Auburn offers Louisville defensive line transfer Caleb Banks
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Auburn on Tuesday offered Louisville defensive line transfer Caleb Banks. The second-year nose tackle entered the NCAA transfer portal Monday and already has several colleges pursuing him.
Offers also have come from the likes of Florida, Kansas, N.C. State, Oklahoma and Virginia Tech.
Per Si.com, “The 6-foot-7, 300-pound nose tackle joined Louisville as part of their 2021 recruiting class, but did not see the field much during his two seasons as a Cardinal. During his true freshman campaign, he played just nine total snaps across the Syracuse and Kentucky games. This season, the Southfield, Mich. native’s role on the defense only increased marginally. He did see action in seven games, but played just 38 total snaps, with 26 of them coming against USF and Wake Forest. He tallied one assisted tackle against the Bulls, then had a sack and forced fumble on quarterback Sam Hartman against the Demon Deacons.”
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Auburn has a major need across the defensive line and a new defensive line coach in Jeremy Garrett. Garrett began following Banks on Twitter earlier this week.
The Tigers are expected to hit the portal hard to find defensive linemen who can contribute immediately. Once a strength of the program, the Tigers’ defensive front has been just okay the past few seasons.
What Auburn fans need to know about the transfer portal
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.
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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. 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.
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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.
