LSU DL Jay'Viar Suggs enters NCAA Transfer Portal
LSU’s defensive line lost a talented veteran on Wednesday evening as defensive tackle Jay’Viar Suggs entered the portal, per Pete Nakos of On3.
Suggs transferred to LSU after two years at Grand Valley State and now the Flint, Michigan native will look for another home to play his final season of college football.
In his lone season at LSU, Suggs played in 11 games and totaled 10 tackles with 2.5 sacks and two pass breakups while being one of the better pass rushing defensive tackles on the team this season. In 2023 at Grand Valley State, Suggs had five sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss, making him an important addition over the offseason for the Tigers as they rebuilt their defensive front.
LSU has a promising crop of young talent with Dominick McKinley and Ahmad Breaux, as well as Jacobian Guillory set to return, but the Tigers likely need to add more than just a trio of freshman to the room this offseason to help replace Gio Paez, Paris Shand, and now Suggs. It will be interesting to see how Bo Davis approaches the coming months.
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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.
