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The Texas Longhorns are headed to the College Football Playoffs, where they will take on Washington in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. But Texas football will be without one of their defensive players.
Texas defensive back Jalen Catalon has entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to On3 Sports.
Catalon racked up 17 tackles and one forced fumble during his lone season with Texas football. Catalon spent four seasons at Arkansas before transferring to the Longhorns.
Over his five total seasons of college football, he’s put up 176 total tackles, nine pass break-ups and five interceptions including one pick-six.
The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer.
The process of a player entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player supplies the school with written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.
The database is not available to the public.
Texas football won the Big 12 Championship in convincing fashion on Saturday, crushing Oklahoma State 49-21. The Longhorns lost only one game this season, a 34-30 heartbreaker to Oklahoma. Texas also had one of the best non conference wins of the season, as it beat the Alabama Crimson Tide 34-24 in September. That win over Alabama carried a lot of weight with the playoff committee and played a role in Texas sneaking into the CFP.
