Louisville Cardinals wide receiver Tyler Harrell enters transfer portal

Louisville Cardinals wide receiver Tyler Harrell has entered the transfer portal according to Matt Zenitz on On3. Dubbed as one of the fastest players in the country, one of the best players from the ACC last season is now on the open market.

Harrell averaged 29.1 yards per catch last season on just 18 receptions. The wide receiver finished with a total of 523 yards and six touchdowns, with all but one of his scores coming against conference opponents. Before the 2021 season, Harrell had only appeared in four games, split between 2018 and 2019. He did not see game action during the 2020 season.

According to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting services, Harrell was ranked a three-star prospect coming out of high school. He ranked as the No. 125 player from his home state of Florida, hailing out of Miami.

According to the On3 transfer portal rankings, Harrell ranks as the No. 111 wide receiver in the cycle. Thanks to his speed, coaches will be lining up to talk to the now-former Louisville player.

Transfer portal background information for Harell, Louisville Cardinals

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.