Former Minnesota defensive lineman Gage Keys announces commitment to Kansas

Former Minnesota defensive lineman Gage Keys announced his plans to transfer to Kansas on Tuesday in a post on Twitter. He took a visit to Kansas over the weekend and chose the Jayhawks after also visiting Virginia Tech last week.

Across three games played this season for the Golden Gophers, Keys totaled five tackles, including three versus Purdue. The 6-foot-5, 280-pound has three years of eligibility remaining after receiving COVID relief for 2020 and a redshirt for 2021. He will be immediately eligible to play for the Jayhawks in 2023 since this is his first transfer.

Committed to @KU_Football … ready to work🤝🏾💙 #RockChalk pic.twitter.com/FtyTGOmfSU

— Gage Keys (@5100keys) December 20, 2022

Hailing from Hilliard Davidson High School in Ohio, Keys was a three-star prospect, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

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 starts with the 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.

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 However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship is no longer valid. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school does not have to cover their scholarship.

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 for a “do not contact” tag on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want contact from schools unless they initiate the communication.

Track transfer portal activity

While the NCAA transfer portal database is private, the On3 Network has streamlined the reporting process tracking player movement.

If you find yourself asking, ‘How can I track transfer portal activity?’ our well-established network of reporters and contacts across college athletics keeps you up to speed in several ways, from articles written about players as they enter and exit the transfer portal or find their new destination, to our social media channels, to our Transfer Portal Wire.

The transfer portal wire provides a real-time feed of player activity, including basic player profile information, transfer portal ranking and original On3 Consensus recruiting ranking, as well as NIL valuation (name, image and likeness).

The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and senior national college football reporter Matt Zenitz’s Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.