Report: Missouri wrestler Clayton Whiting enters NCAA transfer portal

Missouri wrestler Clayton Whiting reportedly entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to Willie Saylor of MatScouts.

Whiting has three years of eligibility left. He went 12-3 last season at 184 pounds but did not start in the postseason.

As a redshirt in 2023, Whiting was 15-3 overall and is 27-6 in two seasons with a redshirt season and spot duty this past year.

Whiting also, seemingly, confirmed the news with a picture on Instagram of him in a singlet with a question mark.

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

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.