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Kansas State Football: Bill Snyder not allowing Corey Sutton transfer

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 10:20 p.m. ET

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Kansas State football is making headlines for the wrong reasons, blocking the transfer of freshman wide out Corey Sutton.

Bill Snyder is regarded as one of the best coaches in college football, but that's not exactly why he's been making headlines lately. Kansas State's top dog has made a questionable move, blocking the release of freshman receiver Corey Sutton.

The freshman wide out played sparsely in 2016, catching just four passes for 54 yards, but Snyder still doesn't want him playing elsewhere.

Is it a fear of matching up with him? Doesn't seem that way as Sutton submitted a list of 35 potential destinations, none in the Big 12, and some were even FCS or Division II programs, and the school blocked all of them.

Sutton is furious about Snyder's handling of the situation, according to Kellis Robinett of The Wichita Eagle.

"When I originally told Coach Snyder I was going to transfer he said, 'Well, Corey, I feel bad that you want to leave, but I can't make you stay,' " Sutton said. "I dropped all my classes, moved out of Kansas and started looking at my options, then I find out they are denying me my release.

"Coach Snyder told me today that when I signed my letter of intent that was my commitment to him, that I was going to be there for four years. I heard that and told him, 'Coaches can leave. So why can't a player leave? You made a commitment to me that you were going to treat me the right way and that's not what you're doing.' "

The former three-star recruit from Cornelius, N.C., is focused on finding a new destination in 2017, but it will take some convincing for Snyder.

Robinett also found a quote from Snyder via WHB 810 AM in which he defended the decision to block the release.

"I've always said that a youngster is free to leave, but I'm not going to release the youngster. It doesn't mean that he can't go someplace else and play. He can certainly do that. He wouldn't be on athletic scholarship for a year's period of time, but could still go and play and then have a scholarship after that."

Basically, Snyder is saying that he's free to go play elsewhere, but would have to pay his way through a year of school and then earn a scholarship after that.

Is Snyder in the wrong here? Let us know what you think, but this is a very rare instance in which Snyder has looked like the bad guy.

Kansas State Football: Bill Snyder not allowing Corey Sutton transfer

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