productive. Keep up the good work!

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The issue isn't this particular this signing. It's the general lack of apparent starting-caliber players being added at any of our positions of need.

Everyone knew what our areas of weakness were coming into this portal cycle (OL, DL and LB), and we've done precious little to address any of those in a meaningful way this offseason.

Almost every player we've added in those spots has been depth or a camp body. At some point, you need actual talent to compete.

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Going back to '20, we've actually had some good to great finds with players from the G5 & JUCO:

• William Bradley-King (Arkansas State)
• Jacob Gall (Toledo)
• Drew Estrada (Dartmouth)
• Elinus Noel III (Texas Southern)
• Omar Agbedion (Montana State)
• Keaton Thomas (JUCO)
• Matthew Fobbs-White (Tulane)

I get that our transfer class isn't knocking anyone over right now...but fwiw, prior to this year there was literally no one that thought Indiana, with a team core of former JMU players, was going to have one of the greatest seasons of all time (anyone who wants to claim otherwise please show your receipts lol).

In retrospect IU was the football version of '21 BU MBB - seasoned guys who had all played together a bunch - but literally no one called IU's level of success pre-season despite how the experience level of their team, in large part because we all put so much stock into the Blue Chip Ratio and player rankings.

Former 4-stars create more buzz, but I don't know enough about the players we've taken or Klanderman's plans to be spun out over our transfer class at this point.

Bottom line: feeling you know how the season will go with certainty, whether optimistically or pessimistically, seems unwarranted to me at this point in the offseason.

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Your comparing players with track records of real success in prominent roles at lower levels to guys who have mostly been part-time players (if that, in some cases).

I hope that every player we've added is great. But there is almost no reason (beyond blind hope) to believe that we have done enough in this cycle to build a product worth celebrating.

Our strengths have stayed strengths and we've done very little to address our weaknesses, which have only grown with the talent we've lost to the portal and graduation.

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Around half the G5/unheralded guys added have really solid production last year - so they were clearly added as potential starters or solid rotation pieces. The whining regarding them has been "we don't know that their production against lower level comp is going to translate."

The guys with no serious production on record are either multi-year developmental projects and/or camp bodies who we likely signed at a very reasonable rate.

But let's analyze OT, since we all know that with Lagway in the fold that's a crucial position:

There are a total of 340 starting OL positions in the P4 (68 teams at 5 starters and 5 backups). While most teams only rotate 3-4 backups, there are also solid players in the G5, so we can say there are about 680 players total each year who are 2-deep worthy at the P4 level.

I don't know the exact % of returning starters who opted into the portal, but I think we can still identify a range within the transfer rankings for P4 2-deep level talent in the portal. For 247 Sports, all OL are either listed as OT or IOL (i.e. Centers are listed with the Guards, and Tackles are listed together).

For discussion's sake, I'll posit that the Top 250 OL in the portal are all P4 2-deep quality: the top 100 OTs (2/5ths of the line) and top 150 IOLs (3/5ths of the line) making up the Top 250 overall OL prospects in the transfer Portal, more or less. Let's see how our transfers are ranked as transfers per 247:

• Asher Hale IOL #108
• Lawson Petty IOL #150
• Nate Kibble IOL #26
• Cole Rhett OT #69
• Yakiri Walker IOL #77
• Logan Moore OT #114
• Joe Crocker IOL #145

It's worth noting that there were 3300 FBS players and over 10k total football players who entered the portal this year. So even Lawson Petty at IOL #150 is still within the top 10% or better of all OL in the portal, and per the discussion above, all of these players are projected as P4 level talent.

Our transfer class isn't nearly as bad as the doomers here want to believe.

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Answer this honestly. Are the players we're adding better than the players they're replacing? In most cases, I would say no, which is pretty damn troubling given that the guys they're replacing won five games.

To make a substantial jump next season we need more and better talent than we had this past season. I don't think anyone can say with a straight face that we've significantly improved our talent level this cycle. At best we've just recycled mid Big 12 players with more mid Big 12 players.

Even at QB and receiver, where we've done a pretty good job in this portal class IMO, I don't think you can say we've upgraded either over what we had in 2025. And at the positions we actually needed to upgrade, we definitely haven't.

I'm not a doomer. But it's really hard to get excited about 2026 for myriad reasons. One of those is that we've made a pretty lackluster portal haul.

Joe Flacco and Rich Gannon went to Delaware. Of course they were both bigger as QBs than this "linebacker."

bear2be2 said:

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Answer this honestly. Are the players we're adding better than the players they're replacing? In most cases, I would say no, which is pretty damn troubling given that the guys they're replacing won five games.

To make a substantial jump next season we need more and better talent than we had this past season. I don't think anyone can say with a straight face that we've significantly improved our talent level this cycle. At best we've just recycled mid Big 12 players with more mid Big 12 players.

Even at QB and receiver, where we've done a pretty good job in this portal class IMO, I don't think you can say we've upgraded either over what we had in 2025. And at the positions we actually needed to upgrade, we definitely haven't.

I'm not a doomer. But it's really hard to get excited about 2026 for myriad reasons. One of those is that we've made a pretty lackluster portal haul.

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Omar Agbedion was 1st Team All Big 12 this season.

Coleton Price was a Big 12 Hon. Mention and the #1 ranked C in the transfer portal, and ON3 had him as the #24 overall player in the portal!

I think the offense's problems had several causes and the OL was some part of those struggles, but those two players mentioned were legitimately good at their jobs last season - not by my claim, but by the evaluation of coaches and professional scouts.

I wouldn't say I'm "excited" for 2026 at this point, as much as open to the whole range of what could be...

Bearknuckle said:

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I wouldn't say I'm "excited" for 2026 at this point, as much as open to the whole range of what could be...

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Pretty much my feeling for every sport....every season. We can't do anything about it anyway. No point in projecting anything. Injuries can decimate what you think you might have (this year's defense as a recent example...before they even got on the field) and on the flip side people you don't think are that good, show otherwise, We have had a lot of those over the years.

And there seems to be a lot of "battling injuries" tags in bios.

drahthaar said:

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And there seems to be a lot of "battling injuries" tags in bios.

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"dings & dents come with discounts"

fwiw we still have several open spots, and there are still 1500 or so FBS players who haven't signed with anyone yet. Some of those are actually high value players. The portal season isn't over just because the entry window closed...

"Even at QB and receiver, where we've done a pretty good job in this portal class IMO, I don't think you can say we've upgraded either over what we had in 2025. And at the positions we actually needed to upgrade, we definitely haven't."

Exactly this. And Sawyer to Lagway is a downgrade.