Texas Safety Larry Turner-Gooden plans to enter Transfer Portal

Texas Safety Larry Turner-Gooden plans to enter the transfer portal, he tells On3.

The 6’0 200 Safety has 3 years of eligibility remaining.

Turner-Gooden sent a statement to On3:

I would like to start off by thanking God, Coach Sarkisian, Coach Gideon and the entire staff for believing in me and giving me a chance. Being a Longhorn will be something that I forever cherish. One of the many things I am grateful for is the culture that was created while I was here and the lifelong friendships I have gained from this experience. This journey is far from over and is in God’s hands. With that being said, I have decided to enter my name into the transfer portal.

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.