FSU WR Destyn Hill commits to LSU from transfer portal
LSU has added its second wide receiver of the transfer portal season, picking up Florida State wide receiver Destyn Hill, Sam Spiegelman of Rivals reported his commitment this morning.
Hill is from New Orleans and played high school football at Edna Karr, one of the powerhouse programs in the state. He was a four-star prospect as the No. 18 wide receiver and No. 109 player in the 2021 class according to the On3 Industry Rankings.
Despite being from the 2021 recruiting class, Hill waited two years to join Florida State due to “personal matters”, but arrived on campus in 2023. In that 2023 season, Hill started two games and played in 10, catching six passes for 87 yards, while battling a hamstring injury for part of the season. Then, ahead of the 2024 season, Hill tore his ACL, sidelining him for another year.
Now, he’s headed back to Louisiana with a presumed three years of eligibility remaining despite coming out of high school in 2021. It’s certainly been a unique path for Hill, but now the Tigers hope they can tap into that potential he showed years ago and add depth and more production on the perimeter heading into 2025.
LSU has already added Barion Brown from Kentucky and now continues to look for more talent at wide receiver.
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When is the 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.
