Virginia transfer center Kadin Shedrick commits to Texas Longhorns

Virginia transfer center Kadin Shedrick committed to the Texas Longhorns on Sunday night, he announced on the Field of 68 podcast. Shedrick announced the move in an interview with Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68. He was one of the more highly coveted big men in the transfer portal this offseason. This year, he averaged 6.2 points per game and 3.8 rebounds per game for Tony Bennett and the Virginia Cavaliers. One of the better defenders in the ACC, he also averaged 1.4 blocks per game this season.

Check out his commitment announcement below.

Kadin Shedrick @kcshedrick has committed to Texas!

WATCH: https://t.co/0LccxPgpCZ pic.twitter.com/hXNXcEAg9J

— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) April 24, 2023

Shedrick, a native of Holly Springs, North Carolina, chose the Longhorns over Duke, Missouri, Kansas State, and Xavier.

He started to emerge in the final few games of the season for the Cavaliers, following a season-ending injury to Ben Vander Plas. The North Carolina native blocked five shots against the North Carolina Tar Heels in UVA’s 68-59 win in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals. In Virginia’s loss to Furman in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament, Shedrick was dominant, pouring in 15 points, grabbing 13 rebounds, and blocking four shots.

According to On3’s 2023 Transfer Portal Rankings, Shedrick is rated No. 40 overall and the No. 7 center.

The Texas Longhorns finished the 2022-23 season as Big 12 conference champions, an Elite Eight appearance, and a strong overall record of 29-9.

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

Kadin Shedrick is headed to Texas, 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.

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.

On3’s Joe Tipton also contributed to this article.