Despite how normalized it is now, entering the transfer portal is a major decision for any college athlete.
In essence, you’re choosing to uproot whatever you’ve built at your past program and bet on yourself on the open market. It’s a hectic, stressful and chaotic time, even for a player like Abu Sama who’d made himself a hot commodity by racking up over 2,000 all-purpose yards in three seasons at Iowa State.
“I was just really taking my time. Talking with my family, talking with my brothers, talking to God. And just based off all that, the right people were placed in my life,” Sama said this spring…