LSU adds proven sophomore punter from Middle Tennessee
After another sub-par year at the punter position, LSU has brought in one of the best available punters in the nation in the transfer portal in Grant Chadwick. The 6-foot-4 Middle Tennessee specialist has the opportunity to come in and start right away after being accomplished in the 2024 season for the Blue Raiders.
As a freshman this season, Chadwick played in all 12 games, ending the year with 51 punts for 43.4 yards, a school record for a freshman. Of those 51 punts, 13 went 50 yards or more, while 21 were downed inside the 20. Out of high school in 2023, Chadwich was a two-time all-state selection.
The Tigers struggled at the position this past year, often costing them in field position. Special teams has been a focus for Brian Kelly since the struggles of his first season and since then, the Tigers have added high-level talent in return men Zavion Thomas and Aaron Anderson as well as kickers Aeron Burrell and Damian Ramos to help get the job done.
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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.
