Tennessee wide receiver Chas Nimrod to enter NCAA Transfer Portal
Tennessee redshirt sophomore wide receiver Chas Nimrod is transferring and will enter the transfer portal seeking a new home.
Nimrod has played in 23 career games with six starts and owns 28 catches for 309 yards with one touchdown. He played both inside and outside receiver for Kelsey Pope.
He hauled in three receptions for a career-high 45 yards in win over Kentucky back in November.
Nimrod was a dual-sport standout for Bentonville High School in Northwest Arkansas before he enrolled at Tennessee in January 2022.
He will have two years of eligibility remaining.
Understanding the portal
The winter transfer portal window runs from December 9-28. The spring portal window runs from April 16-25.
Players don’t have to pick a school they are going to during those specific dates but those are the span of dates on when a player can enter the portal.
Those dates don’t apply to graduate transfers who can enter the portal whenever they wish. Also, if there’s a head coaching change, their players are granted an immediate 30-day window during which they can enter the portal.
Of note, any team playing in a game after Dec 28 (playoffs or regular bowl) gets a five-day window once season ends for those player to enter portal.
So, say a team loses in the CFP first round on Dec 20/21? Their transfer portal window wouldn’t be affected as the regular window ends more than five days after that loss.
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Players who enter the portal in the winter window are trying to be somewhere for the spring semester.
For Tennessee the spring semester starts on January 21which is late compared to many schools around the country. Tennessee a year ago started a winter mini-term class that runs the first three weeks of January.
Vols have benefitted from the portal
The transfer portal can giveth and it can taketh away. For Josh Heupel it’s been much more of a positive than a negative for the Vols when you look at the 2024 season.
Left tackle Lance Heard has been a fixture on an offense line that has helped the Vols rush for over 2700 yards. Tight end Miles Kitselman has been a terrific portal grab because he is the leader of the tight end room. A room that also includes transfer Holden Staes.
Defensively, Jermod McCoy has been the best transfer Tennessee has gotten. McCoy is having an All-American season.
In total, Tennessee added 10 transfers for the current 2024 roster.