Tennessee defensive tackle Jamal Wallace to enter transfer portal

Tennessee has their first roster attrition of roster management season as defensive tackle Jamal Wallace plans to enter the transfer portal. The news first reported by Matt Zenitz and confirmed by Volquest. 

The junior college transfer in his second season at Tennessee. The redshirt junior played in six games this season logging 78 snaps. Wallace on played 10 snaps after the UAB game. 

Wallace recorded four tackles this season after recording three tackles last year in mop up duty of three games. 

Wallace missed all of spring practice with a neck injury and there was some thought that he might not physically be cleared to play this fall, but he did getting his most work while Tennessee was working through injuries to Jaxson Moi and Daevin Hobbs the first month of the season. 

Understanding the portal

The transfer portal window is now just one window. The window opens on January 2nd and runs through January 16th.

Players don’t have to pick a school they are going to during those specific dates but those are the span of dates on when a player can enter the portal.

Those dates don’t apply to graduate transfers who can enter the portal whenever they wish. Also, if there’s a head coaching change, their players are granted an immediate 30-day window during which they can enter the portal.

Of note, any team playing in a game after Dec 28 (playoffs or regular bowl) gets a five-day window once season ends for those player to enter portal.

Players who enter the portal in the winter window are trying to be somewhere for the spring semester. 

For Tennessee the spring semester starts on January 21 which is late compared to many schools around the country. Tennessee a year ago started a winter mini-term class that runs the first three weeks of January.