Former Florida OL David Conner commits to Colorado

Former Florida offensive lineman David Conner announced his commitment to Colorado Saturday night.

The 6-foot-6, 305 pounder will have four years of eligibility remaining.

Conner on why he chose Colorado

“The atmosphere and the direction I feel the program is going in.  I feel like every coach at this program is real and gives true in-depth evaluations of players. I think every school in the country is a good salesman.  But it feels way different here, it is real . Seeing all the Instagram posts of how coach Prime runs his operations is what stands out. He gets a lot of hate about what he does but in reality that’s how every coach runs their operation. He just voices it and shows it and doesn’t beat around the bush. That’s one of the best things you can ask for in a coach, somebody real who has your best intentions. The family feeling of all the coaches really sets it on top.”

He currently has an On3 NIL Valuation of $68K. 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.

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.