Former Baylor starting quarterback Gerry Bohanon enters transfer portal

Baylor quarterback Gerry Bohanon, who started last year but lost his job this spring, has entered the transfer portal, according to On3’s Matt Zenitz. The former four-star recruit is now looking for a new home in his redshirt senior season.

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Baylor head coach Dave Aranda announced late Tuesday night that Blake Shapen won the starting quarterback job through spring practice, leading Gerry Bohanon to enter the transfer portal on Wednesday morning.

In 2021, Bohanon led Baylor to a Big 12 title before winning the Sugar Bowl against Ole Miss on New Year’s Day. He finished the season with 2,200 passing yards with 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions, adding 323 rushing yards and nine touchdowns.

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He came to Baylor in the 2018 class, ranked No. 210 in the country and No. 1 in his home state of Arkansas.

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.

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.