Agiye Hall enters transfer portal
Texas wide receiver Agiye Hall has entered the transfer portal, according to On3’s Matt Zenitz. Inside Texas reported last week that Hall was no longer with the program and another portal entrance for the former five-star was expected.
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Hall, a transfer from Alabama, played in three games for the Longhorns this season and had one catch for seven yards. During one season with the Crimson Tide, he had four catches for 72 yards.
Hall was arrested in August on criminal mischief charges. He was suspended indefinitely by Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian at the time.
“We’re aware of the situation involving Agiye Hall, have talked with his family, and have suspended him from all team activities for conduct that is detrimental to our program,” a program statement read.
Hall worked his way back into the mix for playing time as the season went on, appearing in contests versus UTSA, Texas Tech, and West Virginia. His lone catch came in Lubbock against the Red Raiders.
After playing in three games, Sarkisian was asked in mid-October about his plans for Hall in the remainder of the season.
“As far as Agiye goes, obviously it’s been a bit of a journey since he’s been here,” Sarkisian said October 20. “He’s had some ups and had some downs. At this moment in time, if we can preserve his redshirt I think that would be in the best interest of him and the best interest of us.”
He didn’t play in another game, though he could have and still maintained a season of eligibility. Now, he won’t have an opportunity to suit up again in burnt orange.
Hall was originally a member of Alabama’s 2021 recruiting class. He was the No. 37 overall prospect, the No. 4 wide receiver, and the No. 9 prospect according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. On3 ranked Hall as the No. 11 overall prospect and the No. 11 wide receiver.
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.
Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.
The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.
A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.
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.
