When Becht announced Saturday that he's entering the portal after three years as Iowa State's starting quarterback, it wasn't just another name hitting the market.

On Oct. 12, James Franklin was fired by the Penn State Nittany Lions after leading the program as head coach for over a decade, consistently keeping them among the Big Ten’s most prominent programs.

First it was safety Taebron Bennie-Powell, who signed out of Ohio as a three-star prospect, announcing his intentions to enter the transfer portal.