Michigan State defensive lineman Dashaun Mallory enters NCAA transfer portal

Michigan State defensive lineman Dashaun Mallory hit the NCAA transfer portal on Monday, according to On3’s Matt Zenitz. Mallory contributed to the Spartans defensive line for three years after signing with the program in 2018. This season, he totaled a career-high 16 tackles, including a half-sack.

Last year, as a redshirt junior, he played in all 13 games, registering 12 tackles with another half-sack. In 2020, he has two sacks, along with 15 tackles.

Mallory was a three-star prospect coming out of high school in Bolingbrook, Illinois, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Thanks to the extra year of eligibility granted due to COVID-19 for the 2020 season, Mallory has another year left to play for his next program. It’s his first transfer so he will be immediately eligible to play wherever he lands out of the portal.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portalwire. 

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 starts with the 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.

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 However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship is no longer valid. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school does not have to cover their scholarship.

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 for a “do not contact” tag on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want contact from schools unless they initiate the communication.