Former Michigan WR Andrel Anthony Jr. commits to Oklahoma

Former Michigan wide receiver Andrel Anthony Jr. of East Lansing (MI)  announced his commitment to Oklahoma Monday afternoon.

The 6-foot-2, 185 pounder will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Anthony on why he chose Oklahoma

“It’s a great opportunity,” Anthony said. “They develop and really emphasize how they utilize wide receivers. The coaches also made it well known they want me and I’m going to be put in positions to be successful to help the team be great and achieve individual success as well.”

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.