Texas A&M WR Chase Lane enters transfer portal

Texas A&M wide receiver Chase Lane of Houston (TX) announced that he would be entering the transfer portal Tuesday morning.

The 6-foot, 185 pounder sent a message to On3 regarding his entrance into the portal:

It’s been a true blessing to represent Texas A&M at the highest of levels on and off the field. 

Aggieland will forever and always be home and I will cherish each moment I shared with all of my peers, mentors, faculty, staff, teammates and coaches. 

With that being said, I will be entering the transfer portal as a Graduate Transfer with 2 years of eligibility remaining. 

I plan on being in Aggieland this upcoming spring semester to finish my masters degree as that is a goal I have set out to accomplish.

I look forward to the next chapter in my life and I am honored to say that this chapter has come to an end. 

Thanks & Gig ‘Em 

-Chase Lane

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.