BREAKING: Big 10 transfer DE Jimari Butler commits to LSU
LSU is back on the board in the transfer portal with its third commitment of the cycle so far, this time landing Nebraska defensive end Jimari Butler on Saturday night.
Butler enters his final year of eligibility heading to LSU after posting 65 tackles, 7.5 sacks, and one forced fumble in his three seasons with the Cornhuskers. At 6-foot-5 and 260 pounds, Butler is an exciting addition to the Tigers defensive line room as Kevin Peoples looks to replace multiple talented players who have moved on since the end of the season.
Out of high school, Butler was a three-star prospect in the 2019 class and now enters year six of college football with the Covid season and redshirting the 2022 season.
Peoples comes off of a season getting the most out of Bradyn Swinson and Saivion Jones off the edge, helping fuel Blake Baker’s havoc-style in his first year as the defensive coordinator. The Tigers have already added Ja’Keem Jackson, a starting cornerback from Florida and now get another potential starter from the portal less than a week into the portal season.
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When is transfer portal open?
The college football transfer portal is scheduled for 30 days during the 2024-25 academic year. The NCAA Division I Council voted to move from 45 to 30 days in early October.
The portal will open at the end of the regular season, the day after the College Football Playoff field and bowl games are announced. According to the NCAA, the portal will open for business Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, and close on Dec. 28.
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The spring window in April remains. The portal will only be 10 days, lasting from April 16, 2025, and shutting down on April 25, 2025. The transfer portal will open for 30 days whenever a head coach leaves their program, allowing athletes to leave and decide on their future, according to NCAA guidelines.
With the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff, the postseason will be longer. Athletes on teams that compete in the College Football Playoff and later bowl game will be allowed to enter an additional five-day transfer portal window in January after the portal closes.
More than 2,800 FBS scholarship players entered their names into the NCAA’s transfer database during the 2023-24 school year. Removing those who withdrew or went pro, the final total sat at 2,707 transfers. That means roughly 25% of all FBS scholarship players hit free agency in one year.
In data gathered over the first two years with transfer windows, the NCAA found most athletes enter the portal within the first four weeks of the portal opening. The study showed that 73% of men’s and women’s basketball undergraduate athletes entered during the first four weeks. That increased to 82% for men and 86% for women in 2024.
