What would a blockbuster college football trade look like? Four deals that could boost CFP contenders in 2025

College football is changing too fast for the NCAA to keep up, and perhaps there’s a point in the not-so-distant future when schools are allowed to trade players. We’ve already reached annual free agency with the transfer portal and NIL’s influence, so why not take the next step and give personnel departments more jurisdiction and negotiating power in roster management?

Unenforceable tampering restrictions would no longer lead to complaints if we just ripped off the adhesive bandage and signed players to binding contracts. You want to play elsewhere? The university you play for must agree to it.

“You don’t even have to trade, just get them to transfer,” one Power Four personnel staffer jokingly told CBS Sports about the idea of a college football trade deadline.

We’re not interested in opening the amateurism can of worms for now. This is meant to be a simple fun, offseason discussion on hypothetical trades that would make fans refresh their timelines as fast as the Luka Dončić for Anthony Davis deal managed to do earlier this week.

Bell cow back for much-needed firepower 

The proposal: Penn State RB Kaytron Allen for Alabama WR Ryan Williams

The pitch: The Nittany Lions return a wealth of riches in the backfield with dual 1,000-yard rushers Allen and Nicholas Singleton. Why not trade one of those former elite recruits to the Crimson Tide for a premiere, true No. 1 option in the passing game for Drew Allar? Penn State’s only 1,000-yard wideouts in the last decade were Jahan Dotson (2021) and Chris Godwin (2015) and this offense also will be without All-American tight end Tyler Warren. Alabama lost its leading rusher Justice Haynes to Michigan in the portal and Allen is bell-cow replacement. This works for both elite contenders.

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Author : Brad Crawford

Publish date : 2025-02-05 16:05:00

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