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South Carolina redshirt freshman wide receiver expected to enter transfer portal

Griffin Goodwynby:Griffin Goodwyn•12/01/23
South Carolina receiver Zavier Short during a fall practice
Zavier Short (Chris Gillespie/GamecockCentral)

South Carolina redshirt freshman wide receiver Zavier Short is expected to enter the NCAA transfer portal, GamecockCentral.com’s Chris Clark has learned.

Short will be able to enter the portal on Monday, the first day it opens for non-graduates.

The 6-foot-2, 212-pounder hasn’t seen any time on the field with the Gamecocks. He’s been a part of the program for the last two years.

Short has three years of eligibility remaining.

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A former three-star prospect, the Chapin (SC) High School graduate signed with South Carolina as part of the 2022 class.

The On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average of the four major recruiting media services, ranked Short as the No. 1,353 overall prospect in his class, and the No. 22 prospect in South Carolina.

Zavier Short South Carolina Bio

*2022 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Second-year player who figures to work at wide receiver after initially coming to South Carolina as a tight end… versatile, tough and crafty… expected to add depth and could help on special teams if fully healthy.

2022 (Freshman)
True freshman who joined the team as a tight end… showed flashes early in fall camp but was limited for much of the fall due to injury… did not see any game action… redshirted… named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Chapin (S.C.) High School in 2022 where he played wide receiver… selected for the Shrine Bowl and the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl in Myrtle Beach… is the all-time leading receiver at Chapin with 217 catches for 3,391 yards… led the Eagles with 67 catches for 1,038 yards and 14 touchdowns in 2021 when they went 8-4 in 2021 under head coach Justin Gentry… considered the 23rd-best player in the Palmetto state and the 190th-best wide receiver in the country, according to 247Sports Composite.

PERSONAL
John Zavier Short was born March 30, 2004… is a sport and entertainment management major.

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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