

They merely need to request that compliance enter their name. Players do not need to ask permission from their coaching staff in order to transfer. 15, 2018, providing athletes a path to explore their options.

The NCAA introduced the transfer portal Oct. Len'Neth Whitehead is out for the season with an injury shortly following that news at the end of July, the Vols went out and got Dixon from the transfer portal. Tennessee now moves forward with just four scholarship running backs available: Jabari Small, Jaylen Wright and freshmen Dylan Sampson and Justin Williams-Thomas. Dixon played just three games early in the year before leaving the program and hitting the transfer portal. Last season, Dixon’s final at Clemson, he ran for just 48 yards on 10 carries in three games played. He had a career-high 635 yards and six touchdowns as a sophomore in 2019. Over four years at Clemson, Dixon totaled 1,420 yards and 13 touchdowns on 218 carries. Dixon got his share of carries but never became the top, go-to running back for the Tigers. Dixon chose to play for Clemson over offers from Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma State, Tennessee and others. 7 all-purpose back in his class coming out of high school.

Just over one month later, Dixon chose Tennessee with the Vols and coach Josh Heupel looking to reinforce their running back room.Ī four-star prospect from Butler (Ga.) Taylor County in the 2018 recruiting class, Dixon was the No. Dixon transferred from Clemson to West Virginia shortly after the end of last season, then entered the transfer portal again in late June. The transfer portal is a familiar place for Dixon, who started his career at Clemson and will now be seeking his third program in this offseason alone - the fourth total of his college career. The Georgia native rated as a three-star transfer upon leaving the Mountaineers but lasted fewer than one month in Knoxville. Dixon transferred to the Vols from West Virginia this summer and potentially could have provided some value for a Tennessee running back room that does not have a ton of depth. After leaving the program recently, former Tennessee running back Lyn-J Dixon officially entered the NCAA transfer portal Friday according to 247Sports' Chris Hummer.
