Former Jackson State LB Jurriente Davis commits to Texas A&M
The Texas A&M Aggies landed an impact defender out of the transfer portal on Thursday evening. Former Jackson State linebacker Jurriente “JD” Davis committed to the Texas A&M Aggies, he announced on his Twitter page on Thursday evening. Davis has spent his college football career at a number of schools, including Middle Tennessee State, Hutchinson Community College (Kansas), and Jackson State. Check out the announcement below.
He played in all 13 games last season for Jackson State, racking up 58 tackles for the Tigers. The 6-foot-1, 225-pound linebacker also racked up 7.5 tackles for loss. Before playing for Jackson State, he spent time at Middle Tennessee State and Hutchinson Community College in Kansas. In the spring of 2021 at Hutchinson CC, Davis racked up 41 tackles, three sacks, seven tackles for loss, and one interception. He also earned first team JUCO All-American honors in leading them to a national title.
Davis entered the transfer portal on March 28th and soon after that in early April, he decided to visit the Kentucky Wildcats. Davis also recently earned a scholarship offer from the Louisville Cardinals.
He played his high school football for Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina.
He joins three other corners in A&M’s 2023 class
His commitment to the Aggies comes shortly after his official visit to Texas A&M for their spring game on the weekend of April 14th. With Davis now in the fold, the Aggies’ 2023 transfer portal class is up to five players. As of Thursday evening, Texas A&M has also landed three other corners in the class: Josh DeBerry from Boston College, Sam McCall from Florida State, and Tony Grimes from North Carolina.
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.
Jurriente Davis commits to A&M and more 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.
Track transfer portal activity
While the NCAA transfer portal database is private, the On3 Network has streamlined the reporting process tracking player movement.
If you find yourself asking, ‘How can I track transfer portal activity?’ our well-established network of reporters and contacts across college athletics keeps you up to speed in several ways, from articles written about players as they enter and exit the transfer portal or find their new destination, to our social media channels, to the On3 Transfer Portal.
The transfer portal wire provides a real-time feed of player activity, including basic player profile information, transfer portal ranking and original On3 Industry Recruiting Rankings, as well as NIL valuation (name, image and likeness).
The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and senior national college football reporter Matt Zenitz’s Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.