Texas A&M CB Deuce Harmon plans to enter Transfer Portal

Texas A&M CB Deuce Harmon plans to enter the transfer portal, he tells On3.

The 5’11 190 CB will have 2 years of eligibility remaining. 

Harmon sent a message to On3:

This was not an easy decision to make by any means, but first I would like to thank God for blessing me to be in this position I am in today. Without him none of this would have been possible, I want to thank my parents and my older brother for helping me to get to this position, without the great role models in my life I wouldn’t be the man I am today.

In the past 3 years of my life Texas A&M University has taught me so much on and off the field, I went through so many tough challenges that I didn’t know I could get through. Thank you to the Texas A&M coaches and the rest of the staff for helping and pushing me through that time of my life. I will carry that experience with me forever.

After great prayers and long conversations with my family, I have decided to enter my name into the transfer portal with 2 years of eligibility left. Thank you Texas A&M University.

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.