South Carolina receiver O'Mega Blake expected to enter transfer portal
South Carolina redshirt sophomore wide receiver O’Mega Blake is expected to enter the NCAA transfer portal, GamecockCentral.com has learned.
Blake saw his role increase with injuries to the Gamecocks’ receiving corps this year. He finished the season with 19 catches for 250 yards and two touchdowns. His best performance came against Georgia earlier in September when he caught five passes for 86 yards.
Blake has been with the program since 2021 and is expected to draw interest from Power 5 programs once he can officially enter the portal on Monday.
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A former three-star prospect, the South Pointe (SC) graduate signed with South Carolina as part of the 2021 class.
The On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average of the four major recruiting media services ranked Blake as the No. 738 overall prospect in his class, the No. 111 receiver, and the No. 9 prospect in South Carolina.
O’Mega Blake South Carolina Bio
* 2023 Spring co-Offense Most Improved Award
Third-year wide receiver… has shown flashes but needs to gain consistency to work his way into the rotation this fall… turned in his best spring and was recognized as a co-winner of the Most Improved Award for the offense, along with Dakereon Joyner… two of his four career appearances and his only statistics have come in bowl games.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in three games… targeted twice and caught one pass for one yard in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against Notre Dame… also saw brief action against Florida and Tennessee late in the season.
2021 (Freshman)
True freshman who worked with the scout team most of the year… made his Gamecock debut in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl win over North Carolina… was tackled for a nine-yard loss on a reverse, the only time he touched the ball… redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, S.C. in 2021… played wide receiver, quarterback and cornerback… finished his senior season with 1,272 yards of total offense and a dozen touchdowns for the Stallions, who reached the second round of the Class AAAA playoffs… threw for 381 yards, ran for 182 and caught 50 passes for 709 yards… named to the South Carolina Football Coaches Association 4A All-State team as a wide receiver… caught 38 passes for 800 yards and carried 39 times for 353 yards as a junior… primarily played defense as a sophomore in 2018, intercepting four passes… coached by former Gamecock DeVonte Holloman… also played basketball and ran track… helped South Pointe with the 4A state championship in basketball… was the Region 3-4A high jump champion… rated as the ninth-best player in the Palmetto State, the 108th-best wide receiver in the country and No. 697 overall by 247Sports Composite… Rivals ranked him as the sixth-best player in South Carolina and the 27th-best “athlete” in the country.
PERSONAL
O’Mega T. Blake Sr. was born July 9, 2002… is a services management 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.
