Florida RB Trevor Etienne plans to enter Transfer Portal

Florida RB Trevor Etienne plans the transfer portal, he tells On3.

The 5’9 205 RB will have 2 years of eligibility remaining.

Etienne sent a statement to On3:

Gator Nation, what a ride it has been! I’m forever grateful for the opportunity to put on the Orange and Blue every Saturday, going to war with my teammates who would become my brothers for life. With that, I would like to thank Coach Napier and the entire Gator Staff for the continued support and guidance in my time at UF. A special thank you to Coach Juluke for being a great teacher, mentor, and role model in these past two years; you’ve undoubtedly made me a better man both on and off the field. My time as a Gator was an invaluable experience and one that I will cherish for years to come.

At this time, I will be entering the transfer portal with 2 years of eligibility remaining. The Marathon continues…🏁

Isaiah 41:10 

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.