Former Penn State receiver Dante Cephas picks transfer destination
Penn State receiver Dante Cephas entered the NCAA transfer portal following the Peach Bowl. Now, the former Nittany Lions has decided where his next college football home will be. The Pittsburgh native is transferring to Kansas State, BWI sister site K-State Online reported Saturday. A recent court ruling allows college players to transfer more than once during their careers without being forced to sit out a season. Thus, Cephas will be immediately eligible.
Cephas caught just 11 passes during the September and October portions of the schedule and did not find the end zone. But, he came on in November, as he caught 11 passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns over the final four games of the regular season. However, he suited up for but did not receive a snap in the Lions’ Peach Bowl loss. His decision to leave State College came shortly after the contest.
“Everything’s an open competition every week, and the depth chart reflects that,” Lions coach James Franklin said after the 38-25 loss to Ole Miss when asked about Cephas’ availability for the game.
“Then obviously when you’re in a bowl situation and you’ve got three weeks, there’s a lot of movement that can occur in three weeks. Part of that obviously is having Trey [Wallace] back [who] we had not had for about five weeks this year.”
Kansas State hosted Cephas for a visit during the first weekend of January. UCLA was interested, too, per On3’s Pete Nakos. Cephas reunites with former Kent State receivers coach Matthew Middleton, who joined the Wildcats staff after spending five years, most of them with Cephas, with the Golden Flashes.
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The NCAA transfer portal database is private. But Blue-White Illustrated and the On3 Network have you covered from start to finish when it comes to tracking Penn State player movement.
Our well-established network of reporters and contacts across college athletics keeps you up to speed in several ways. We have articles written about players as they enter and exit the transfer portal or find their new destination, a dedicated transfer portal Twitter account, and the On3 Transfer Portal wire.
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While the transfer portal officially opens for business on Dec. 4 for undergraduate players, grad transfers can enter it at any time. This specific transfer portal window ran through Jan. 2, 2024. It is important to note that a player does not need to make his decision by the deadline. Undergrads do, however, have to declare their intent to enter the portal by then. When they pick their next school or decide to return to their current one after that is up to them. A second transfer portal window will run April 15-30.
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