Georgia transfer LB Trezmen Marshall commits to Alabama Crimson Tide

Georgia transfer linebacker Trezmen Marshall committed to the Alabama Crimson Tide on Thursday evening, he announced on his Instagram page.

Check out his announcement below.

Former Georgia LB Trezmen Marshall announced on Instagram he’s transferring to Alabama pic.twitter.com/UgW6JUMsQC

— Nick Kelly (@_NickKelly) January 20, 2023

He wrote, “I want to first thank my Heavenly Father for all the blessings he has bestowed upon me. Without him I am nothing. Secondly, I would like to thank my support system for being there for me throughout everything. Lastly, I would like to thank Coach Smart, his staff, and the entire University of Georgia for supporting me these last three years. It has been an incredible experience and I am thankful for the lifelong memories and the brotherhood I have been a part of during my time at UGA. With that said, I am announcing my transfer to the University of Alabama. Sincerely, Trezmen Marshall. Roll Tide.”

Marshall has played for the Bulldogs over the last three seasons. He arrived in 2019 and has played a part on the past two national championship-winning teams. In total, he ends his career in Athens with 30 tackles, a pass deflection, a sack, and an interception.

Trezman played high school football at Clinch County in Homerville, Georgia where he was a four-star prospect. He was the No. 140 overall recruit and No. 18 LB in the 2019 cycle. That’s according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

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 However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship is no longer valid.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.

On3’s Sam Gillenwater also contributed to this article.