Georgia WR/Returner Mekhi Mews plans to enter Transfer Portal

Georgia WR/ Returner Mekhi Mews plans to enter the transfer portal, he tells On3.

The 5’8 175 WR will have 2 years of eligibility remaining.

Mews sent a statement to On3:

First I want to thank God for the opportunity he has presented to me at The University of Georgia. I am beyond grateful to be in the position I am today.

Coach Smart and his staff took a chance on me when others wouldn’t. I could never thank the staff enough. I want to thank the fans, my family and my friends for supporting me throughout my time in Athens. Lastly I want to thank the Athens community for pouring in to me. I’ve grown so much as a person over the years and I’m glad I could be molded by such a great community to be the man I am today. 

As this has been a very hard decision to make, I have full trust in the plan that the Lord has for me. With that being said, I am entering the transfer portal with 2 years left of eligibility. 

Forever Go Dawgs!

DAWG4LIFE

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.