FR DB Garnett Burke Enters Transfer Portal

BillySee58 · October 20, 2020

Was listed second behind Cam Johnson in the two deep a couple weeks ago.

Edited October 20, 2020 by BillySee58

jtm0097 · October 20, 2020

Competition brings out the best with some players. Some players don't like competition. It can't be a homesick thing, he's from Garland. Good luck at your next school.

Edited October 20, 2020 by jtm0097

NorthTexasSportsNetwork · October 20, 2020

Same one that was on Instagram live 5 minutes before the USM game... oh well see ya

MeanGreenTexan · October 20, 2020

7 minutes ago, NorthTexasSportsNetwork said:

Same one that was on Instagram live 5 minutes before the USM game... oh well see ya

La la-la la. Connect the Dots.

MrStrange18 · October 20, 2020

ice cube friday GIF

greenjoe · October 20, 2020

Do I understand that by “entering” the transfer portal, the player says he wants to transfer and essentially puts himself on the market for another school to offer him ? Does he attend the new school on a scholarship or can he transfer as a walk-on ?

UNTLifer · October 20, 2020

Kid is a hell of a talent. Hope he finds a home and gets squared away.

KRAM1 · October 20, 2020

10 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Kid is a hell of a talent. Hope he finds a home and gets squared away.

High School talent anyway...remains to be seen if he can make the transition to college ball. Has to take care of business on and off the field in college and no one is all over him telling him how great he is every second. It's a transition. Some "talents" can make that transition, some can't. No idea why this kid is leaving after not even giving it a real go at UNT. I do wish him well and hope he finds a place where he can play and mature into a great college player. Next up!

Edited October 20, 2020 by KRAM1

jdennis82 · October 20, 2020

Would've loved for Burke to have found his home in Denton and enjoyed the college experience there as much as I did. Wishing him the best at his next stop.

Anyone know the NT student athlete exit interview process? I hope anyone leaving the program via transfer, graduation, or otherwise is interviewed to keep Wren and his staff aware of the player perspective within the programs.

ntmeangreen11 · October 20, 2020

We have had the absolute worst luck with safeties what a shame

meangreenbob · October 21, 2020

Do we seem to be losing a lot of good talent (supposedly) lately or is it just my imagination?

GrayEagle · October 21, 2020

On 10/20/2020 at 1:25 PM, jtm0097 said:

Competition brings out the best with some players. Some players don't like competition. It can't be a homesick thing, he's from Garland. Good luck at your next school.

UNTLifer · October 21, 2020

1 hour ago, meangreenbob said:

Do we seem to be losing a lot of good talent (supposedly) lately or is it just my imagination?

Burke has entered the transfer portal. Sometimes kids enter the portal and end up back at their original school, sometimes they move on. We shall see.

The only other player we are "missing" is Jordan Rucker who has opted out of this season. No reason was given and nothing was said about him leaving the program.

GrayEagle · October 21, 2020

I don't believe for a moment that Burke was afraid or unwilling to compete. He was arguably the most talented safety that we had. Yet, according to the depth chart he wasn't listed on the first three teams. Instead the third team safeties were walk-ons with no rousing high school success. The only thing different than when he signed on is the coach and I can only guess that he and Boren were oil and water. He is the highest rated safety that we have signed other than a transfer and I believe that he was the most talented safety on the squad. I guess we'll find out if that is true depending on where he goes. If he is on the depth chart in the first or second year (starter or second team) then I believe that we'll know that the coach was the major factor in his leaving.

Edit: Sorry this was supposed to be a response to the quote that is the second post above this.

Edited October 21, 2020 by GrayEagle

UNTLifer · October 21, 2020

Honestly, we don't know anything other than he has decided to enter the portal. The rest is pure speculation at this point.

jtm0097 · October 21, 2020

2 hours ago, GrayEagle said:

I don't believe for a moment that Burke was afraid or unwilling to compete. He was arguably the most talented safety that we had. Yet, according to the depth chart he wasn't listed on the first three teams. Instead the third team safeties were walk-ons with no rousing high school success. The only thing different than when he signed on is the coach and I can only guess that he and Boren were oil and water. He is the highest rated safety that we have signed other than a transfer and I believe that he was the most talented safety on the squad. I guess we'll find out if that is true depending on where he goes. If he is on the depth chart in the first or second year (starter or second team) then I believe that we'll know that the coach was the major factor in his leaving.

Edit: Sorry this was supposed to be a response to the quote that is the second post above this.

No need to apologize. It’s just weird how a freshman like Upton Stout is playing well, and this one “talented” safety isn’t playing at all. I’m not bashing him, I just hope he gets it together.

BillySee58 · October 22, 2020

3 hours ago, GrayEagle said:

I don't believe for a moment that Burke was afraid or unwilling to compete. He was arguably the most talented safety that we had. Yet, according to the depth chart he wasn't listed on the first three teams. Instead the third team safeties were walk-ons with no rousing high school success. The only thing different than when he signed on is the coach and I can only guess that he and Boren were oil and water. He is the highest rated safety that we have signed other than a transfer and I believe that he was the most talented safety on the squad. I guess we'll find out if that is true depending on where he goes. If he is on the depth chart in the first or second year (starter or second team) then I believe that we'll know that the coach was the major factor in his leaving.

Edit: Sorry this was supposed to be a response to the quote that is the second post above this.

He was listed in the 2-deep heading into the Charlotte game. Right behind Cam Johnson at free safety.

El Paso Eagle · October 22, 2020

3 hours ago, jtm0097 said:

No need to apologize. It’s just weird how a freshman like Upton Stout is playing well, and this one “talented” safety isn’t playing at all. I’m not bashing him, I just hope he gets it together.

If he is not happy here then it is probably best for him to head down the road. Could be anything. Talent can get you by in HS, but at this level there are many other intangibles that come into play. This is one of the reasons you sometimes see walk-ons make it while scholarship players never do.

GrandGreen · October 22, 2020

It is his decision to make, I just find it an odd one.

There are all kinds of factors that could be involved.

But just on a football basis, it would seem better to get in a year's work because you would not lose any eligibility by doing so. Even if you never play, a year of training and practice has a lot of value.

BillySee58 · October 22, 2020

21 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

It is his decision to make, I just find it an odd one.

There are all kinds of factors that could be involved.

But just on a football basis, it would seem better to get in a year's work because you would not lose any eligibility by doing so. Even if you never play, a year of training and practice has a lot of value.

It’s looking like he doesn’t have to worry about losing a year of eligibility. Appears to be all but a done deal that the NCAA is going to allow players a one-time sit-out free transfer starting with the 2021 season.

DeepGreen · October 22, 2020

He sounds like a quitter to me. I can't start for UNT so I'll just take my ball and go home.

BTW, I hate this transfer portal crap!

BillySee58 · October 22, 2020

50 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

He sounds like a quitter to me. I can't start for UNT so I'll just take my ball and go home.

BTW, I hate this transfer portal crap!

Responses like this make me think that people believe the transfer portal is some entity that causes more players to transfer. It’s just a listing of all players who have chosen to transfer. Not like the transfer portal has enabled players to transfer. Players have always transferred, but for some reason when it happens now there always seems to be anger directed at the portal itself.

97and03 · October 22, 2020

This is the second young DB to leave, plus the Purdue transfer opting out. Tough when you need 10 DBs minimum.

DeepGreen · October 22, 2020

1 hour ago, BillySee58 said:

Responses like this make me think that people believe the transfer portal is some entity that causes more players to transfer. It’s just a listing of all players who have chosen to transfer. Not like the transfer portal has enabled players to transfer. Players have always transferred, but for some reason when it happens now there always seems to be anger directed at the portal itself.

I understand. But some of us old guys prefer the days when a player committed to play football for a college or university and get an education too.

It's just an age thing with some of us dinosaurs.

BillySee58 · October 22, 2020

20 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

I understand. But some of us old guys prefer the days when a player committed to play football for a college or university and get an education too.

It's just an age thing with some of us dinosaurs.

My point is transfers have been happening for decades. Troy Aikman didn’t need the transfer portal to transfer 35 years ago. I get being upset at transferring, but I feel like there is some sort of misconception about the transfer portal that seems to cause it to take on blame for transfers when it’s just a listing of the players transferring.

Edited October 22, 2020 by BillySee58