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Anybody hear what happened to this young lad? I figured he'd move quick to get on a campus and getting classes so he's eligible next season. It's a crappy thing for Pitt to do to drop him when they did and leave him no time to find a landing spot in time.

I haven't heard but I assumed he'd wait a little bit. Since his transfer year is going to be wasted he needs to find a good situation which is always crucial for a QB. I'm assuming he's waiting to see how some QB situations play out. For example, if Reardon has a really good freshman year Kent would be a bad fit for him.

His transfer year wouldn't be wasted if he got into a school this semester. He'd sit this season and be ready next season (2014). Now if he gets on campus in the spring he'll be eligible the spring after which obviously for football is a waste, meaning he'd have still wait until that fall in 2015. Maybe he can get into a prep school and be ready to go in 2014. Then again not sure if that is open to him since he finished high school early and actually enrolled at a college. Had he finished high school when everyone else did this would all be much simpler.

I'm not an expert on how it all works but wouldn't he be able to go to a JUCO for a year (not necessarily to play) and be eligible right away in 2014? Basically what Derek Jackson did last year. I think Antonio Gates did that the year before he came to Kent as well. If I'm not mistaken he would have to receive a two year degree in that time but if he's got a semester of college classes under his belt and if he's not playing he could take a heavier course load so it'd probably be possible.

You said his transfer year wouldn't be wasted if he gets into a school this semester? So you're saying he would still be eligible to transfer later on and could still get that year back?

(09-05-2013 09:56 PM)anti-zip Wrote:  You said his transfer year wouldn't be wasted if he gets into a school this semester? So you're saying he would still be eligible to transfer later on and could still get that year back?

No and no. I'm saying, if he goes to another 4-year school he'll have to sit a year out from when he gets there which is important with a sport like football that he got in another school ASAP. You get 5 years to play 4, this year will be gone and if he ends up transferring in the spring and missing another season of football, then that's another waste year and leaves him with only three. I'm not certain of the dynamics of a JUCO or even Prep school transfer since he was already enrolled in a 4-year school.

If he didn't get in a school yet and is sitting out until the spring I'd be all over the NCAA asking for a waiver to be immediately eligible considering how Pitt hung him out to dry. What he did is inexcusable, but waiting and waiting and then waiting some more to dump the kid when they did and leaving him no chance to get in anywhere else is ridiculous.

Gotcha, when I said his transfer year would be wasted I meant that he won't be able take a redshirt or transfer again (without a waiver). So basically, picking the right situation is key since he's a QB. If he winds up at a school with an established young QB it might only have 1 or 2 years of eligibility left by the time he gets a chance to play.

Ashland it is, already played last game for them. I wonder if we went after him and he declined or they just passed?

http://recordpub.com/sports/2013/09/17/f...university

I thought this was pretty strange. I wonder if he's planning on staying there or if he'd rather have a year of college ball under his belt when he has to sit out a year for transfer and gets more time to pick the right place. He's not a D2 player.

He's a 4-star BCS recruit, surprised he didn't find his way on our campus. I'm sure if his sport was basketball somehow it would've worked out.

Playing right away could help him land at a BCS program if he has no off field issues.

Reardon's play could have been a factor if he was considering Kent. I realize Chapman has the resume, but beating out Reardon wouldn't be easy which could mean he wouldn't see the field until his final year of eligibility.

(09-17-2013 07:56 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  He's a 4-star BCS recruit, surprised he didn't find his way on our campus. I'm sure if his sport was basketball somehow it would've worked out.

Whatever. Glad he moved on and we moved on.

(09-17-2013 09:22 PM)FlashFan Wrote:  

(09-17-2013 07:56 PM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  He's a 4-star BCS recruit, surprised he didn't find his way on our campus. I'm sure if his sport was basketball somehow it would've worked out.

Whatever. Glad he moved on and we moved on.

FlashFan, it's not whatever. PH always loves to act like there is favoritism or something else going on. PH, if you have proof that he wanted to come to Kent and administration wouldn't take him, share it. Otherwise, your jabs and undertones are pretty much meaningless dribble.

No jabs, as the self-proclaimed spokesperson for the Athletic Department get over yourself already! I was just saying the basketball team takes chances on guys and I wondered if we even offered.

(09-18-2013 03:19 AM)Polish Hammer Wrote:  No jabs, as the self-proclaimed spokesperson for the Athletic Department get over yourself already! I was just saying the basketball team takes chances on guys and I wondered if we even offered.

Really? That's what you were saying?

"He's a 4-star BCS recruit, surprised he didn't find his way on our campus. I'm sure if his sport was basketball somehow it would've worked out."

Somehow, the above quote doesn't make me believe you were wondering if we offered him. It makes me believe you think KSU would only take a chance on him if he played basketball. Maybe my KSU education didn't teach me how to translate/interpret things very well, but that is what I took from your statement.

Lastly, I have never said or acted like I was a "spokesman" for the athletic department. You seem to be the only one here who still has a problem with my access to information and willingness to share it. If that's the case, you can block yourself from seeing my posts. It might lower your blood pressure.

Once again you really need to quit flattering yourself and think you have any effect on anyone. I said what I said, no reason to read between any lines. The b-ball team takes fliers on guys like this all the time, and I merely wondered if the football team offered after he was booted from Pitt.

Nothing to see here. Both football and basketball have brought in their share of problems over the years--like every other school in the country. People clucking their tongues about other sports or other schools' problems are blind to reality.

More like nothing to contribute here. No matter how many times you say one thing people want to interpret something else, even after further clarifying.

Why do we think anything happened? Chapman had awful options. He could rush to find a school he didn't want but had a spot on the roster OR he could sit out season as a walk on somewhere. So, he found a place where he could play right away, show what he could do, stay out of trouble, and transfer to where he wants to go for spring ball.

Me thinks there is not more to it than that.

You do realize going to Ashland and then transferring requires a year of sitting right? So he's playing this season and then sitting out next season as a transfer which makes this year truly wasted when he could've got in somewhere and sat that year out right away and then played four straight. Given those options it's looks like he just made his bed at Ashland for the next 4 years.