NC State quarterback Ben Finley enters college football transfer portal

There's a new quarterback on the market in the college football transfer portal as Ben Finley has decided to leave NC State, according to media reports.

Finley is departing the Wolfpack program after spending three years on campus.

The redshirt sophomore played in eight games during his time with the team, finishing with 912 total passing yards, going 83 of 152 (.546 completion percentage) throwing the ball with four touchdowns and give interceptions.

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This past season, Finley passed for 741 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. He has three years of eligibility remaining in college.

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College football transfer portal

The NCAA Transfer Portal is a private database that includes the names of student-athletes in every sport at the Division I, II, and III levels. The full list of names is not available to the public.

A player can enter their name into the transfer portal through their school's compliance office. Once a player gives written notification of their intent to transfer, the office puts the player's name into the database, and they officially become a transfer.

The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player's request and NCAA rules forbid anyone from refusing that request.

The database includes the player's name, contact information, info on whether the player was on scholarship, and if he is a graduate student.

Once a player's name appears in the transfer portal database, other schools are free to contact the player, who can change his mind at any point in the process and withdraw from the transfer portal.

Notably, once a player enters the portal, his school no longer has to honor the athletic scholarship it gave him. And if that player decides to leave the portal and return to his original school, the school doesn't have to give him another scholarship.

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