LSU adds SEC starting cornerback Ja'Keem Jackson from portal
LSU has landed Florida starting cornerback Ja’Keem Jackson from the NCAA Transfer portal on Saturday morning, giving the Tigers their first defensive addition of the portal season. Jackson is a former top 50 player in the 2023 class and started the first two games at Florida in 2024 before missing the remainder of the season with injury.
As a freshman under Raymond, Jackson played in 11 games, finishing with seven tackles, three pass breakups, and one quarterback hurry.
Now, Jackson is headed to Baton Rouge to play for Corey Raymond once again. The LSU cornerbacks coach has now added the No. 1 cornerback in the country in this signing class and a legitimate SEC starter from the portal to help revamp the cornerback room after the departure of Zy Alexander. The Tigers still have PJ Woodland, Ashton Stamps, and signee Aidan Anding also in the room right now.
LSU will continue to make splashes in the portal this offseason, with several positions of need still in play to get the roster where it needs to be.
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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.
