We're about two months out from a period every college coach has circled on their calendars. The NCAA tournament? Nope. Transfer portal season. It's the time when programs can reinvent their rosters for next season, or watch as several key players surprisingly walk out the door.
For the 2020-21 academic year, 1,832 names entered the portal. Last year, it was 1,786. So far in 2022-23, it has been fairly quiet, with fewer than 75 names entering the portal since the summer. But the near-disappearance of the midyear transfer has contributed to the lack of portal entries. As recently as a few years ago, one could always count on a handful of impact players leaving at the semester break and garnering a busy short-term recruitment.