BREAKING: Northwestern transfer OL Dylan Senda commits to Auburn

Auburn football has added yet another transfer offensive lineman to its 2023 roster in former Northwestern lineman Dylan Senda.

Senda on Thursday announced his transfer from Northwestern and didn’t take long to find a new home. He chose Auburn on Sunday and released his choice on social media.

Senda signed with Northwestern in the 2023 class out of Divine Child in Dearborn, Mich. He chose the Wildcats over offers from Michigan, Michigan State and Iowa, among many others. On3 ranked him the No. 47 interior offensive lineman in the ’23 class and No. 9 recruit in Michigan.

Senda is versatile

Senda, who is listed at 6-foot-4 and 305 pounds, played all three offensive line positions in high school. He started at center during his freshman and sophomore seasons, moved to guard as a junior and left tackle as a senior. Senda started every game over his four-year high school career, was named first-team all-state and recorded 300 pancake blocks, according to his Northwestern bio. He could project at any of the three (center, guard or tackle) at Auburn.

Senda’s decision to transfer from Northwestern comes two weeks after the firing of Pat Fitzgerald.

He is the fifth transfer offensive lineman for Auburn in the ’23 class. He joins Avery Jones (East Carolina), Gunner Britton (Western Kentucky), Dillon Wade (Tulsa) and Jaden Muskrat (Tulsa).

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

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.

Track transfer portal activity

While the NCAA transfer portal database is private, the On3 Network has streamlined the reporting process tracking player movement.

If you find yourself asking, ‘How can I track transfer portal activity?’ our well-established network of reporters and contacts across college athletics keeps you up to speed in several ways, from articles written about players as they enter and exit the transfer portal or find their new destination, to our social media channels, to the On3 Transfer Portal.

The transfer portal wire provides a real-time feed of player activity, including basic player profile information, transfer portal ranking and original On3 Consensus recruiting ranking, as well as NIL valuation (name, image and likeness).

The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and senior national college football reporter Matt Zenitz’s Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.