Former Tennessee DB Warren Burrell announces transfer commitment
Former Tennessee defensive back Warren Burrell has landed his new college home. Burrell is using his COVID year of eligibility to play the 2024 season at Georgia Tech.
Burrell tweeted the news Sunday afternoon.
It’s a homecoming for Burrell who played his high school football at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia.
The 6-0, 190 pound cornerback played in 9 games in 2023 recording 166 snaps in a back up role. For his career, Burrell played over 1600 snaps in 40 games played. He logged 22 starts in his Tennessee career. Burrell had one career interception coming this year against UT-San Antonio. Burrell finished his Vol career with 9 pbu’s.
Tennessee and Josh Heupel has had six scholarship players officially go into the portal to date. Doneiko Slaughter’s entry is expected to become official on Monday. Burrell is the first transfer to land at another school.
Understanding the portal
The winter transfer portal window opened on December 4th and runs for 30 days. The winter window to enter the portal closes on January 2nd. The spring portal window runs from April 16-30th.
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 prior to May 1st. Also, if there’s a head coaching change, players can enter the portal outside of those dates.
Players who enter the portal in the 30 day winter window are trying to be somewhere for the spring semester.
For Tennessee the spring semester starts on January 22nd which is late compared to many schools around the country. Tennessee a year ago started a winter mini-term class that runs the first 3 weeks of January.
With the portal, schools also have to stay at 85 or below in their scholarships numbers, meaning when the spring semester starts they can’t be over 85. In Tennessee’s case, that number is closer to 82 as the Vols balance the scholarship reductions that they received last July when the NCAA ruled on the Jeremy Pruitt case.
