BREAKING: Big-Time Arizona WR Transfer Dorian Singer Commits to USC
USC may not have dire needs for wide receivers considering who’s returning and who’s being added from the high school ranks, but Arizona WR transfer Dorian Singer is an athlete you go get.
He absolutely killed it against USC this season and he would add another dynamic pass catcher to the room if the Trojans can sign him.
On Friday (12/16) morning Singer told us he was taking a USC official visit this weekend. On Monday (12/19) he announced his commitment to the Trojans on social media.
Singer has been one of the hottest transfer portal prospects the past week. USC, Miami, Oklahoma, Mississippi St., Utah, Oregon, Penn St., Kansas and others have offered the former Phoenix (AZ) Pinnacle HS star.
Singer, who stands 6-foot-1, 185 pounds, and is the No. 10 overall player in the On3 transfer portal rankings, was one of the portal’s most highly sought-after receivers. He caught 66 passes for 1,105 yards and six touchdowns last season.
A St. Paul, Minn., native, Singer was an all-state performer, before joining the Wildcats ahead of the 2021 season. He played in the team’s final five games, which burned his redshirt in the process, and led the PA-12 school with 16.7 yards per catch as a freshman. He showed up at Arizona as a preferred walk-on but quickly earned a scholarship.
Bigger stage for Singer at USC
Now, he’s looking for a bigger stage, and his list of options to play two seasons over three years were long. Besides Penn State, Deion Sanders and Colorado have offered. So, too, has Miami, Arizona State, and Utah over the last week. More were offers were expected over the days ahead, but Singer’s commitment will likely end t
The first NCAA transfer window, which is new this year, opened on Mon., Dec. 5, and will remain so through Jan. 18, 2023.
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.
Database
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.
The Transfer Portal Windows
The NCAA Transfer Portal’s newest rules will allow 60 days per year for student-athletes to enter the portal and maintain immediate eligibility for first-time transfers. For fall sports like football, the window will be split into two periods.
The first, a 45-day period, begins December 5. A second window will be instituted from May 1-15, giving players an option to enter the transfer portal after spring camp.
The first portal window will close on January 19.
Track transfer portal activity
While the NCAA transfer portal database is private, the On3 Network has streamlined the reporting process tracking player movement.
If you find yourself asking, ‘How can I track transfer portal activity?’ our well-established network of reporters and contacts across college athletics keeps you up to speed in several ways, from articles written about players as they enter and exit the transfer portal or find their new destination, to our social media channels, to the On3 Transfer Portal.
The transfer portal wire provides a real-time feed of player activity, including basic player profile information, transfer portal ranking and original On3 Consensus recruiting ranking, as well as NIL valuation (name, image and likeness).
The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and senior national college football reporter Matt Zenitz’s Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.
