Stanford's OL Myles Hinton and CB Nicolas Toomer enter transfer portal

On3’s Matt Zenitz has confirmed that two more Stanford players are exiting the football program. Junior offensive lineman Myles Hinton and senior cornerback Nicholas Toomer have entered the transfer portal. 

Toomer has been four years in the program joining Stanford in 2019. Overall, through three seasons, he has played in a total of 21 games, recorded 29 total tackles, 18 solo, five passes defended, and has one tackle for loss. His veteran leadership would be widely welcomed in locker rooms throughout the college football landscape.

Hinton is a six foot seven 320 pound offensive tackle hailing from John’s Creek, GA. In his three years at Stanford, he has racked up a number of accolades, including the Most Outstanding Freshman Award in 2020 and earning preseason All-Pac 12 honors to start this year. The former five-star recruit has the option to try his hand at the next level and declare for the 2023 NFL Draft. However, it appears that he and his fellow former cardinal brethren Toomer want at least one more chance at finding success at the college level.

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

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.