Jevon Porter, younger brother of Michael Porter Jr., enters NCAA Transfer Portal

Pepperdine sophomore forward Jevon Porter has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, according to On3’s Jamie Shaw.

Porter, who is the younger brother of Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., played two seasons for the Waves, who were coached by Lorenzo Romar, Michael’s godfather.

After Romar’s dismissal was announced earlier this week though, Jevon Porter told On3’s Joe Tipton that he planned to enter the transfer portal and did so on Sunday morning.

In 52 games over two seasons at Pepperdine, Porter averaged 13.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per contest, while shooting 45 percent from the field as a 6’11 power forward.

Pepperdine sophomore Jevon Porter has entered the transfer portal @On3sports has learned

The younger brother of Michael Porter, Jr. averaged 16.2 points and 5.9 rebounds this season @TransferPortal_ https://t.co/nF8xgkTR2E pic.twitter.com/KiUNfg9QjM

— Jamie Shaw (@JamieShaw5) March 10, 2024

Porter, who is also the younger brother of former Missouri standout and current G-League player Jontay Porter, originally hails from Columbia, Missouri, like his brothers and played for Michael’s MPJ Elite travel team.

The hometown Tigers, who signed both Jontay and Michael in the class of 2017, are expected to be among a number of suitors interested in Jevon, who broke out as a freshman in 2022-23.

Porter will have two years of eligibility remaining at the school he chooses.

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.