[On3] Pretty OT: Former Alabama, and newly transferred Iowa OT Kadyn Proctor (2023 5*; #9 OVR; #1 OT) re-entering the transfer portal
As reported by On3 and The Athletic:
BREAKING: Iowa OT Kaydn Proctor is expected to re-enter the transfer portal, @ScottDochterman reports.
— On3 (@On3sports) March 19, 2024
The former Alabama offensive lineman transferred to Iowa this winter. https://t.co/rYT5mFO0Ic pic.twitter.com/WsEDC9xOyA
Getting to be pretty on-brand with the era of the transfer portal. Supposedly, recently signed a NIL deal with Iowa's main collective, and Iowa also had to self-report a Level III recruiting violation as a result of Proctor.
tl;dr - Went on a spring break trip with former Alabama teammates, and seems likely to transfer back to Alabama before Iowa's spring practice has even started
Lmao. Dude took the bag and went right back to Bama. And lack of rules just lets him do it.
I'd guess there is a contract with the collective. So he either won't get the money or if he already got it he will be required to pay it back (with the assistance of the Bama NIL collective I'm sure).
Is any school gonna take a player to court to get that money back and risk them spilling how many violations took place to get the money to the player in the first place?
Now that they have contracts? Absolutely. Back when it was under the table? Absolutely not.
Also, I doubt the NCAA tries to enforce anything regarding NIL or transfers for a long while. How do you tamper with people who aren't employees? Which is the crux of any issue the NCAA wants to enforce right now.
This is exactly right. There are no rules and the courts have firmly said they can’t regulate NIL. So there is no reason the collective can’t get that money back.
March 19th, 2024 at 11:07 PM ^
Exactly. In this situation, it seems like two entities will want a few dollars - the first is the collective who reached an agreement with him - the second is Uncle Sam (when tax time arrives).
March 19th, 2024 at 11:16 PM ^
Proctor left when he realized the NIL payoff was in Iowa crypto currency.
March 19th, 2024 at 11:44 PM ^
People call the police to report their drugs stolen so…
Pretty sure the NIL contracts can’t be structured in a way that requires said player to be enrolled at a specific college - though now that all the rules are suspended maybe they can
March 19th, 2024 at 10:55 PM ^
I mean there's probably a lot of ways around that if anyone actually cares. You have to live within a certain distance to make appearances is one that I can think of off the top of my head.
March 19th, 2024 at 11:56 PM ^
Pay checks are In person pick up every Saturday morning during the season at Bobs Autoworld in beautiful Iowa City.
It's wild to me that think these deals don't have a contract . Do you think someone just handed him money and said thanks for coming with zero stipulations?? Lol
If they were that dumb, they deserve what they got.
The way I see it, we can expect Brian Ferentz's replacement to carry on the tradition.
Portal giveth, portal taketh away
March 19th, 2024 at 10:44 PM ^
call Iowa an exam
because they got proctored
minor update, confirmed that Proctor is transferring back to Alabama.
I can confirm that Kadyn Proctor is set to rejoin Alabama this season.
— Tony Tsoukalas (@Tony_Tsoukalas) March 19, 2024
Kadyn Proctor announces he's back pic.twitter.com/exsTO2ikkN
— Tony Tsoukalas (@Tony_Tsoukalas) March 19, 2024
His return is the same as Jordan's. Sure. Good graphic.
So he should have to sit out a year, right? Second transfer is not free!
He's going back to bama. One sniff of that Iowa Offense will do that
The sniff of the Iowa fields in spring aren’t helping either.
Can't think of a single more appropriate reaction than: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
got Iowa's playbook and said " ya, I'm out" 
Double dong punch for Iowa.
This is nuts.
I just hope he doesn't have "LOYALTY" tattooed down his arm.
March 19th, 2024 at 10:10 PM ^
Or C-O-R-N!
March 19th, 2024 at 11:48 PM ^
“Regerts”
Gotta make the players employees to open collective bargaining so they can enforce some type of rules. The current situation is so insane I don’t know how this is good for anyone.
Just make sure the Alabama center stays at Ohio State.
March 19th, 2024 at 11:08 PM ^
Caleb Downs though: return to sender.
March 20th, 2024 at 10:33 AM ^
Reddit thread on this discusses all of the mercs. I guess Caleb Downs was on the same spring break trip as Proctor who is going back to Bama.
A reddit poster said that Lane Kiffin made "zero effort" to keep Judkins because Judkins allegedly threatened to hold himself out of games unless he got paid more. You have to take it all with a grain of salt, but the hope is that the merc culture breeds Texas A&M sized disappointment for OSU.
As far as Proctor goes it is reasonable that he didn't vibe with his new teammates and the spring break trip made him miss his friends from Alabama.
Does Cade try to transfer back to Michigan? /s
Wait, that's actually not a bad idea...
I don’t hate it.
head 'splode
Can he shoot 3-pointers?
He doesn’t have the talent to outweigh his terrible exit.
Can someone pull the Cade interview where he dares people to keep saying they are going to be the worst offense before last season…
March 19th, 2024 at 10:47 PM ^
McNamara found himself the 3rd base and thought he hit a triple.
March 19th, 2024 at 11:15 PM ^
Cade, Iowa had the shittiest offense in all of college football.
Is this real?
Embarassing
Saved by the Bell:
Zack: Slater, aren't you gonna tell your Dad about the good news? Iowa?
Slater’s Dad: Iowa?
Slater: Yeah, I owa Zack 10 bucks.
Slater’s Dad: That’s the good news?
Zack: It is to me!
AC just wanted to wrestle, didn't want to go to west point
Zack Morris riding a tank dressed as Slater invading Canada.
So, how does eligibility work - does he get immediate eligibility because of the current injunction allowing unlimited transfers without sitting out?
March 19th, 2024 at 10:38 PM ^
I think at this point if Alabama says he's eligible, then he's eligible. Might even get a full semester of credit for an off-campus internship for this semester.
March 19th, 2024 at 11:55 PM ^
If his Iowa credit transfers he comes back to Alabama as a grad student.
I read in an article that he is only eligible to play for Iowa and Alabama for this upcoming season, but he has to wait until April 15th to actually enter the portal. Probably something along the lines of previously enrolled at both schools.