Ole Miss wide receiver Dannis Jackson enters transfer portal

Ole Miss wide receiver Dannis Jackson has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned.

Jackson, a Class of 2019 four-star recruit, tallied 12 catches for 244 yards and two touchdowns for the Rebels last season. That includes six catches for 126 yards and a score during Ole Miss’ win over Liberty as well as two catches, 42 yards and a touchdown in the Rebels’ 31-26 victory over Tennessee.

Jackson also had seven catches for 80 yards as a freshman in 2019.

The Sumrall, Mississippi native ranked as the 29th-best wide receiver and 164th-best overall prospect in the 2019 recruiting class according to the On3 Consensus Rankings.

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.

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.