Georgia Tech adds transfer LB Cayman Spaulding
Georgia Tech brings an Atlanta-native back home
Georgia Tech added to its linebacking corps on Friday evening with a transfer portal commitment from former Tennessee Tech linebacker Cayman Spaulding.
Spaulding tallied 66 tackles, 11.5 for loss, three sacks, and one pick-six in the 2024 season.
In 2023, Spaulding Saw action in nine games in 2023 and recorded nine total tackles (four solo and five assisted) , while also recovering a fumble. He had a season-best three tackles against Southeast Missouri (10/21/23) and recovered a fumble against UT Martin (11/4/23).
As a high school player, Spaulding was named the Region 6-4A Defensive Player of the Year and together tremendous numbers with 121 total tackles – 89 solo and 32 assisted – with 24 of those for-loss with six sacks. He earned a Georgia High School Player of the Week nod after a 13-tackle, two-interception performance against Stephenson. In his prep career, Spaulding finished with 246 tackles and 18 sacks with 89 tackles for loss and four interceptions ... earned Region 6-4A first-team defense honors while also being named the county Defensive Player of the Year.
What is the transfer portal?
The NCAA student-athlete transfer portal launched in 2018. It marked a change from when student-athletes had to get a release from one school to transfer to another and could be limited to where they transferred. The portal allows student-athletes to simply notify their current school and its compliance department that they intend to move on to another program. Entering the transfer portal does not mean a prospect has to transfer, it just means they can be recruited by other programs and take visits.
The window for undergraduate players to enter runs from Dec. 9 through Dec. 28. But those dates could be different for some—any player on a team who has a coach fired or leaves has a 30-day window to enter the transfer porta.
The spring window in April will remain, as the portal will only be 10 days long. The timeframe will last from April 16, 2025, to April 25, 2025, when it will shut down.
The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff will extend the postseason. After the portal closes in January, players on teams that will compete in the College Football Playoff and later bowl games will be allowed to enter an additional five-day transfer portal window.