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Former Oklahoma wide receiver Jaylon Robinson enters NCAA transfer portal

Nikki Chavanelleby:Nikki Chavanelle•04/21/22•

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College Football: Oklahoma Curtis Bolton (18), Jaylon Robinson (89), Parnell Motley (11), and Jordan Parker (1) leading team onto field before game vs Florida Atlantic at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Norman, OK 9/1/2018 CREDIT: Greg Nelson (Photo by Greg Nelson /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (Set Number: X162092 TK1 )

UCF Knights star wide receiver Jaylon Robinson is hitting the transfer portal and looking for his third collegiate home, according to On3’s Matt Zenitz. Robinson started his career at Oklahoma before transferring to Central Florida.

The 5-foot-9, 180-pound junior had the best season of his career in 2020 after sitting out in 2019. He posted 979 yards on 55 catches with four touchdowns. In 2021, he had 18 catches in six games played for 322 yards and two touchdowns. He suffered a knee injury on Sept. 17 against Louisville that kept him on the sideline for five games.

At Oklahoma, the wideout redshirted his first season after playing in the NCAA’s limit of four games. He had three catches for 28 yards in those appearances.

Jaylon Robinson is a Fort Worth, Texas, native. He joined Oklahoma in the class of 2018 as a four-star prospect. He was the No. 449 recruit in the country and No. 66 in Texas, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Robinson also sent out a message on social media regarding his decision.

“This is hard,” Robinson wrote on Twitter. “Hard to say goodbye. After much prayer and talk with my family about my future, I’ve decided that it’s in my best interest to enter the transfer portal.”

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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 goes 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. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request.

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 is no longer valid. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school does not have to reoffer a scholarship.