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Tennessee DB Christian Harrison entering the transfer portal

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Christian Harrison

Tennessee defensive back Christian Harrison plans to enter the transfer portal and seek options elsewhere. 

Harrison opened the year as the starter at the star position. Harrison started four games, but as the year progressed, Harrison’s reps dropped with freshman Boo Carter continuing to develop throughout the season. 

Harrison played in 12 games this season recording 20 tackles 2.5 TFL’s including a half sack.

Harrison moved from cornerback to safety last spring and then moved to the star position on fall camp when projected starter Jourdan Thomas suffered a torn ACL in pre-season practice. 

Harrison has 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.

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. 

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