Veteran Auburn LB Kameron Brown announces plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal

Auburn linebacker Kameron Brown plans on entering the NCAA transfer portal, he announced via Twitter on Wednesday. After spending the past four seasons on the Plains, Brown will be looking for a new home as spring ball gets underway across the country.

Brown spent most of his time with the Tigers as a reserve linebacker. He did get on the field over the past two seasons, contributing on special teams. However, Brown was not able to record any statistics. Now, he will be graduating in the coming months and hope to find a place with a more significant role.

“First, I’d like to thank God for all the blessings and trials he has instilled in me to become who I am today and get met his far! I have learned and met some of the best people you could ever be around from staff to teammates to friends and professors! I want to thank every player who I played with and made me better. Love y’all boys for life and for my linebackers, y’all boys have been my rock!”

Thank you Auburn🧡 pic.twitter.com/znY29odPGa

— Kameron brown (@kameronbrown19) March 22, 2023

During saw three different head coaches come through during his time at Auburn. Guz Malzhan recruited him into the program before being released after the 2020 season. Bryan Harsin then took over as Brown continued to attempt to break out.

As Brown — the younger brother of Carolina Panthers star Derrick Brown — now transfers out, he will have spent minimal time with Hugh Freeze.

Since Brown is considered a graduate transfer, he will be able to hop in the portal right away. Depending on how his recruitment goes, the linebacker may even have the opportunity to get involved in spring practice right away as well.

If not, summer workouts will have to do before gearing up for the beginning of the 2023 season. If nothing else, a team will be getting an SEC-caliber linebacker that brings a solid mentality.

Brown played high school football at Buford (GA) Lanier, where he was a three-star prospect. He was the No. 2,137 overall recruit in the 2019 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Rankings, a weighted 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 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.

Track transfer 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 the On3 Transfer Portal.

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.