Oklahoma lands commitment from JUCO quarterback General Booty
The Oklahoma Sooners have just landed a commitment from one of the top JUCO players in the transfer portal. On Saturday, Allen, Texas, native General Booty announced that he will head north of the Red River to suit up for the Sooners next season.
Booty showed off his style and charisma in the video below while in full uniform at Oklahoma’s home stadium, Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
If you could not tell by his last name, the newest Sooners quarterback is related to former USC quarterback John David Booty. He is the former Trojans quarterback’s nephew and comes from a long lineage of professional athletes.
Booty was impressive in his one season at Tyler Junior College. Through 11 games, he recorded 3115 yards passing, 25 passing touchdowns, and an average of 283.2 yards per game. In all of Junior College, he ranked first in completions and attempts, second in yards and yards per game, and was top 10 in touchdowns. However, for as much talent as Booty has shown throwing the ball, he can be a bit of a gunslinger at times. Booty was fourth in interceptions thrown with 11 on the season.
NCAA Transfer Portal
Check out the NCAA Transfer Portal Tracker.
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.