Herm Edwards has watched more than a dozen of his Arizona State football players put their names into the NCAA transfer portal this offseason. Some thought they could find better opportunities, some got passed up by younger players and some just didn’t fit. And Edwards says that’s OK.



He gets it. He’s not afraid to call this free agency. He wishes his kids the best and does what he can to help, and six have been fortunate enough to land at FBS programs. But as he watches the new transfer landscape unfold nationally, Edwards can’t help but notice how many college football transfers still don’t know where they’re heading and wonder if they knew what they were getting into.



“Some of them are still sitting there and they’re trying to figure out: What just happened?” Edwards said. “Well, reality just happened.”



The harsh reality is there are hundreds of FBS players out there who have yet to find new...