Smith Has Transfer Finalists

Abdul Smith decided to transfer out of Rutgers University about a week ago and hasn’t found any problems finding schools that are interested in bringing him on as a transfer.

Abdul Smith left the Rutgers program a week ago and let Scout.com know on Tuesday night that he already has a final five in terms of which schools he will be transferring to.

“It’s down to Minnesota, Colorado, Temple, Villanova and East Carolina right now,” Smith said. “I’m just waiting on the offers from Minnesota and ECU right now, but I have offers from the rest of them. Everything just has to clear with all five schools with paperwork, but I’ll have all five when it comes to decide.”

Smith is going to try and make his decision in the next week or two. If he were to go to Villanova he could play right away, but if he went to any other school he would have to sit out a year. He did already use his red-shirt year at Rutgers, so he would have three years of FBS eligibility left after sitting out a year.