Is there a high school transfer portal now?

How would you like to be one of Buford's QB's that planned to start this upcoming season?

I wonder if any of these are returning QB starters and were a shoe-in to start in 2023?

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Red_Alert said:
How would you like to be one of Buford's QB's that planned to start this upcoming season?

I wonder if any of these are returning QB starters and were a shoe-in to start in 2023?

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Dylan Wittke was their QB in 2022. He went to Va Tech. So the position was open -- someone is getting screwed, but I'm guessing they researched that before transferring to Buford.
 
Buford is one of the top HS programs in the state, and is sort of a public/private hybrid. You can pay tuition to go there if you don’t live in the district. It’s probably the closest HS powerhouse to Athens too.
 
What is it I'm suppose to be surprised about.
Kids have moved to better high schools for generations.
 
If anything, this just makes it less likely that he flips.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Dylan Wittke was their QB in 2022. He went to Va Tech. So the position was open -- someone is getting screwed, but I'm guessing they researched that before transferring to Buford.
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Actually, the guy who was lined up also transferred in this year expecting to start. He is a rising junior, but my guess is that he will transfer again.
 
Deep Creek said:
Carpetbagger?
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@Thiefery has gone on record in the recruiting thread that he will only be at UGA for a year because he keeps moving around. This one doesn't concern me.

- He's going to a football powerhouse in Georgia. He will get better competition to sharpen his skills unlike that Manning guy who played with a bunch of 5-foot-eight pussies.
- He will be surrounded by P5 talent, including several 5* that are committed or will be to UGA. Although we don't usually get as many players from Buford as you would expect.
- He will be less than an hour from Athens which means he can be over there recruiting when needed.
- This is a legit move ... entire family is moving, younger brother going to school there.
 
WhosYourDawggy said:
@Thiefery has gone on record in the recruiting thread that he will only be at UGA for a year because he keeps moving around. This one doesn't concern me.

- He's going to a football powerhouse in Georgia. He will get better competition to sharpen his skills unlike that Manning guy who played with a bunch of 5-foot-eight pussies.
- He will be surrounded by P5 talent, including several 5* that are committed or will be to UGA. Although we don't usually get as many players from Buford as you would expect.
- He will be less than an hour from Athens which means he can be over there recruiting when needed.
- This is a legit move ... entire family is moving, younger brother going to school there.
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Were the three previous moves to other schools "legit" too?
 
This is the guy who just transferred there and was going to be the starter ... transfer from East Coweta. Bet the East Coweta staff is getting a good chuckle out of this news.

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Deep Creek said:
I have no idea. But if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck............................
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been telling him he's a huge red flag.. If this was anyone else other than UGA, he would agree
 
Thiefery said:
been telling him he's a huge red flag.. If this was anyone else other than UGA, he would agree
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But it's not. He moved to Dallas so the family could be close to the older sister who was playing sports at TCU. This move is to get Dylan close to UGA, and both to play better competition. Little brother is a left QB. The conferred with Tua's and Bryce's parents about the move. This isn't some prima donna moving around because they aren't getting their way or for money.

Here is part of an interview with the dad by UGASports ... this is behind a paywall, so keep it here please:

There are many reasons for this move. Chief among those reasons being that Raiola wants to play a full senior year of football. In Arizona Raiola was facing a potential 5-game suspension due to AIA intrastate transfer rules. The Raiola family had decided to move from Chandler High School to Pinnacle High School earlier this year and applied for a hardship to be able to play immediately.

The Raiola family met with district officials to plan an appeal to the AIA in May. The AIA informed Pinnacle and the Raiola family that a decision on the appeal would not be made until August 15. That timing was too close to the season for anyone who was involved’s liking, including the Pinnacle head coach and staff. So the decision to move was made first and foremost in efforts for Raiola to get to play and compete for the entirety of his senior season.

“The important thing for Dylan was to be able to compete for his last season in high school,” Dom Raiola told UGASports. “And after meeting with the head coach at Pinnacle, the coach was confident that he’d have to sit out games to start his senior year.”

Reason number two listed to UGASports by the Raiola family is competition level. The level of competition in Georgia High School Football is higher statewide than it is in Arizona. Raiola and those around him want the opportunity for the top prospect to compete against the best on Friday nights before arriving in Athens and the SEC.

Finally, Raiola wants to be close to Athens and Raiola’s family wants to be close to him. Dylan’s younger brother Dayton Raiola will be enrolling at Buford as well. Dayton is a left handed quarterback prospect that is garnering Power 5 interest in his own right. The younger Raiola has an offer from Nebraska and will now get to be just an hour from his brother during Dylan’s time at Georgia. Also, Raiola himself will be able to make many more unofficial visits to Athens in this situation and help Georgia recruit during home game weekends this fall.

"We are from Hawaii and we have spoken a lot with the Tagovailoa family about this situation," Dom Raiola said. "It just makes sense for the family to be close so the entire family doesn't have to take the red-eye flight to see games. And it is best for Dayton, the same as it was for Taulia [Tagovailoa]. Speaking to them and also to the parents of Bryce Young, we know it is best to be in SEC country."

Buford opens up with St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, MD) at home on Friday August 18. St. Frances is one of the top programs in the country, so Raiola won’t have to wait long to get the stiff competition he’s desiring to face.

Raiola will now be teammates with Georgia target KJ Bolden, 2025 Georgia commit Jaden Perlotte, and 2025 targets wide receiver Jordan Allen and running back Justin Baker. Buford went 11-1 last year and lost at home in the second round of the playoffs to Walton High School.

You be the judge.
 
WhosYourDawggy said:
You be the judge.
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WhosYourDawggy said:
But it's not. He moved to Dallas so the family could be close to the older sister who was playing sports at TCU. This move is to get Dylan close to UGA, and both to play better competition. Little brother is a left QB. The conferred with Tua's and Bryce's parents about the move. This isn't some prima donna moving around because they aren't getting their way or for money.

Here is part of an interview with the dad by UGASports ... this is behind a paywall, so keep it here please:

There are many reasons for this move. Chief among those reasons being that Raiola wants to play a full senior year of football. In Arizona Raiola was facing a potential 5-game suspension due to AIA intrastate transfer rules. The Raiola family had decided to move from Chandler High School to Pinnacle High School earlier this year and applied for a hardship to be able to play immediately.

The Raiola family met with district officials to plan an appeal to the AIA in May. The AIA informed Pinnacle and the Raiola family that a decision on the appeal would not be made until August 15. That timing was too close to the season for anyone who was involved’s liking, including the Pinnacle head coach and staff. So the decision to move was made first and foremost in efforts for Raiola to get to play and compete for the entirety of his senior season.

“The important thing for Dylan was to be able to compete for his last season in high school,” Dom Raiola told UGASports. “And after meeting with the head coach at Pinnacle, the coach was confident that he’d have to sit out games to start his senior year.”

Reason number two listed to UGASports by the Raiola family is competition level. The level of competition in Georgia High School Football is higher statewide than it is in Arizona. Raiola and those around him want the opportunity for the top prospect to compete against the best on Friday nights before arriving in Athens and the SEC.

Finally, Raiola wants to be close to Athens and Raiola’s family wants to be close to him. Dylan’s younger brother Dayton Raiola will be enrolling at Buford as well. Dayton is a left handed quarterback prospect that is garnering Power 5 interest in his own right. The younger Raiola has an offer from Nebraska and will now get to be just an hour from his brother during Dylan’s time at Georgia. Also, Raiola himself will be able to make many more unofficial visits to Athens in this situation and help Georgia recruit during home game weekends this fall.

"We are from Hawaii and we have spoken a lot with the Tagovailoa family about this situation," Dom Raiola said. "It just makes sense for the family to be close so the entire family doesn't have to take the red-eye flight to see games. And it is best for Dayton, the same as it was for Taulia [Tagovailoa]. Speaking to them and also to the parents of Bryce Young, we know it is best to be in SEC country."

Buford opens up with St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, MD) at home on Friday August 18. St. Frances is one of the top programs in the country, so Raiola won’t have to wait long to get the stiff competition he’s desiring to face.

Raiola will now be teammates with Georgia target KJ Bolden, 2025 Georgia commit Jaden Perlotte, and 2025 targets wide receiver Jordan Allen and running back Justin Baker. Buford went 11-1 last year and lost at home in the second round of the playoffs to Walton High School.

You be the judge.
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Why did he want to move from Chandler HS to Pinnacle HS in the first place?
 
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