Maryland transfer defensive lineman Mosiah Nasili-Kite commits to Auburn
Maryland transfer defensive lineman Mosiah Nasili-Kite has committed to Auburn.
Nasili-Kite made his decision after spending Friday afternoon and Saturday on campus for an official visit.
“It’s Auburn,” he said. “It just feels like home.”
Nasili-Kite chose Auburn over Tennessee and TCU. The visit was a big reason why.
“It was better than I expected,” he said. “I’d never seen anything like it. It was my first time to the South and it was great. It was overwhelming almost. Everything has been impressive from the coaching staff to the facilities to the place and environment.”
It also doesn’t hurt that Auburn offers opportunity for immediate playing time.
“I know that their need for d-tackles is big,” he said.
Nasili-Kite will report to Auburn next week and begin classes for spring semester.
“I have a little one on the way, so I’m going to go home and wait for her,” he said. “She’s due soon in a couple of days. After that, I’ll come and check-in to school.”
In 2022, Nasili-Kite had 26 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss. He has one year of eligibility.
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.
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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.
