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Georgia baseball lands Baylor transfer Kolby Branch

Alex Weberby: Alex Weber06/27/23Alexhweber
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Kari Hodges / UGA Sports Communications

Georgia just pulled a massive fish out of the Big 12’s pond. After entering the transfer portal following the end of his season, Baylor infielder Kolby Branch has committed to UGA, according to college baseball insider Kendall Rogers. As a freshman in 2023, Branch hit .325, homered six times and knocked in 41 RBIs.

Here was that report:

“TRANSFER NEWS: New @BaseballUGA head coach Wes Johnson wasted little time making a splash in the portal. #UGA has landed former Baylor infielder Kolby Branch.”

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.