Sam Houston OT transfer Orion Irving commits to Vanderbilt

Former Sam Houston offensive tackle Orion Irving has committed to Vanderbilt out of the NCAA transfer portal, he announced on social media on Thursday. Irving originally entered the transfer portal on April 16.

At the time of his committment, Irving was the No. 86 overall offensive tackle in the transfer portal. He chose the Commodores over the likes of several schools, including Ohio State, Texas A&M and Mississippi State.

Irving was mostly injured during the 2024 season. However, Irving was healthy in 2023 — his first season as a starter following his redshirt the previous year — and was awarded to the Conference USA’s All-Freshman team for his efforts. Now, he will be tasked with blocking the outside edge for star quarterback Diego Pavia.

He wasn’t the only player to commit to Clark Lea’s squad this week out of the transfer portal. BYU transfer defensive lineman Joshua Singh committed to the Commodores as well, he announced via social media. He entered the transfer portal April 23 after a breakout 2024 season.

Singh appeared in 13 games for BYU a year ago as he took on a larger role on the Cougars’ defensive line. He had 10 tackles, including two tackles for loss, after playing sparingly through the first three years of his career.

Singh played high school football at Orem (UT) and arrived at BYU as part of the 2021 recruiting class. He will have one year of eligibility remaining.

They’ll be joining a Vanderbilt team coming off a 7-6 in which they won the Birmingham Bowl. It was the first bowl win for the program since 2013, first under head coach Clark Lea and the first bowl overall since 2018. Their 2024 campaign was highlighted by a shocking win over Alabama at home.

The spring transfer portal opened Wednesday, April 16 and will close 10 days later on Friday, April 25. As of this writing, more than 3,600 FBS scholarship players have entered the transfer portal in the 2024-25 season.

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 ranking, as well as NIL valuation (name, image and likeness).

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.