LOCK HAVEN — Looking for a quarterback? A running back? Tight end?

Simply refer to the shopping list of college football, better known as the NCAA's transfer portal.

The website of collegiate gridders wishing to transfer is in its second year of existence. Any players looking to switch schools must put their names on the list.

And Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference schools are taking advantage of this fresh resource of talent.

“There are no secrets anymore,” Slippery Rock University coach Shawn Lutz said. “If a school has a lot of contacts with Division I programs ... That's not an advantage anymore.

“All of the names are out there, available to everyone.”

SRU found running back Wes Hills, a University of Delaware product, last year and he turned into one of the most productive Division II running backs in the country. The Rock replaced him this year with Charles Snorweah, a speedy back from Rutgers.

Among SRU's other D-I transfers this year is Butler graduate Nick Stazer, an offensive lineman who red-shirted at Pitt last season.

Indiana (Pa.) brought in two Division I transfers at quarterback — Quinton Maxwell (Ohio University) and Jalen Reese (Toledo). The Crimson Hawks also brought in wide receiver Irvin Charles from Penn State.

Seton Hill defensive back Ranier Jones formerly played at Oklahoma State. Edinboro defensive lineman Joe Koshuta played at Virginia Tech, tight end Augie Touris at UTEP.

“You always want to build with and recruit high school players,” IUP coach Paul Tortorella said. “But if we have a need at a certain position, we're interested in transfers.

“The player has to be the right guy ... fit into our program and our system.”

Lutz said: “We do our homework prior to bringing in any transfer. We get to know the player, his family, see what kind of person he is.

“We're never going to bring in anybody, no matter how talented, without getting to know that player.”

But is a team getting its share of impact transfers necessary to compete in the upper tier of the PSAC these days?

“The transfer numbers have definitely risen,” California (Pa.) coach Gary Dunn admitted. “It's a way to fill a need. There are so many teams in the league strong at most spots and you have to keep up if you want to compete.

“But bringing kids in that way can be risky. You have to be careful. It's got to be the right fit for the program.”

East Brady product and Clarion coach Chris Weibel sees a direct correlation between the top teams in the PSAC West and number of transfers.

“I actually did some research on it,” Weibel said. “The top three teams in our league — Cal, SRU and IUP — averaged 20 to 23 transfers last year and most of them played.

“We had nine transfers last year and four of them played. It's tough for schools like ours to get Division I transfers because they're looking for (scholarship) money or a consistently winning program that will get them exposure for the NFL.”

West Chester coach Bill Zwaan said most of the “money” in the PSAC is with the Western Division teams.

“They definitely have more to offer in terms of scholarships than teams in the East,” he said. “We get maybe two or three transfers a year, that's it.

“Division I players are used to having scholarships, so they're looking for scholarship money when they transfer down to D-II. We just can't offer that.”

Zwaan added that he and his coaching staff never look for transfers.

“If they come to us, we listen,” he said. “Sometimes kids we recruited and didn't get decide they want to come here after going somewhere else. That's OK because we know those kids.

“Otherwise, you never know why a player wants to transfer in the first place. A transfer can hurt a program sometimes rather than help it.”

Mercyhurst coach Marty Schaetzle rarely deals in the transfer game.

“I know it's out there and these days, to compete for the conference title or a national championship, you need some of those guys,” Schaetzle said.

“But it's a side of the game I don't like. It's not my style. I like my entire team to grow up together.”