Miami freshman Allan Haye Jr announces his intent to enter the NCAA transfer portal

Miami defensive lineman Allan Haye Jr. is planning to enter the transfer portal, he announced via Twitter Tuesday. He’ll officially be able to hit the portal once the window opens Dec. 5.

Haye — a Hollywood, Florida native — played in two games this year as a redshirt freshman after appearing in one last season. He totaled one tackle during his limited action this season.

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“Being in high school and watching the Canes play on Saturdays made me dream of being on the same field one day,” Haye wrote. “The University of Miami gave me the opportunity to bring this dream to life. I appreciate the coaching staff and everybody else who has aided me in getting to this point … unfortunately I will be entering the transfer portal at the end of the season. As a South Florida native, the Canes will always be a part of my heart.”

Haye is a former three-star recruit and was the No. 73-ranked defensive line prospect from the class of 2021, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Miami is in the midst of an up and down first season under Mario Cristobal, but is on the brink of bowl eligibility. The Hurricanes take a 5-6 record into Saturday’s game against Pittsburgh.

In August, the NCAA voted to adopt transfer portal windows, meaning players can’t enter until those dates. For football, that date is Dec. 5 because that’s the day after conference championships, and players have 45 days to enter the portal after that. If they don’t by then, they’ll have to wait until May 1.

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.