Ben Davis, the 5-star, top rated LB who transferred from Bama last year was a non factor in 2021. Thornton didn’t do much either. KR was a significant addition. Ohhoufo, MEH so far.
My Bama connection tells me that one of the issues with Hall is his father. He didn’t elaborate. No one questions his talent.
While I hope 2022 will be a breakout year in terms of portal acquisition performance highlighted (so far) by Ewers and perhaps Hall, we’ll have to wait and see. On paper, and particularly if Mathis joins, the additions are formidable. But for my money, the best recent transfer that comes to mind was Gary Johnson, and that was a while ago.