Arkansas forward Denijay Harris enters transfer portal

Veteran Arkansas forward Denijay Harris has once again entered the transfer portal, according to On3’s Jamie Shaw.

Shaw tweeted out the news of Harris’ departure Monday morning, writing:

“Arkansas grad transfer Denijay Harris has entered the transfer portal On3 Sports has learned The 6-7 forward is originally from Mississippi and started his career at Southern Mississippi.”

Harris began his Division I college hoops career in Hattiesburg with Southern Miss, but that was after a stop at Southwest Community College, where he appeared in two games but suffered a season-ending injury before mocing on to Southern Miss, where he redshirted a season and then played three.

After four total years there, Harris ultimately made the decision to transfer up to Arkansas as part of their massive annual transfer haul. But that didn’t really work out as the Hogs struggled all year and Harris played just 49 total minutes in 2023-24. Now, he’ll hit the portal looking for a new home in his seventh season of college hoops.

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 is done through a 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 and that request cannot be refused.

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 no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

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 that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.

The portal has been around since Oct. 15, 2018 and the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. For example, the 2021-22 cycle started Aug. 1. During the 2020-21 cycle, 2,626 FBS football players entered the transfer portal (including walk-ons). That comes after 1,681 entered during the 2019-20 cycle and 1,709 during the abbreviated 2018-19 cycle. In comparison, 1,833 Division I basketball players entered the portal during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.