Colorado running back Jarek Broussard announces transfer destination

Former Colorado running back Jarek Broussard officially announced his transfer destination on Sunday afternoon via his Twitter page. The former standout running back for the Buffaloes has decided to take his talents to East Lansing to play for the Michigan State Spartans.

Bru ✈️ East Lansing ..#GoGreen pic.twitter.com/qSaQwXz8jY

— jarek broussard (@jarekbroussard1) January 30, 2022

Broussard will be a key component for the Spartans in replacing their all-world running back, Kenneth Walker III. Walker was a consensus first team All-American selection after the 2021-2022 season and decided to enter the 2022 NFL Draft. He figures to be one of the top running backs selected in this year’s class.

Broussard has been the leading rusher the past two seasons for the Buffaloes. His career at Colorado got off to a slow start due to injuries he had for two seasons, but he was able to rebound and turn into an elite offensive player the past two seasons.

He racked up 1,474 rushing yards, 1,620 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns during the past two seasons. In the past two years, Broussard also became the fastest running back in Colorado history to clear 1,000 rushing yards, crossing that mark in just nine games. His best performance came in 2020 against the Arizona Wildcats, when he gashed them for 301 rushing yards on 25 carries, averaging 12 yards per carry.

Broussard is currently the No. 67 ranked running back in the On3 2022 Transfer Portal Prospect Rankings. The gifted tailback was named the 2020 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year.

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker coached Broussard at Colorado during the 2019 season.

He’s the second running back prospect the Spartans have landed from the transfer portal this off-season. Former Wisconsin running back Jalen Berger committed to the Spartans in late November.

For more updates throughout the off-season on where the latest college football prospects are heading in the portal, keep it locked in to the On3 2022 Transfer Portal Wire.

More on the NCAA Transfer Portal

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.