Former Notre Dame WR Tobias Merriweather commits to Cal

Former Notre Dame wide receiver Tobias Merriweather has committed to Cal, he tells On3.

The 6’4 200 pounder will have 2 years of eligibility remaining.

“Ultimately what led me to choose Cal was the opportunity to be featured in an offense. When entering the portal I knew what I needed in order to continue to chase my dreams, Cal checked off all the boxes and then some. It’s a blessing to be in the position I’m in, going to another prestigious university alongside a coach like Toler who I’ve had a long standing relationship with and he has a tremendous amount of belief in me. Excited to get to work. Go Bears!”

In his time with the Fighting Irish, Merriweather totaled 15 receptions, 325 yards, and 3 Touchdowns.

Tobias Merriweather Recruiting Profile

Merriweather ranked as the No. 133 player according to the 2022 On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also tabs in as the No. 23 wide receiver and the No. 2 player in the state of Washington.

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.

He currently does not have an On3 NIL Valuation publicly listed. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.