Colorado offensive lineman Casey Roddick enters NCAA transfer portal

Colorado offensive lineman Casey Roddick has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to a report from Matt Zenitz of the On3 Network.

Roddick was a three-year starter for the Buffaloes and a team captain.

He had started in 30 career games while making 42 career appearances. He also represented the team at the Pac-12 Media Days in July this year ahead of the season’s start.

Prior to his arrival at Colorado and subsequent transfer portal entry, Casey Roddick was a three-star prospect in the 2017 recruiting class, checking in as the No. 826 overall player in the nation, according to the On3 Consensus recruiting rankings. He was rated as the No. 61 interior offensive lineman in the class and the No. 79 overall player in the state of California, hailing from St. Bonaventure High School in Ventura, Calif.

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 players entered the portal during the 2020-21 cycle after totals of 1,020 in 2019-20 and 1,063 in 2018-19.