Report: Tennessee transfer Brandon Huntley-Hatfield receives interest from ACC, SEC contenders

After making the decision to enter his name into the NCAA Transfer Portal, former Tennessee forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield has been receiving interest from a number of schools – including some big-name Power Five programs.

According to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, Huntley-Hatfield – a former On3 Consensus four-star recruit – has heard from both Auburn and Louisville, as well as SMU, Wake Forest and Arizona State.

A 6-foot-10, 246-pound big-man, Huntley-Hatfield averaged 3.9 points and 3.0 rebounds per game as a freshman for the Volunteers in 2021-2022. He appeared in 35 games for Tennessee and made 13 starts while averaging 12.5 minutes per game.

Huntley-Hatfield held a number of scholarship offers coming out of Scotland Campus High School, including from Kentucky, Auburn, Memphis and Baylor.

Huntley-Hatfield enters transfer portal

The Tennessee Volunteers have lost another player to the NCAA Transfer Portal. According to On3’s Matt Zenitz, freshman forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield is the latest player to show up in the transfer portal wire.

Huntley-Hatfield was a highly touted forward when he came to Tennessee. He was a four-star recruit in the 2021 class, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average.

As a freshman this past season, Huntley-Hatfield played in 35 games for Tennessee with 13 starts. He played 12.5 minutes per game, averaging 3.9 points and 3.0 rebounds. Huntley-Hatfield shot 45.4% from the field.

Tennessee has lost a few players to the portal this offseason, in addition to associate head coach Mike Schwartz.

Transfer portal background information for Tennessee

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.