Miami Hurricanes wide receiver to enter the NCAA transfer portal

The Miami Hurricanes are down a playmaker at wide receiver after Dazalin Worsham has decided to leave the team. According to On3’s Matt Zenitz, the freshman receiver has elected to enter into the NCAA transfer portal.

Worsham is a three-star recruit from the 2020 class out of Trussville, AL, according to On3’s recruiting database. The six-foot-one freshman wide receiver committed to one of his home state’s powerhouse football programs, the Alabama Crimson Tide. However, after some consideration, he elected to head southeast to Florida and join the Hurricane’s squad.

In his first year at Miami, Worsham saw limited game action. The lone game he featured in was the Hurricanes’ 52-10 thrashing of rival Florida State. Aside from that, he has mainly served as a member of Miami’s practice squad.

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.