Pair of South Carolina players enter NCAA transfer portal

A pair of South Carolina Gamecocks have elected to leave the football program and enter into the NCAA transfer portal. According to On3’s Matt Zenitz, wide receiver Trey Adkins and offensive lineman Jazston Turnetine are opting to find new homes for the 2022 season.

Adkins is a former walk-on who earned a scholarship from South Carolina in 2021. In his three years with the Gamecocks, Adkins has seen very little game action. Over his collegiate career, he has recorded a total of seven catches for 98 yards. Turnetine, on the other hand, was an off-and-on starter for South Carolina. Last season he started in seven games for the Gamecocks. Turnetine is a former junior college transfer and will be classified as a fifth-year senior or “super senior” as he enters the transfer portal. Adkins will enter as a graduate transfer.

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.