The NCAA transfer portal is a

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(NCAA) application, database, and compliance tool launched on October 15, 2018, to manage and facilitate the process for

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s seeking to

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between member institutions. The transfer portal permits student athletes to place their name in an online database declaring their desire to transfer. Athletes enter the portal by informing their current school of their desire to transfer; the school then has two business days to enter the athlete's name in the database. Once an athlete's name is entered in the database, coaches and staff from other schools are permitted to make contact with the athlete to inquire about their interest in visiting the campus and accepting a scholarship. The transfer portal is intended to bring greater transparency to the transfer process and to enable student athletes to publicize their desire to transfer. The transfer portal is an NCAA-wide database, covering transfers in all three NCAA divisions, although most media coverage of the transfer portal involves its use in the top-level Division I. New regulations were adopted in 2021 allowing student-athletes in Division I

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, men's and women's basketball, men's ice hockey, and

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to change schools using the portal once without sitting out a year after the transfer. This regulation placed all NCAA sports under the same transfer rules, as the so-called "one-time transfer" rule had long been in place for all other D-I sports, as well as all sports in Divisions II and III.

Transfer windows

On August 31, 2022, the Division I board adopted a series of changes to transfer rules, introducing the concept of transfer windows, similar to those used in

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worldwide. Student-athletes who wish to take advantage of the one-time transfer rule now must, under normal circumstances, enter the portal within a designated window for their sport. These windows are slightly different for each NCAA sport, but are broadly grouped by the NCAA's three athletic "seasons". * Fall sports – A 45-day winter window opening the day after championship selections are made in that sport, and a spring window from May 1–15. According to the NCAA, "reasonable accommodations" would be made for participants in football's FBS and FCS championship games (respectively the

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and Division I Football Championship Game), both of which take place in early January. More specifically, participants in those games have a 14-day window opening on the day after the championship game, as well as the spring window. * Winter sports – A 60-day window opening the day after championship selections are made in that sport. * Spring sports – A winter window from December 1–15, and a 45-day spring window opening the day after championship selections are made in that sport. * For sports included in the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program, transfer windows are the same as those for fully recognized NCAA sports. As with fully recognized NCAA sports, transfer windows linked to championship events open on the day after selections are made for the generally recognized championship events in emerging sports. Student-athletes whose athletic aid is reduced, canceled, or not renewed by their current school may enter the transfer portal at any time without penalty. This exception also applies to those undergoing a head coaching change. Less than a month after transfer windows were adopted, the Division I Council adopted a change that affects only graduate transfers. Student-athletes who are set to graduate with remaining athletic eligibility, and plan to continue competition as postgraduate students, are exempt from transfer windows. They may enter the portal at any time during the academic year, subject only to deadlines of May 1 for fall and winter sports and July 1 for spring sports. Because the

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allows neither redshirting nor athletic participation by graduate students, athletes at its member schools who are set to complete four years of attendance but still have remaining athletic eligibility may enter the portal at any time during their fourth academic year of attendance.

Notable athletes using the portal

This section is limited to notable athletes who have used the transfer portal to change schools. The lists are limited to athletes who have Wikipedia articles about them.

Football 2021–22

The following football players used the transfer portal during the 2021–22 window: *

Jordan Addison Jordan Lee Addison (born January 27, 2002) is an American football wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Pittsburgh, where he won the 2021 Fred Biletnikoff Award before playi ...

, wide receiver, Pittsburgh to USC *

Jahleel Billingsley Jahleel Billingsley (born May 17, 2001) is an American football tight end who currently plays for the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and Alabama Crimson Tide. Early life and high school Billi ...

, tight end, Alabama to Texas *

Jermaine Burton Jermaine Demetrius Burton (born June 28, 2001) is an American football wide receiver for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He previously played for the Georgia Bulldogs. High school career Burton attended Calabasas High School in Calabasas, Califo ...

, wide receiver, Georgia to Alabama *

Jaxson Dart Jaxson Chase Dart (born May 13, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels. Dart attended and played high school football at Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah. He began his college football career at USC in 2021, ...

, quarterback, USC to Ole Miss *

Zach Evans Zachary Evans (born May 30, 2001) is an American football running back for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU before playing one season with Ole Miss in 2022. High school career E ...

, running back, TCU to Ole Miss *

Quinn Ewers Quinn Tucker Ewers (born March 15, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Texas Longhorns. Ewers attended Ohio State University in 2021 before transferring to Texas in 2022, where he became their starter. He is noted for being the fir ...

, quarterback, Ohio State to Texas *

Dillon Gabriel Dillon Gabriel (born December 28, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners. Gabriel attended and played high school football at Mililani High School in Mililani, Hawaii and began his college career at UCF in 2019 befo ...

, quarterback, UCF to Oklahoma *

Eric Gentry Eric Gentry is an American football linebacker for the USC Trojans. He previously played for the Arizona State Sun Devils. High school career Gentry attended Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...

, linebacker, Arizona State to USC *

Jahmyr Gibbs Jahmyr Gibbs (born March 20, 2002) is an American football running back for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia Tech with one year at Alabama and was selected by the Lions in the first r ...

, running back, Georgia Tech to Alabama *

Brandon Joseph Brandon Joseph (born February 5, 2001) is an American football safety for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He previously played for the Northwestern Wildcats. Early life and high school Joseph grew up in College Station, Texas and attended Colleg ...

, safety, Northwestern to Notre Dame *

Ochaun Mathis Ochaun Mathis (born January 8, 1999) is an American football linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU and Nebraska. Early life and high school career Mathis grew up in Manor, T ...

, defensive end, TCU to Nebraska * Isaiah Neyor, wide receiver, Wyoming to Texas * Eyabi Okie, defensive end, UT Martin to Michigan *

Olusegun Oluwatimi Olusegun Oluwatimi (born August 5, 1999) is an American football center for the Michigan Wolverines. He previously attended the University of Virginia, playing college football for the Virginia Cavaliers before graduating with a degree in economi ...

, center, Virginia to Michigan, 2022

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and

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winner *

Michael Penix Jr. Michael Penix Jr. (born May 8, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Conference. He previously played for the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference before transferring to Washington in 2 ...

, quarterback, Indiana to Washington *

John Rhys Plumlee John Rhys Plumlee (born January 2, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the UCF Knights. He formerly played for Ole Miss and was a center fielder for the Ole Miss baseball team. Early life and high school Plumlee grew up in Hattiesb ...

, quarterback, Ole Miss to UCF *

Spencer Rattler Spencer Michael Rattler (born September 28, 2000) is an American football quarterback who plays college football for South Carolina. Rattler began his college career with Oklahoma before transferring to South Carolina in 2021. High school car ...

, quarterback, Oklahoma to South Carolina *

Eli Ricks Elias Ricks (born September 26, 2001) is an American football cornerback for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He played for the LSU Tigers before transferring to Alabama in 2022. Early years Ricks originally attended Mater Dei High School in Santa A ...

, cornerback, LSU to Alabama *

Drew Sanders Drew Sanders (born December 31, 2001) is an American football linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama, where he was a member of the team that won the 2021 College Football Pl ...

, linebacker, Alabama to Arkansas *

Lindsey Scott Jr. Lindsey Scott Jr. (born June 11, 1998) is an American football quarterback for Incarnate Word. Scott Jr. began his college football career with LSU before transferring to East Mississippi Community College where he threw for over 3,400 yards ...

, quarterback, Nicholls to Incarnate Word, 2022

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winner *

Casey Thompson Casey Thompson (born October 3, 1998) is an American football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners. He previously played college football for Texas, Nebraska, and Florida Atlantic. High school career Thompson played his first three years of hig ...

, quarterback, Texas to Nebraska * Kyle Vantrease, quarterback, Buffalo to Georgia Southern *

Jared Verse Jared Verse (born November 4, 2000) is an American football defensive end for the Florida State Seminoles. He previously played for the Albany Great Danes, where he was named the 2020 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Defensive Rookie of the Ye ...

, defensive end, Albany to Florida State * Cameron Ward, quarterback, Incarnate Word to Washington State *

Caleb Williams Caleb Williams (born November 18, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the USC Trojans. Williams played for the Oklahoma Sooners in 2021 before transferring to USC as a sophomore in 2022, where he won several player of the year awards, i ...

, quarterback, Oklahoma to USC, 2022

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winner *

Mario Williams Mario Jerrel Williams (born January 31, 1985) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football for North Carolina State University, and was selected first overall by the Houston Texans in the 2006 NFL Draft. A four-time ...

, wide receiver, Oklahoma to USC

Basketball 2022–23

The following basketball players used the transfer portal during the 2022–23 window:

Men

* Fardaws Aimaq, center, Utah Valley to Texas Tech * Devin Askew, point guard/shooting guard, Texas to California * Emoni Bates, small forward/shooting guard, Memphis to Eastern Michigan *

Keion Brooks Jr. Keion Lee Brooks Jr. (born August 7, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Washington Huskies men's basketball, Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Conference. He previously played for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball, Kentucky ...

, small forward/power forward, Kentucky to Washington * Johni Broome, power forward/center, Morehead State to Auburn * André Curbelo, point guard, Illinois to St. John's * Kendric Davis, point guard, SMU to Memphis *

Doug Edert Douglas Ryan Edert (born March 5, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Bryant Bulldogs of the America East conference. He previously played for the Saint Peter's Peacocks. Edert is best known for his integral role in Saint Pet ...

, point guard, Saint Peter's to Bryant * De'Vion Harmon, point guard, Oregon to Texas Tech *

Tyrese Hunter Tyrese Hunter (born August 11, 2003) is an American college basketball player for the Memphis Tigers men's basketball, Memphis Tigers of the American Athletic Conference. He previously played college basketball at Iowa State Cyclones men's basket ...

, point guard, Iowa State to Texas *

Kyle Lofton Kyle K. Lofton (born May 31, 1999) is an American basketball player for Kouvot in the Finnish Korisliiga. He played college basketball for the Florida Gators and St. Bonaventure Bonnies. High school career Raised in Hillside, New Jersey, Loft ...

, point guard, St. Bonaventure to Florida * Matthew Mayer, shooting guard/small forward, Baylor to Illinois * Kevin McCullar, shooting guard, Texas Tech to Kansas * Tre Mitchell, power forward/center, Texas to West Virginia * Isiaih Mosley, shooting guard/small forward, Missouri State to Missouri *

Pete Nance Peter Lucas Nance (born February 19, 2000) is an American basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball at Northwestern and North Carolina. High school career Nance play ...

, power forward, Northwestern to North Carolina * KC Ndefo, power forward, Saint Peter's to Seton Hall *

Norchad Omier Norchad Omier (born 28 August 2001) is a Nicaraguan college basketball player for Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He previously played for the Arkansas State Red Wolves of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). Early life and high sc ...

, small forward/power forward, Arkansas State to Miami (FL) * Osun Osunniyi, power forward/center, St. Bonaventure to Iowa State * Nijel Pack, point guard, Kansas State to Miami (FL) *

Courtney Ramey Courtney Ramey (born October 2, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for Nevėžis Kėdainiai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns and the Arizona Wildcats. High school car ...

, point guard, Texas to Arizona * Efton Reid, power forward/center, LSU to Gonzaga *

Baylor Scheierman Baylor Scheierman (born September 26, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Creighton Bluejays men's basketball, Creighton Bluejays of the Big East Conference. He previously played for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits men's bask ...

, shooting guard, South Dakota State to Creighton *

Mark Sears Mark Sears (born February 19, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He previously played for the Ohio Bobcats. High school career Sears began his high school career at Mu ...

, point guard, Ohio to Alabama * Terrence Shannon Jr., shooting guard/small forward, Texas Tech to Illinois * Grant Sherfield, point guard, Nevada to Oklahoma * Malachi Smith, shooting guard, Chattanooga to Gonzaga *

KJ Williams Kamarian "KJ" Williams (born September 3, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Murray State Racers and the LSU Tigers. High school career Williams ...

, power forward, Murray State to LSU

Women

Haley Cavinder Haley Cavinder is an American Internet celebrity, social media personality and college basketball player for the Miami Hurricanes women's basketball, Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). She began her college career at Fresno ...

, point guard, Fresno State to Miami (FL) * Shaylee Gonzales, point guard/shooting guard, BYU to Texas *

Rickea Jackson Rickea Velece Jackson (born March 16, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). She previously played for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. High school career Jackson pl ...

, forward, Mississippi State to Tennessee * Lou Lopez Sénéchal, forward, Fairfield to UConn *

Ashley Owusu Ashley Ann Owusu (born January 22, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the Virginia Tech Hokies of the Atlantic Coast Conference. College career Maryland Owusu was thrust into a leadership role in her sophomore season after fi ...

, shooting guard, Maryland to Virginia Tech * Angel Reese, power forward, Maryland to LSU

Football 2022–23

Top 25 The following football players are ranked by

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as the top 30 recruits entering the transfer portal during the 2022–23 window. Players who did not change schools are highlighted in blue. Others *

Brennan Armstrong Brennan Armstrong (born October 18, 1999) is an American football quarterback. He plays college football for NC State. Armstrong attended and played football for Shelby High School in Ohio. He started his career with Virginia, where he won the s ...

, quarterback, Virginia to NC State *

Hank Bachmeier Hank Bachmeier (born July 14, 1999) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs of Conference USA. He formerly played for the Boise State Broncos in the Mountain West Conference (MW). He left Boise State mid-seaso ...

, quarterback, Boise State to Louisiana Tech *

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, quarterback, West Virginia to Rice *

CJ Dippre CJ Dippre is an American football tight end for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He previously played for the Maryland Terrapins. Early life and high school career Dippre was born and grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania and attended Lakeland Junior/Senio ...

, tight end, Maryland to Alabama *

Tony Grimes Tony Grimes (born April 8, 2002) is an American football cornerback for Texas A&M University. He had played for three seasons at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before transferring to Texas A&M after the 2022 season. High school c ...

, cornerback, North Carolina to Texas A&M *

Sam Hartman Sam Hartman (born July 29, 1999) is an American football quarterback who plays college football for Notre Dame. He formerly played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons where he became the ACC all-time leader in touchdown passes. High school care ...

, quarterback, Wake Forest to Notre Dame * Traeshon Holden, wide receiver, Alabama to Oregon *

Emory Jones Emory Jones (born April 29, 2000) is an American football quarterback for Cincinnati. Jones began his college football career at Florida in 2018 before transferring to Arizona State in 2022. Early life and high school Jones grew up in LaGrange ...

, quarterback, Arizona State to Cincinnati *

Phil Jurkovec Phil Jurkovec (born November 3, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Panthers. He previously played college football for the Boston College and the Notre Dame. Early years Jurkovec attended Pine-Richland High School in ...

, quarterback, Boston College to Pittsburgh * Haynes King, quarterback, Texas A&M to Georgia Tech *

Cade McNamara Cade McNamara (born May 28, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the Iowa Hawkeyes. McNamara was the starting quarterback for the 2021 Michigan Wolverines team won the 2021 Big Ten championship, and appeared in the College Football Pl ...

, quarterback, Michigan to Iowa *

Graham Mertz Graham Mertz (born December 6, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the Florida Gators. He previously played for the Wisconsin Badgers before transferring to Florida in 2023. Early life and high school career Mertz's first two years of ...

, quarterback, Wisconsin to Florida *

Tanner Mordecai Tanner Mordecai (born November 8, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers. High school career Mordecai attended Midway High School in Waco, Texas. During his career he passed for 4,797 yards and 51 touchdowns. He commi ...

, quarterback, SMU to Wisconsin *

Drew Pyne Andrew Pyne (born December 5, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the Arizona State Sun Devils. He previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Early life high school career Pyne was born on December 5, 2000, in New Canaan, Co ...

, quarterback, Notre Dame to Arizona State * Austin Reed, quarterback, entered the portal but ultimately remained at Western Kentucky. *

Spencer Sanders Spencer Sanders (born December 15, 1999) is an American football quarterback who plays college football for Ole Miss Rebels football, Ole Miss. He previously played for the Oklahoma State Cowboys football, Oklahoma State Cowboys before transferrin ...

, quarterback, Oklahoma State to Ole Miss *

Jeff Sims Jeff Sims (born January 1, 2002) is an American football player. He plays college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He formerly played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Early years Sims played high school football for Sandalwood High S ...

, quarterback, Georgia Tech to Nebraska *

Kedon Slovis Kedon Slovis (born April 11, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the BYU Cougars. Slovis attended and played high school football at Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. For college, he played his first three years at ...

, quarterback, Pittsburgh to BYU *

Donovan Smith Donovan Cole Smith (born June 23, 1993) is an American football offensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State, and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sec ...

, quarterback, Texas Tech to Houston * Jake Smith, wide receiver, USC to Arizona State *

Carson Steele Carson Steele (born October 21, 2002) is an American college football player who is a running back for the UCLA Bruins. He began his college career with the Ball State Cardinals. Early years Steele was raised in Greenwood, Indiana. He has had ...

, running back, Ball State to UCLA * Austin Stogner, tight end, South Carolina to Oklahoma

Footnotes

References

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