Former NC State DL CJ Clark commits to Miami

Former NC State defensive lineman CJ Clark has committed to Miami, he tells On3.

The 6’3 300 defensive lineman totaled 72 tackles, 4 sacks, and 7.5 tackles for loss in his time with the Wolfpack.

“What stood out the most was definitely the coaches and how much love they showed since the day I entered the transfer portal. Coach JT and Coach Cristobal kept it real about my future as a Cane and I enjoyed the staff as a whole during my visit.”

CJ Clark Recruiting Profile

Clark ranked as the No. 184 player according to the 2019 On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also tabs in as the No. 26 defensive lineman and the No. 4 player in the state of North Carolina.

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 asynchronous 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.