Jayden McGowan, Walter Taylor to the transfer portal

And we return to our regularly scheduled programming of Vanderbilt football players entering the transfer portal.

So these are two different situations, and probably say two different things about the direction of the program. McGowan was Vanderbilt’s second-leading receiver in 2023, catching 36 passes for 383 yards, and was also the team’s primary kick returner, taking one to the house in the Hawaii game. But just five of his receptions came over the team’s final four games, while true freshman Junior Sherrill caught eight of his 20 passes over that stretch, and offers a similar skill set to McGowan while also being a bit taller at 5’11”. Vanderbilt probably had room for one but not both in…