Preston Stone played quarterback for SMU before transferring to Northwestern in the offseason. AP

Thousands of college football players flowed through the transfer portal since the end of last season.

Only one school could offer beachfront property as an incentive

Northwestern is heading into its second and final season of playing at its makeshift lakefront stadium. It's likely the only place in college football where a player could take a dip in the lake during a TV timeout, if that person was so inclined.

So Northwestern thinks it got a nice prize in the portal in former SMU quarterback Preston Stone, who is used to being landlocked as a Dallas-area native.

“August in Evanston is much better than August in Texas,” Stone said. “Going out to practice, 75 degrees, you've got a whole l

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