Oregon Ducks land commitment from junior college guard Jadrian Tracey

Oregon’s 2022-23 season is still ongoing, but that hasn’t stopped Dana Altman and his staff from bolstering their roster for next season.

On Monday, Florida Southwestern State guard Jadrian Tracey announced that he has committed to transfer to Oregon.

Tracey is the first known transfer commitment for the Ducks during the current cycle.

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— Jadrian Tracey (@JadrianTracey) March 20, 2023

A 6-foot-6 third-year sophomore, Tracey will arrive at Oregon with two years of eligibility remaining.

During the 2022-23 campaign, he averaged 14.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 2.9 assists while shooting 44.6% from the field and 43.3% from three-point range.

He spent his freshmen season at St. Joseph’s, where he averaged 4.1 points in 20 games.

Tracey’s skillset could fill a glaring need for the Ducks, who rank ninth in the Pac-12 for three-point shooting this season at 32%.

This offseason could prove to be a busy one for the Altman and the Ducks in terms of roster movement.

Will Richardson is the lone Oregon senior who has exhausted his eligibility.

The program’s four other scholarship seniors — N’Faly Dante, Jermaine Couisnard, Rivaldo Soares, and Quincy Guerrier — are all eligible to return.

Oregon is also set to return juniors Tyrone Williams and Keeshawn Barthelemy, sophomores Nate Bittle, and Brennan Rigsby, and freshmen Kel’el Ware and Ethan Butler — all though there has been speculation that Ware could declare for the 2023 NBA Draft.

Transfer portal background information

The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.

The process of entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.

Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.

A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.

The portal has been around since Oct. 15, 2018 and the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. For example, the 2021-22 cycle started Aug. 1. During the 2020-21 cycle, 2,626 FBS football players entered the transfer portal (including walk-ons). That comes after 1,681 entered during the 2019-20 cycle and 1,709 during the abbreviated 2018-19 cycle. In comparison, 1,833 Division I basketball players entered the portal during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.