As Billy Homer peered at a computer screen one morning in December, he saw a flood of entries. It marked the opening of a newly established winter window allowing players seeking immediate eligibility to put their names in the NCAA transfer portal, an online database of those switching schools. More than 500 scholarship players across the Football Bowl Subdivision appeared in the portal on Dec. 5. “That was hectic,” Homer said. The frenzy was especially felt by Homer, who serves as Ohio State’s college scouting coordinator. A former CFL and NFL scout for a decade, Homer monitors activity within the transfer portal, filtering candidates for the Buckeyes. Billy Homer, Ohio State’s college scouting coordinator, said the first days of the transfer portal each year are “like scouting triage.” Information is scant. Entries for players list only their school, scholarship situation and graduate status. To piece together an evaluation of a…
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