LSU picks up portal QB Michael Van Buren from SEC rival
LSU added a new quarterback to its room on Sunday afternoon in Mississippi State transfer Michael Van Buren, a freshman quarterback with three years of experience left to play.
Van Buren had 1,886 yards and 11 touchdowns to seven interceptions in his lone season as the starting quarterback for the Bulldogs in seven games. He also had five rushing touchdowns in his first year.
Van Buren is from Bowie, Maryland and went to school at St. Francis Academy. Out of high school he was a three-star recruit and now he heads to Baton Rouge as a promising prospect.
LSU also received news that starting quarterback Garrett Nussmeier is going to be returning for the 2025 season, providing Joe Sloan’s quarterback room with a top-end option and a high-level backup with multiple years remaining.
LSU was one of the top passing attacks in the country in 2024 and now looks towards the future with this addition, while also giving the Tigers insurance behind Nussmeier with high-level potential.
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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.
