No. 1 Ot Involved In Transfer Portal Controversy Amid Interest From Major College Football Programs

The two-week model for assemblage shot players to participate nan NCAA transportation portal to find caller schools to play for successful 2026 is nearing its end. The portal officially opened connected Jan. 2 and will adjacent connected Friday.

Of nan fewer 1000 portal entrants from crossed nan assemblage shot landscape, astir of them decided to participate nan portal anterior to nan two-week window. More person added their names to nan number since nan opening of nan window.

One subordinate who entered nan NCAA transportation portal aft it opened was erstwhile Colorado violative tackle Jordan Seaton. He will person 2 seasons of eligibility remaining astatine his 2nd school.

The 6-foot-5, 330-pounder arrived astatine Colorado arsenic a portion of nan Buffaloes' 2024 recruiting class. Seaton was a statement five-star prospect, ranking arsenic nan No. 1 violative tackle imaginable successful nan 2024 recruiting cycle.

Seaton started each 13 games for nan Buffaloes successful 2024, becoming nan first existent freshman to ever commencement astatine violative tackle for Colorado successful a play opener. On a convention level, he was named All-Big 12 Coaches Honorable Mention for some Offensive Lineman of nan Year and Freshman of nan Year. Nationally, On3, 247Sports and Pro Football Focus each tabbed Seaton a Freshman All-American.

An wounded trim Seaton's 2025 play to 9 games. He only allowed 1 sack and 5 pressures to spell pinch zero backmost hits successful those 9 games. He was named to nan All-Big 12 Second Team for his capacity successful 2025. Both Athlon and Sporting News named him to their Midseason All-American teams.

Following Seaton's announcement of his transportation retired of Colorado, specifications emerging successful nan days earlier his exit sparked online controversy. Seaton utilized a video made by nan university's graphics section to denote his portal entry. The graphics section filmed nan video nether nan belief he was staying pinch nan Buffaloes.

College shot insider Josh Pate called attraction to nan matter connected his show aft it was announced Seaton was departing from Colorado.

"Do not committee nan imaginative media section wrong nan building you're astir to time off to edit a video for you nether nan auspices of you staying, only to past leverage that video and utilize it to denote your departure," Pate said. "Not nan champion look, tin we each work together to that?"

Seaton is considered nan No. 1 violative tackle successful nan 2026 transportation portal cycle. Some of nan awesome programs willing successful Seaton are Miami, Oregon, Texas Tech and Texas.