Tennessee wide receiver Kaleb Webb intends to enter NCAA Transfer Portal
Tennessee wide receiver Kaleb Webb plans to enter the transfer portal following his redshirt sophomore season sources tell Volquest. The Atlanta native had six catches for 48 yards this fall in mostly backup duty.
Webb finishes his Tennessee career with 22 catches for 214 yards and one career touchdown. Webb got the opportunity to shine more at the end of the 2023 season with several injuries at the wideout position. During that season he finished with 16 catches for 166 yards.
Webb is a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll. He was ranked as the No. 160 overall player and No. 22 wide receiver prospect in the country by On3.
He was named the Georgia High School Football Daily 2021 Region 2-7A Player of the Year. He caught 83 passes for 1,601 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior in 2021 to earn all-state accolades. He became the first McEachern High School player to tally over 1,000 receiving yards in a season since 2015.
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 had success in 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.
