Florida Gators pitcher Tyler Nesbitt will enter transfer portal
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators right-handed pitcher Tyler Nesbitt will enter the transfer portal. The redshirt sophomore is also draft-eligible.
Nesbitt arrived at Florida in 2020. He made five appearances, including a start against Florida A&M in the pandemic-shortened season. Nesbitt finished 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA across 11.2 innings, helping Florida’s bullpen to a 1.76 ERA, and a 2.41 team ERA — which ranked 16th nationally. He threw three scoreless innings and allowed just two hits, while striking out four in a relief appearance against Florida State.
Nesbit had to undergo Tommy John surgery prior to the 2021 season. He returned in 2022, making 20 appearances including two starts on the mound. Nesbitt itched to a 2-3 record and 4.59 ERA while totaling 33 1/3 innings. In 2023 he pitched to a 2.96 ERA over 24.1 innings. Nesbitt made 11 appearances and three starts.
More on Tyler Nesbitt and 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.
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.
