Penn State tight end Jerry Cross will enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, his agent told On3's Pete Nakos, becoming the first player Nittany Lions player to publicly acknowledge his intention in the 2024 transfer cycle. The portal opens Dec. 9, two days after Penn State plays Oregon in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.

Pete Nakos of On3 first reported Roberson’s intention to transfer on Tuesday, with the official window for transfers opening next Monday, Dec. 9. The quarterback from Orange, New Jersey, spent the 2024 season with Kansas State. This was his sixth season of college football, meaning he’ll likely need an NCAA-granted waiver to play again next year.

DE Ken Talley is the first known Spartans player to enter the transfer portal and leave the program since the regular season ended

The fall transfer window doesn’t open for college football players until Dec. 9, a day after the playoff bracket is announced and bowl matchups are locked into place. But graduate transfers can enter the portal at any time, and other players can announce their plans to transfer ahead of time.

A Penn State tight end and former highly-touted recruit is entering the transfer portal. Jerry Cross, a third-year tight end with the Nittany Lions, plans on entering the transfer portal, according to a report from on3. The winter transfer portal window opens next Monday, Dec. 9, and closes on Dec. 28.

A player may enter his name in the NCAA Transfer Portal database to allow them to have any contact with any other college football program looking to recruit him. A player may withdraw his name from the NCAA database at any time, but the current school is not required to protect any scholarship once that player enters the database.

Michigan State has lost its first player to the transfer portal three days after its season came to an end.Redshirt sophomore defensive end Ken Talley announced on Tuesday that he will enter the transfer portal when it opens on Dec.