Report: Jayson Jenkins to leave Tennessee, enter NCAA Transfer Portal
Tennessee defensive lineman Jayson Jenkins plans to enter the transfer portal and explore opportunities elsewhere, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Tennessee redshirt sophomore DL Jayson Jenkins intends to enter the NCAA transfer portal, per @APSportsAgency. He's a New Jersey native who has 15 tackles, 5 TFLs and two sacks.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 23, 2024
He has been a consistent contributor on the defensive line unit the last two years after a redshirt in 2022. In 2024, he is having the best year of his career. He played in 19 career games on Rocky Top.
His biggest impact on the year came at Oklahoma on just five snaps. He made the most of it by setting career highs with 1.5 TFLs and half a sack to go along with a safety in the second quarter as part of a dominating effort by UT’s defense.
He also had a strip sack in win over Mississippi State last month.
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.
