In college football, success hinges on a simple formula: refresh, retain and reload. Since the start of this decade, the transfer portal has become a constant churn, and both quality and quantity are essential to staying competitive — regardless of your conference affiliation.

Virginia Tech, coming off a 6-7 season and 4-4 in the ACC, brought in 30 transfers this past offseason, and it’s more than just finding good players to elevate your team’s talent.

“It would not be fair to anybody on this team to bring a guy in that doesn’t fit our culture, isn’t going to get along, isn’t going to appreciate Virginia Tech,” coach Brent Pry told WTOP earlier this month. “We do a ton of background, we make a ton of phone calls, we do a lot of research to make sure that these guys fit us that way.”

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