LSU point guard, NC State transfer Cam Hayes re-enters NCAA Transfer Portal

LSU point point guard Cam Hayes has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal according to On3’s Jamie Shaw. Hayes was a four-star recruit in the Class of 2020 and originally enrolled at North Carolina State.

Hayes spent his first two seasons in college at NC State, playing 55 total games. He averaged 7.3 points per game and made 27 starts for the Wolfpack. He transferred to LSU for the 2022-23 season and didn’t improve his numbers much. Hayes played in 33 games for LSU, starting 18 and averaged 8.1 points per game.

He’s shown the ability to be a go-to scorer, with a pair of 25-point outings last season while playing for the Tigers. In the right situation, Hayes has the ability to be a consistent bucket-getter.

A highly-coveted recruit, Hayes earned his aforementioned four stars playing high school hoops at Greensboro (NC) Day School. He was the No. 64 player in the Class of 2020 and No. 15 point guard, according to the On3 Industry Ranking.

Hayes was the No. 5 prospect in North Carolina that year. Top prospect Jaden Springer signed with Tennessee and No. 2 prospect Day’Ron Sharpe stayed home and signed with North Carolina. The No. 3 and 4 prospects, Isaiah Todd and Josh Hall, went to the G League.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.

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.

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.