Former Texas A&M TE Jake Johnson commits to UNC

Former Texas A&M TE Jake Johnson has committed to North Carolina, he tells On3.

The 6’5 240 TE will have 3 years of eligibility remaining.

“Excited to play for HOF coach Brown. I have a great relationship with coach Lindsey and coach kitchens. They are a team that utilizes the TE skill sets in many different personnel groupings and formations. I have made great connections with a lot of players on the team. I felt like it was a place where I wanted to be. Excited to go to school and play there.”

Jake will join his older brother, Max, who recently committed to the Tar Heels as well.

Jake Johnson Recruiting Profile

Johnson ranked as the No. 74 player according to the 2022 On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also tabs in as the No. 1 tight end and the No. 7 player in the state of Georgia.

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 has an On3 NIL Valuation of $296K. 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.