Isaiah Norris announces decision to enter transfer portal
South Carolina redshirt senior safety Isaiah Norris will enter the transfer portal, he announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, Monday morning.
The 5-foot-11, 183-pounder will enter the portal as a graduate transfer and has two years of eligibility remaining.
Norris appeared in nine games over his three seasons with the Gamecocks. This year, he saw action in South Carolina’s victories over Furman and Vanderbilt. He recorded one solo tackle in a 2022 contest against the Commodores.
Prior to joining the Gamecocks, Norris played football at Georgia Military College.
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A former three-star prospect, the T.L. Hanna (SC) graduate signed with South Carolina as part of its 2021 transfer class.
The On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average of the four major recruiting media services ranked Norris as the No. 77 overall junior college prospect in his class.
Isaiah Norris South Carolina Bio
Former junior college defensive back who is working to play himself into a role on special teams and add depth in the secondary… works at the cornerback position.
2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Saw action in three games, logging one solo tackle against Vanderbilt… also appeared in the Charlotte and South Carolina State games.
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Joined the team in August… saw action in each of the final four games of the season, seeing his most action against Clemson and North Carolina… did not record any statistics.
2020 (Sophomore)
Spent his second fall at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville… the Bulldogs did not play a fall season… considered the eighth-best JUCO cornerback prospect and No. 71 overall by 247Sports Composite.
2019 (Freshman)
Began his collegiate career as a defensive back at Georgia Military College… played for Bert Williams.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, S.C. in 2019… also played basketball for the Yellow Jackets.
PERSONAL
Isaiah J. Norris was born March 21, 2000… is a criminology and criminal justice major.
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.
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.
