The NCAA transfer portal both gives and takes away from Group of Five programs. While schools at that level are liable to lose their top players to Power Four programs every year, the portal also allows those same schools to fill the holes by snagging athletes that may not have panned out at other programs or rising stars from the FCS level.

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South Carolina transfer offensive lineman Jakai Moore has now signed with the UNC football program for what will be his last year of college eligibility. In fact, it'll be his seventh roster appearance, as the 6-foot-6, 315-pound graduate student spent the past six seasons with the Gamecocks before entering the transfer portal in April.