Texas A&M five-star Demond Demas intends to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal

Texas A&M Aggies wide receiver Demond Demas intends on entering the transfer portal, sources tell On3. After spending two seasons in College Station, the former five-star recruit will be looking to continue his collegiate career elsewhere.

Demas played in 14 games during his time with Texas A&M, making his debut against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the 2020 season. More recently this past year, he made six starts and played in 10 games before suffering an injury late in the season. Missing the Aggies’ last three regular-season games.

Not able to record any statistics during his true freshman season, Demas saw an uptake in production under head coach Jimbo Fisher during 2021. He hauled in 15 passes for 235 yards and got his lone career touchdown against New Mexico. Demas had 100 of his yards against the Lobos as well, having a career day against the nonconference opponent.

Coming out of high school, Demas was ranked as the No. 2 wide receiver in the 2020 recruiting cycle according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting services. From Tomball, TX, Demas was the No. 4 prospect within the state and No. 26 overall in the country.

Before committing to Texas A&M, Demas had a top-five school list that included Alabama, the Georgia Bulldogs, Oklahoma Sooners, and Texas Longhorns. Recruited by some of the best programs in the country, pending his legal situation, the talented wide receiver should be a highly sought-after player in the transfer portal.

Transfer portal background information for Demond Demas, Texas A&M Aggies

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.

The portal has been around since Oct. 15, 2018 and the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. For example, the 2021-22 cycle started Aug. 1. During the 2020-21 cycle, 2,626 FBS football players entered the transfer portal (including walk-ons). That comes after 1,681 entered during the 2019-20 cycle and 1,709 during the abbreviated 2018-19 cycle. In comparison, 1,833 Division I basketball players entered the portal during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.