Colten Gauthier expected to enter transfer portal

South Carolina redshirt sophomore quarterback Colten Gauthier is expected to enter the transfer portal, GamecockCentral confirmed on Wednesday.

Gauthier, who will graduate in December, has two years of eligibility left.

The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder played in one game this season and one game two seasons ago. This year, Gauthier played against Furman and completed 1 of 2 pass attempts for 15 yards. He is 2-for-3 on his career for 34 yards passing.

South Carolina quarterback Tanner Bailey is also expected to enter the portal, while quarterback Spencer Rattler announced on Wednesday that he will enter the 2024 NFL Draft.

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A former three-star-star prospect, the Bethlehem (Ga.) Hebron Academy graduate signed with South Carolina as part of the 2021 class.

The On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average of the four major recruiting media services ranked Gauthier as the No. 651 overall prospect in his class, the No. 47 quarterback, and the No. 56 prospect in Georgia.

Colten Gauthier South Carolina Bio

Redshirt sophomore signal-caller who has shown improvement with three spring practices under his belt… still defining his role on the squad… has a big arm… best trait is his physicality and size… smart and understands the system.

2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Reserve signal-caller… did not see any game action… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Freshman)
Graduated from high school early and enrolled at South Carolina in January… went through the winter program and spring drills with the squad… saw action in one game, appearing in the season-opener against Eastern Illinois… connected his only pass attempt, a 19-yard completion… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll and the 2021-22 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated in December 2020 from Hebron Christian Academy in Dacula, Ga.… ran an “Air Raid” offense… coached by Jeff Saturday… played 34 games during his three-year career for the Lions, completing 444-of-811 passes for 6,541 yards with 61 touchdowns… also rushed for 17 scores… as a senior, he was 156-of-300 passing for 2,052 yards with 22 touchdowns… led his team to a three-game run in the 2019 state playoffs as a junior, including its first win over Commerce High in 25 years… completed 143-of-252 passes as a junior for 2,401 yards with 20 touchdowns… was a member of the 2019 GACA All-State team and was an all-region performer… completed 145-of-259 passes for 2,088 yards with 19 TDs as a sophomore in 2018… also played varsity baseball… rated as the 51st-best player in Georgia, the 23rd-best pro-style quarterback in the country and No. 618 overall by 247Sports Composite… Rivals ranked him as the 26th-best player in the state and the No. 13 pro-style quarterback in the country.

PERSONAL
Colten James Gauthier was born Sept. 5, 2002… is a public health major… enjoys playing guitar.

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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