Kentucky Football 2023 Transfer Portal Tracker

Welcome to the 2023 Kentucky Football Transfer Portal Tracker. Bookmark this post as Kentucky Sports Radio continuously provides updates throughout this wild offseason. It will feature which players are transferring to and from Kentucky, as well as share potential targets Mark Stoops and Co. are eyeing throughout the process.

The transfer portal is not new to college athletics, but this year it’s operating at a greater scale than ever before. Originally established in Oct. 2018, the new calendar cycle within the portal begins each August. There are now transfer portal windows for football players to enter, opening Dec. 4 for 45 days until it closes on Jan. 17, 2024. Players can enter the portal and transfer to another school, or withdraw their name and return. Each college athlete now gets one free transfer and retains eligibility for the following season.

Last year around 20 Kentucky football players left via the portal in the winter and spring windows, with 13 new arrivals for the 2023 season. You can expect comparable numbers as Mark Stoops builds his 2024 Kentucky football roster.

In addition to KSR’s Transfer Portal Tracker, you can follow every move around college football with the On3’s Transfer Portal wire and by following On3’s Transfer Portal account on Twitter.

Nov. 27: The First Kentucky Domino Falls

The main course will not be served for another week. Today we received an appetizer. Grad transfers and lower division players, like Ivy Leaguers and those from the FCS ranks, can get a head start on the rest of their competition.

Jalen Geiger was the first Wildcat to get the ball rolling and enter the transfer portal . A three-star defensive back from Columbia, South Carolina, Geiger made impact plays early in his career. In 2021 he made a tackle for loss in his hometown to hold the Gamecocks to a field goal attempt. The following year he was flying around the field when he suffered a season-ending injury at Florida. After scoring a touchdown in the opening game of the 2023 season, the injury bug bit again and he struggled to return to top form. He’ll have one year of eligibility and should find a nice landing spot among the power five ranks.

As of 4:30 pm EST there were already 217 names reported in the transfer portal. A few other noteworthy athletes to keep an eye on throughout the process:

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