South Alabama grad transfer Javon Franklin commits to Georgia Tech
South Alabama graduate transfer Javon Franklin has committed to Georgia Tech, he tells On3.
“I chose Georgia Tech because they were the most consistent in my recruitment and I feel like their style of play is a perfect fit for my game,” Franklin said to On3.
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Franklin also received interest from Iowa State, Virginia Tech, Oregon State, Penn State, and Maryland.
As a graduate, Franklin can transfer a second time and is still expected to be eligible for the Hornets this upcoming season. The 6-foot-7, 220-pound small forward has one season of eligibility remaining.
A native of North Little Rock, Ark., Franklin went the JUCO route coming out of high school, playing one season at Holmes (Miss.) Community College before transferring to Auburn for the 2019-20 season. Franklin played sparingly for the Tigers during his two seasons under Bruce Pearl, averaging only 3.3 minutes per game in his career. During the 2021 offseason, Franklin announced he would be heading a few hours south, to play for South Alabama and Richie Riley. He averaged 12.2 points and 7.8 rebounds for the Jaguars during his one season with the program.
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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.
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.