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Transfer portal giving and taking away at Georgia Southern
Shai Werts
Georgia Southern quarterback Shia Werts is shown in action against Appalachian State at Paulson Stadium in 2018.
Georgia Southern Athletics Director Jared Benko said a mentor of his coined the phrase the transfer portal giveth, and it taketh away. That has been the case at Georgia Southern as Eagle Nation was excited to hear the news, they got Georgia Tech quarterback James Graham and Oregon linebacker Andrew Johnson. This week came the news that they lost Shai Werts and Kendrick Duncan to Louisville.“With Shai he was going to have my full blessing with whatever he wanted to do,” said Coach Chad Lunsford. “As much as I would love to have him on the team, he is ready for the next chapter and I don’t have a problem with that.