Florida lands transfer commitmnent from OL Eagan Boyer

After visiting the Florida Gators this weekend, former Penn State offensive lineman Eagan Boyer has found his next home. Boyer committed to the Gators and is now set to reunite with his former position coach at Penn State, Phil Trautwein. With this move, Trautwein and the Gators have added a redshirt freshman lineman with some playing experience, as well as future years to continue to develop.

Eagan Boyer is the first portal addition for UF at tackle

As a true freshman in the 2024 season, Boyer appeared in 4 games, but ended the season with a redshirt. As a redshirt freshman this past season, Boyer doubled his production, appearing in 8 games in 2025.

Upon graduating from high school, Boyer received more than two dozen scholarship offers. He chose Penn State after just one visit to Penn State for a spring practice. The Nittany Lions beat out Auburn and Tennessee at the time.

The Rivals Industry, a weighted average of the three major recruiting services, currently ranks Eagan Boyer as the No. 601 overall transfer prospect and the No. 43 transfer offensive tackle.

Transfer portal background information

The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, I,I 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 window for FBS players to enter the portal opens Jan. 2 and closes on Jan. 16. 

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