Oregon edge rusher Brandon Buckner to enter transfer portal
Oregon reserve edge rusher Brandon Buckner announced on Sunday that he will enter the transfer portal.
Buckner did not play a snap for the Ducks in 2022. A former 3-star recruit, he was the No. 780 overall prospect in the class of 2021.
“First off, I would like to thank God for blessing me with the ability to pursue an education and play collegiate football. As this chapter closes, another one is ready to be written. I would like to thank everyone who has gotten me to this point in my life. .. With that being said, I will be entering the portal with three years of eligibility left.”
The son of former NFL defensive lineman Brentson Buckner, Brandon Buckner played in all 13 games for the Ducks as a true freshman and flashed some nice moments.
He will leave Oregon as a true sophomore with three years of eligibility remaining.
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.
