The biggest position of need for any Mountain East contender this spring is a true lockdown corner, and the portal is the only place to find one. Watching the big schools load up on five-star DBs while we're fighting for three-star projects is brutal, but the new winter-only window means we have to be perfect in our evals. Our secondary got exposed on deep balls last year, and you can't win the conference giving up those explosive plays. We need a portal kid with at least two years of eligibility who can come in and be a day-one starter, a guy who can erase the other team's top receiver. If we don't land a proven cover guy from the portal by the time summmer workouts start, our 2026 ceiling is a seven-win season, period. The staff knows it, which is why they're burning up the phone lines right now. This isn't about development, it's about immediate survival.