Virginia Tech LB Lakeem Rudolph announces plans to enter NCAA transfer portal
Virginia Tech linebacker Lakeem Rudolph announced his intent to enter NCAA transfer portal on Sunday in a post on Instagram.
The sophomore defender posted one tackle in his time with the Hokies. It came in the Dec. 12 game versus Virginia in 2020. He played in eight games total across three seasons.
After three seasons at Virginia Tech, Rudolph will have three years of eligibility remaining. Also, as it is his first transfer, he’ll be immediately eligible to play.
Rudolph was a three-star prospect coming out of high school in the 2020 class, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He was a standout at Green Run High School in Virginia Beach.
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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 However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship is no longer valid.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.