Houston Transfer OL Trevonte Sylvester De-Commits from Cal

The portal transfer business is tricky and unpredictable as Cal has just found out regarding a player the Bears thought was coming to Berkeley.

On May 7 Houston offensive line transfer Trevonte Sylvester announced that he was committing to Cal. But on Monday, just eight days after making that commitment, Sylvester announced on social media that he is de-committing from Cal and returned to the open market.

First of all I want to thank the coaches at The University of Cal for giving me the opportunity to be apart of their program, but with further thinking along the way I have decided to Decommit.
— Trevonte Sylvester (@TrevonteSylves1) May 15, 2023

There are a hundred different reasons why Sylvester may have de-committed: Did he get a better offer from another school? Was there some misunderstanding about what his role at Cal would be? Did Sylvester's parents get involved? Did NIL have anything to do with this decision?

And those are just some of the possible reasons for Sylvester to change his mind. However, de-commitments are far less common in the transfer portal than they are by high school students making their initial choice of a school.

The bottom line is that Cal has lost a player who could have helped on the offensive line, which was the Golden Bears' biggest weakness this past season.

Sylvester played in 12 games for the Cougars this past season as a redshirt freshman. The 6-foot-5, 285-pound Sylvester did not make any starts because he played behind two-time all-conference left tackle Patrick Paul.

Sylvester played 114 snaps, including special teams, and played 42 snaps on offense this past season. He did not allow any sacks or quarterback hurries in his pass-blocking chances.

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