Boston College guard DeMarr Langford enters NCAA Transfer Portal
Boston College junior guard DeMarr Langford has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, according to On3’s Jamie Shaw. Langford started 30 games for the Eagles in 2021-22, but injuries slowed him and he appeared in just 23 total games in 2022-23.
After appearing in 18 games and making nine starts during his freshman season, Langford slotted in as a full-time starter for the Eagles in 2021-22, starting in all but two of the 32 games that Boston College played. He averaged more than 11 points per game and nearly five rebounds that season.
Langford posted a message on Twitter announcing his intention to transfer after the news broke.
“It’s been a great 3 years here at Boston College. I’d like to thank my coaches, teammates, academic and athletic staff at BC for preparing me and bettering me everyday. I am very thankful for the supportive fans that were with me and my teammates through all the ups and downs throughout the years. After long talks with my God, my family and my brothers, I have decided that the best opportunity to pursue my goals will be to enter my name in the transfer portal with two years of eligibility remaining,” Langford said in the message.
Langford, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard who played a year at Brewster (N.H.) Academy before heading to Boston College. He was rated as a four-star prospect by the major recruiting services and ranked as the No. 122 player nationally in the 2019 class according to the On3 Industry Ranking.
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.
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 transfer 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.