The numbers are staggering. People across the country shake their collective heads at how easy it seems to be when it comes to transferring schools in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
There has been a running joke about how the Miami Herald and Fort Lauderdale’s South Florida Sun-Sentinel should run a Daily Transaction column so fans across the region and state can see who is going where.
While it’s long way until late August when the 2024 season kicks off – with spring and summer still ahead – but the numbers every day seem to grow when student/athletes pick up and move from one school to another without ever changing addresses.
While it has been commonplace over the past decade, this is something that NEVER took place 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago. You would have to move into a district or attend a private school to change schools. Today in our “School of Choice” society, all public schools need to do is make sure that there are desks available for those you are bringing in – and not just football.
We tend to gravitate toward football because it is a sport that gets attention and publicity.
There are two sides of transfers. You lose a student/athlete and you are bitter and offer up why the program the athlete left is far better than where they are going, citing that much of what has made that athlete attractive was accomplished at the school they left.
The other side of that coin are those schools who receive the athlete. They believe that if their program wasn’t winning or developing talent, colleges and universities would never flock and see these prospects.
When we did a story last week on Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna and the success the Lions have had and how they rebuild a program that has been to a state record eight consecutive state championship games, winning six, it was met with silence locally, but picked up plenty of momentum nationally.
This past weekend the “Transactions” picked up once again – as more and more students are leaving one school for another. The crazy thing, as we mention last time, June 1 is the target date where most of the transfers take place – at the end of spring and right before the busy summer gets started.
In case you missed the moves from last week, here they are:
CLASS OF 2025
R.J. “Reynaldo” Aguillar, OL, Miami Norland. Transfer from Hialeah American.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16993588/Reynaldo-Rj-Aguilar
Isaiah Anderson, WR, 5-10, 165, Coconut Creek. Transferred from Pembroke Pines Flanagan. 3.5 GPA.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16351371/Isaiah-Anderson
King Davis, RB, 5-10, 175, Miami Northwestern. Transferred from Miami Central back to his original school.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16147654/King-Davis
Elijah D’oleo, WR, 6-2, 180, Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas. Transferred from Pompano Beach Blanche Ely. 3.6 GPA.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17365547/Elijah-Doleo
Janaris Foster, DB, 5-11, 175, Coconut Creek. Transferred from Fort Lauderdale Stranahan.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16261966/janaris-foster
Devin Gonzalez, QB, 6-0, 180, Coconut Creek. Transferred from Weston Cypress Bay.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16423482/Devin-Gonzalez
Dylan McCarthy, DB/WR, 5-9, 160, Coconut Creek. Transferred from Weston Cypress Bay.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16883636/Dylan-McCarthy
Samuel Mitchell IV, Edge, 6-5, 215, Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna. Transferred from Pembroke Pines Charter. 3.7 GPA.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/18496462/Samuel-Mitchell-IV
Calysis Parks, DL, 5-10, 260, Miami Northwestern. Transferred from Miami High.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16380914/Calysis-Parks
Zion Paret, DB, 6-0, 180, Miami Central. Transferred from Miami Northwestern. 3.0 GPA.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/14897225/Zion-Paret
Ricardo Paul, DE, 6-2, 230, Coconut Creek. Transferred from Coral Springs.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/18044906/Ricardo-Paul
Dylan Robinson, LB, 5-10, 190, Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna. Transferred from Hialeah American.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16636553/Dylan-Robinson
Mike Varga, LB, 5-11, 190, Coconut Creek. Transferred from Fort Lauderdale Westminster Academy.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16177020/Michael-Varga
Jaylin Woods, WR, 5-11, 170, Coconut Creek Monarch. Transferring from Wellington.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16411592/Jaylin-Woods
CLASS OF 2026
Kaj “Nitro” Baker, Athlete, Pembroke Pines Somerset Academy. Transferred from Miami Central. Elite track performer. 3.5 GPA.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/15144891/Kaj-Nitro-Baker
Trayvon Mitchell, SS, 5-10, 165, Coconut Creek. Transferred from Pompano Beach Blanche Ely.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/19396147/Trayvon-Mitchell
Jaden Page, WR, 5-11, 150, Miami Norland. Transferred from Miami Dr. Krop.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17741911/Jaden-Page
Elias Sturman, OL, 6-1, 300, Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna. Transferred from Bradenton IMG Academy.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/16191625/650cf7d15cb35d038caf3125
CLASS OF 2027
Tyler Chance, QB, 5-11, 175, Plantation. Transferred from Fort Lauderdale Dillard.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/16934524/Tyler-Chance
Sean Thompson, OLB/WR, 6-2, 180, Miami Central. Makes a move down south from Hollywood South Broward.
TAPE: https://www.hudl.com/profile/19530845/Sean-Thompson
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Jaquan Washington, Athlete, Coconut Creek. Transferred from Fort Lauderdale Dillard. Youth football standout who is certainly in the next wave of talent.
TAPE: https://twitter.com/i/status/1740039510229147799
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