Florida Gators cornerback Jalen Kimber enters transfer portal

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators senior cornerback Jalen Kimber has entered his name into the transfer portal. Kimber originally transferred to Florida from Georgia, using his one-time free transfer. However, a recent court ruling allowed NCAA student-athletes to transfer more than once and will not be challenged by the NCAA.

Kimber played in 24 games for the Gators over two seasons. He started at cornerback in 11 games and played in all 12… Finished second on the team in pass breakups (5), had 23 tackles (18 solo), a pass breakup and a fumble recovery. In 2022, he played in all thirteen games and made his Gators debut in the home opener vs. Utah. Kimber finished the season with 13 tackles, 1 interception, and a pass breakup

Transfer portal background information

As of December 22nd, 1,874 FBS players have entered the Transfer Portal.

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.

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