Oregon QB Jay Butterfield enters transfer portal

Oregon QB Jay Butterfield of Brentwood(CA) announced that he would be entering the transfer portal Wednesday afternoon.

The 6-foot-6, 220 pounder sent a message to On3 regarding his entrance into the portal:

Thank you Oregon Football for the many amazing experiences over the past three years, I will be forever grateful for my time here in Eugene. I want to thank all of my coaches, academic advisors, fans, and most importantly, my teammates. You have all helped me grow tremendously as a player and a person. The bonds I have made here are truly one of a kind and will never be forgotten. 

I also want to thank my family and my friends for all of your support. You all mean the world to me. 

With a college degree and three years of eligibility left, I have decided to enter my name in the transfer portal. I am excited to get back to work and continue to follow my dreams.

Much love Duck Nation!

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.