South Carolina receiver enters transfer portal

South Carolina sophomore wide receiver Tyshawn Russell will enter the transfer portal, he announced on Tuesday. He revealed the news with a statement on social media.

Russell flashed at times as a true freshman in 2023 but did not factor into the receiver rotation in 2024. He had five catches for 83 yards and a 50-yard touchdown last season.

Russell was a 3-star prospect in the class of 2023 from Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Thanks to a redshirt this fall, the speedy wideout will have three more years of eligibility remaining.

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Tyshawn Russell South Carolina Bio

* 2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Second-year wide receiver who is blessed with excellent speed… learning how to play and use his skill set to adapt to the college game… candidate to be used in the kick return game… gained some valuable experience as a true freshman in 2023, appearing in 10 contests.

2023 (Freshman)

Appeared in 10 games as a true freshman… saw action in just one of the first three contests, then in the final nine games of the season… recorded five catches for 81 yards… best game came against Furman when he logged a par of receptions for 65 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown strike from LaNorris Sellers… also had catches against Mississippi State, Tennessee and Clemson… had one kickoff return for 12 yards against Furman… named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL

Graduated from Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, Pa. in 2023… helped the Crusaders to the 2022 4A PIAA state championship… finished his senior season with 61 catches for 1,334 yards and 22 touchdowns… coached by Jeff Weachter… did not play wide receiver until his senior year of high school… played cornerback and safety as a junior, collecting 29 tackles with two interceptions… rated as the 24th-best player in the state and the 147th-best wide receiver in the nation by 247Sports Composite… ranked as the 25th-best player in the state and the 53rd-best “athlete” in the nation by On3 Composite… ESPN rated him as the 25th-best player in Pennsylvania and the No. 142 wide receiver in the country.

PERSONAL

Tyshawn S. Russell was born Dec. 16, 2004… is a sport and entertainment management major.

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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.

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.

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