Ball State RB Carson Steele announces he will enter the transfer portal

Ball State running back Carson Steele announced Saturday he will enter the transfer portal. Here was his Twitter post with the decision:

Thank you !!❤️🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/hiqAIaCrXs

— Carson Steele (@carsonsteele30) December 3, 2022

Steele was an unranked recruit out of the 2021 class but exploded onto the scene and amassed nearly 900 yards in his rookie year. Then, he came out an had an even better sophomore campaign, totaling north of 1,500 yards along with 15 total touchdowns in 12 regular season games this year.

After two very successful years with Ball State, Steele and his blond, flowing mane will head to presumably a larger program where he can continue to shine but on an even bigger platform.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

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.

Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.

The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.

A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.

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 play