South Carolina OL to enter transfer portal
South Carolina offensive lineman JonDarius Morgan will not return to Columbia for the 2024 season and plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, GamecockCentral has learned.
After redshirting in 2021, the 6-foot-3, 319-pounder played in two games last season and in six during the 2023 campaign. He factored in most recently on special teams and as an sixth offensive lineman in special packages.
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A former three-star prospect, the Birmingham (Alabama) Huffman product signed with the Gamecocks as part of the 2021 class.
The On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average of the four major recruiting media services ranked Morgan as the No. 1,203 overall prospect in his class, the No. 112 offensive tackle and the No. 48 prospect in Alabama.
JonDarius Morgan South Carolina Bio
* 2021-22 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Third-year offensive lineman who works at a guard position… has displayed skills… looks to take the next step and work his way into the two-deep… has played in two contests during his Gamecock career.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Second-year offensive lineman… saw limited action in two contests… appeared against both Charlotte and South Carolina State.
2021 (Freshman)
Joined the squad in the summer… missed much of the campaign with an injury… redshirted in his first year in the Garnet & Black… named to the 2021-22 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL
Offensive line prospect who prepped at Huffman High School in Birmingham, Ala., graduating in 2021… coached by Bill Smith for the Vikings… could play either guard or tackle on the offensive line… listed on the Sports Illustrated High School All-American Watch List… considered the 50th-best player in Alabama and the 106th-best offensive tackle in the country by 247Sports Composite… Rivals ranked him as the 57th-best player in the state.
PERSONAL
JonDarius Keon Morgan was born Feb. 10, 2003… is undecided on his major field of study.
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.
