Arkansas guard KK Robinson announces intention to enter transfer portal
Arkansas has landed some big names in the transfer portal this offseason. But with the additions come subtractions, and a Razorbacks guard announced he’s entering the portal.
KK Robinson took to Twitter Friday to announce he’s transferring. The former four-star recruit just wrapped up his second season with the program and played in 30 games with Arkansas.
“Having the opportunity to represent my home state these past 2 years has been an honor,” Robinson wrote. “Thank you to my teammates, coaching staff, grad assistants and trainers. Arkansas will forever be home for me but for now I’m ready to take on my next opportunity.
“With that being said I will be entering the transfer portal and reopening my recruitment. I’m excited to see what God has in store for me going forward. To all you youngsters, chase your dreams, work hard and always believe that you can do anything you put your mind to.”
Robinson is a Little Rock native, but went to high school in Virginia. Out of Oak Hill Academy, he became the No. 4 prospect in Virginia from the Class of 2020, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He held offers from Illinois, Kansas, Florida and Iowa State, among others, out of high school.
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.