Former LSU wide receiver reveals transfer destination

Former LSU wide receiver Drake Davis announced via social media that he will transfer to Southern University. The former four-star recruit spent two seasons at LSU before he was dismissed from the program prior to the 2018 season.

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Over two seasons at LSU, Drake Davis made four receptions for 153 yards and two touchdowns in 19 games. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana native chose the Tigers over Alabama in 2016 after playing high school football at IMG Academy.

According to a report from The Advocate, a local Louisiana newspaper, Davis has been enrolled at Southern University since the fall of 2019. However, he did not join the football program until now. He has not played in a game since Jan. 1, 2018

His dismissal in 2018 came after a string of arrests for domestic violence and child pornography. Davis avoided jail time and received probation for his offenses. The Advocate reported that he was released from probation, despite failing to meet the conditions, in March of 2021.

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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.

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.

The portal has been around since Oct. 15, 2018 and the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. For example, the 2021-22 cycle started Aug. 1. During the 2020-21 cycle, 2,626 FBS football players entered the transfer portal (including walk-ons). That comes after 1,681 entered during the 2019-20 cycle and 1,709 during the abbreviated 2018-19 cycle. In comparison, 1,833 Division I basketball players entered the portal during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.