Oregon receiver Caleb Chapman enters transfer portal
One of Oregon’s veteran receivers appears headed for an exit from the program.
Caleb Chapman, a senior wideout who played a reserve role last season, announced on Tuesday that he has entered the transfer portal.
Chapman is the 20th Duck to enter the portal this offseason.
Chapman, who transferred to Oregon from Texas A&M last offseason, appeared in nine of 13 games during his first season in Eugene. He caught one pass 15 yards on the season.
According to Pro Football Focus, Chapman played 26 total snaps on offense and 22 on special teams.
A former 4-star recruit, the Friendswood, Texas, native was the No. 342 overall prospect in the class of 2018.
Chapman is the fourth Oregon receiver to enter the transfer portal. Seven McGee, Dont’e Thornton, and Isaiah Brevard have also opted to do so.
With Chapman’s departure, Oregon’s scholarship count for the 2023 season now sits at 92.
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.
