When it came to his thoughts on the transfer portal, Thomas Hammock didn’t hold back.

As NIU’s fall media day concluded on Wednesday , the seventh-year football coach was asked about the transfer portal.

As promised, here’s the full video of Thomas Hammock’s impassioned remarks on the state of the transfer portal.

Hammock briefly highlighted his own experience as college athlete, saying he considers the lessons he learned in college more valuable than any financial incentive.… https://t.co/hVdRaRMPCI pic.twitter.com/bkoAweblbs — Skyler Kisellus (@skylerkisellus) August 13, 2025

Not even a week ago, the Huskies lost Dane Pardridge to Rutgers as fall camp was beginning. And earlier in the media day, athletic director Sean Frazier talked about some changes he’d like to see.

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