A defensive back on Tuesday said he is leaving the Rutgers University football team because of the Big Ten school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
“The University of Rutgers [sic] has made the COVID vaccine mandatory to attend school and play football, therefore I have no other choice but to enter my name into the transfer portal,” Peyton Powell wrote on Twitter. According to the NCAA transfer portal rules, a player can withdraw his name at any time, and schools are free to contact a player once their name appears in the portal.
