TCU transfer defensive back Marvin Covington commits to New Mexico Lobos
Texas Christian transfer defensive back Marvin Covington was searching for a new home in the transfer portal this offseason and he officially found one on Wednesday night. Covington committed to the New Mexico Lobos, the team announced on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll have three years of eligibility in his college football career. Covington appeared in four games total during the 2021 and 2022 campaigns for the Horned Frogs.
He was rated as a three-star prospect coming out of Lake Ridge High School (Mansfield, Texas), according to the On3 Consensus Rankings for the 2021 cycle. A dynamic track and field athlete, he also ran a 10.84 in the 100-meter dash. He chose the TCU Horned Frogs out of high school, over offers from Baylor, Miami, Texas Tech, and Mississippi State.
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.
Transfer portal background information
The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.
The process of entering the portal starts with the school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request.
Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship is no longer valid. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school does not have to cover their scholarship.
The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.
A player can ask for a “do not contact” tag on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want contact from schools unless they initiate the communication.
Track portal activity
While the NCAA transfer portal database is private, the On3 Network has streamlined the reporting process tracking player movement.
If you find yourself asking, ‘How can I track transfer portal activity?’ our well-established network of reporters and contacts across college athletics keeps you up to speed in several ways, from articles written about players as they enter and exit the transfer portal or find their new destination, to our social media channels, to our Transfer Portal Wire.
The transfer portal wire provides a real-time feed of player activity, including basic player profile information, transfer portal ranking and original On3 Consensus recruiting ranking, as well as NIL valuation (name, image and likeness).
The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and senior national college football reporter Matt Zenitz’s Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.