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Jacksonville, North Florida college baseball players stay loyal in transfer portal era

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Jacksonville , North Florida college baseball players stay loyal in transfer portal era.

Five JU Dolphins , two UNF Ospreys seniors are close to completing their college careers.

JU right fielder Blake DeLamielleure has been through as much of that adversity as anyone.

UNF coach Joe Mercadante said the transfer portal trend in college sports reflects a larger picture.

Blake DeLamielleure , Richard Long part of a 'brotherhood' at University of Florida .

Clayton Boroski : "We're going to be a dying breed" of mid-major players who play all four years at the same school.

Coach Chris Mercadante says he builds loyalty by recruiting and developing players who may leave soon.

Each team has nine conference games remaining and the ASUN Tournament will be May 20-25 in DeLand .

"The brotherhood we have is inseparable and the relationships I've built at JU will last forever," Long said.

"We have a ton of baseball left," said Leinenbach .

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