Texas safety Larry Turner-Gooden puts name in NCAA transfer portal
The 6-foot, 204-pound redshirt freshman saw action in one game for the Longhorns in 2023 and played in five career contests over two seasons on the Forty Acres.
Texas safety Larry Turner-Gooden put his name in the NCAA transfer portal. The news first reported by Hayes Fawcett of On3 was confirmed by 247Sports after sources said Turner-Gooden’s name showed up in the transfer portal Thursday evening.
The redshirt freshman who came to the Forty Acres as a 247Sports four-star prospect in 2022 has three seasons of eligibility remaining at his next destination.
The 6-foot, 204-pound Turner-Gooden saw action in one game for the Longhorns in 2023, logging two snaps on defense in the team’s 57-7 win over Texas Tech in the regular-season finale on Nov. 24, according to Pro Football Focus. Over two seasons with the Longhorns, Turner-Gooden played in five games and recorded one assisted tackle on 12 total snaps, according to PFF.
A native of South Central Los Angeles (Calif.) who attended Bishop Alemany, Turner-Gooden committed to Texas at the 2022 All-American Bowl in San Antonio, making his declaration during the broadcast on NBC from the Alamodome. He picked the Longhorns over Colorado, Maryland, Penn State and USC.
Turner-Gooden is the sixth Texas player to either publicly declare their entry into the transfer portal or have their expected entry into the portal confirmed by Horns247. Turner-Gooden joins safeties Jalen Catalon and B.J. Allen Jr., offensive lineman Sawyer Goram-Welch, cornerback X’Avion Brice and wide receiver Casey Cain in the group of players expected to depart the program.
What is the NCAA transfer portal?
The portal is an online database where players will enter their names if they decide to pursue a transfer. Players notify their current school’s compliance office that they wish to put their name into the portal; typically, players’ names show up within 48 hours. Coaches can access the database and contact any player who has entered.
When will the transfer portal open?
Technically, players can enter the portal at any time. But unless they do so within their sport’s official “windows,” they will have to sit out one season. College football has two windows: one following the regular season and one following spring practice. The fall portal window opened on Sunday, Dec. 3, one day after the conference championship games. It will remain open for 30 days, closing at the end of the day on January 1, 2024.
Before this school year, players had 45 days to enter their names in the portal following the end of the regular season. The NCAA amended that rule this fall, cutting the window to 30 days.
Is a player forced to leave his school after entering the portal?
No. Players sometimes withdraw their names from the portal and end up staying with their respective programs.
