Jeremiah Smith was a prime transfer portal target. Miami reportedly offered Smith $10 million to transfer to Coral Gables. Even though he outright rejected the offer, there was another ACC school that tried to do the same with him by using their star quarterback. Instead of $10 million, they tried to pull him in with the power of friendship, leaving his high school quarterback heartbroken.
At the 2026 ACC media day, NC State’s standout QB CJ Bailey was asked about the process behind his insane success in recruiting old friends JoJo Trader and Davion “Bullet” Gause from Chaminade-Madonna back through their transfer portal.
“They knew they wanted to get out from their other schools, but they also knew who they grew up with; who their quarterback was. And I’m actually doing well for myself here right now,” Bailey said. “But I wanted them. I reached out to Chance, I reached out to JoJo, and I reached out to Bullet. They were kind of on the same page, like, ‘I want to go play with you.’ And, you know, that’s what it was. That’s what happened, and we’re gonna turn it up this year for sure.”…