On Monday evening, Mike Gundy and the Oklahoma State Cowboys added a new name through the transfer portal with the commitment of UCLA defensive back Jaylin Davies.
Davies, a 6-foot junior from Rancho Cucamonga, California, spent the previous three seasons with the Bruins after starting his career at Oregon.
In his four-year career, Davies recorded 108 total tackles, 11 pass breakups, half of a sack, one forced fumble, four interceptions, and one score. An impressive player in his class, Davies chose the Ducks over offers from 21 different programs, including Alabama, USC, Washington, Utah, Kansas, Arizona, Arizona State, and more.
Coming out of Mater Dei High School in the Class of 2021, Davies was listed as a four-star prospect by the 247Sports index and the nation’s 152nd-ranked player. He also checked in as the 10th-ranked player at his position and the 13th-ranked player in the state of California.
With the commitment, Oklahoma State has now added 22 different prospects through the transfer portal this offseason, good for the seventh-best group in the Big 12 Conference.
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, December 9, 2024, and will remain open until Saturday, December 28, with an exception for players on teams who play bowl games after the window closes. According to NCAA data, 2,273 FBS football players entered the transfer portal in 2023-24 school year, with 1,558 (68.5%) undergraduates and 715 (31.5%) graduate transfers. Of the entrants, 57% reported that they enrolled in another school, 8% withdrew their names from the portal, and 35% are still active, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport.
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