The 2024 college football transfer portal opens again today with one final floodgate released before the spring transfer window finally kicks off. After observing their teams practice, coaches will have another chance to correct any roster concerns and make final decisions for this fall.
Here's what you need to know as the college football transfer portal window reopens.
Transfer portal date
The transfer portal will open on Tuesday 16th April and remain open for two weeks thereafter until Tuesday 30th April. The NCAA originally planned to open the spring window on May 1st, but changed its mind to move it earlier than planned. .
Teams can receive recruits on visits throughout the spring period as a contact period.
Where we left off: College Football Transfer Portal Team Rankings
How the College Football Transfer Portal Works
The NCAA Transfer Portal is a private database containing the names of student-athletes in all sports at the Division I, II, and III levels. The complete list of names is not publicly available.
Players can enter their names into the transfer portal through their school's compliance office.
Once a player notifies in writing of his or her intention to transfer, the administration will register the player's name in a database and the transfer will become official.
The compliance office has 48 hours to respond to a player's request, and NCAA rules prohibit anyone from denying the request.
The database includes the player's name, contact information, and information about whether the player has a scholarship and is a graduate student.
Once a player's name is listed in the transfer portal's database, other schools are free to contact him, and the player can change his mind and withdraw from the transfer portal at any point in the process.
Notably, once a player enters the portal, the school no longer has to honor the athletic scholarship they gave him.
And if that player decides to leave the portal and return to his original school, the school does not have to give him a new scholarship.
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