Some college football players are preparing for the postseason, but others are already on the move to play for different teams. Follow along here to track the latest transfer portal news across college football.
When does the transfer portal close?
The transfer portal opened on Monday, Dec. 9th and will close on December 28th.
How many players enter the transfer portal?
Over the first six years of the portal era, the total number of FBS players who have transferred has more than doubled from 1,561 in 2018-19 to over 3,700 in last year’s cycle, according to NCAA transfer data.
The total number of players among FBS scholarship transfers rose from 1,946 in 2021-22 to 2,303 in 2022-23, and then up to 2,707 in 2023-24.
In 2023-24, the total number of NCAA football players across all divisions who entered the the portal exceeded 11,000.
Here is a look at some of the big names entering the transfer portal this year:
Quarterbacks
Beau Pribula from Penn State
John Mateer from Washington State
Miller Moss from USC to Louisville
Billy Edwards from Maryland to Wisconsin
Kaidon Salter from Liberty to Colorado
Conner Weigman from Texas A&M to Houston
Thomas Castellanos from Boston College to Florida State
Devon Dampier from New Mexico to Utah
Ashton Daniels from Stanford to Auburn
Rickie Collins from LSU to Syracuse
Dylan Lonergan from Alabama to Boston College
Walker White from Auburn to Baylor
Running backs
Dante Dowdell from Nebraska
Cameron Cook from TCU
Justice Haynes from Alabama
Pass catchers
Zachariah Branch from USC
Eric Singleton Jr. from Georgia Tech
Kevin Concepcion from NC State
Duce Robinson from USC
Malachi Fields from Virginia
Dane Key from Kentucky
CJ Daniels from LSU to Miami
Micah Hudson from Texas Tech to Texas A&M
Jayden Ballard from Ohio State to Wisconsin
Jamari Johnson from Louisville to Oregon
Chris Long from Rutgers to Syracuse
Nic Anderson from Oklahoma to LSU
Kyron Hudson from USC to Penn State
Barion Brown from Kentucky to LSU
Offensive lineman
Howard Sampson from UNC to Texas Tech
Alex Harkey from Texas State to Oregon
Eugene Brooks from Oklahoma to UCLA
Xavier Chaplin from Virginia Tech to Auburn
Defensive lineman
Trevon McAlpine from Texas Tech
Omari Abor from SMU
Lee Hunter from UCF to Texas Tech
Aaron Bryant from Texas to Vanderbilt
Jehiem Oatis from Alabama to Colorado
Linebackers
Tony Grimes from UNLV
Jaylin Davies from UCLA
Genesis Smith from Arizona
Dillon Thieneman from Purdue to Oregon
Caleb Downs from Alabama to Ohio State
Jayden Bellamy from Syracuse
Derion Gullette from Texas to Mississippi State
Antonio Kite from Auburn to Ole Miss
Leon Lowry from Wisconsin to Illinois
Key Lawrence from Ole Miss to UCLA
Defensive backs
Zion Branch from USC
Princewill Umanmielen from Nebraska to Ole Miss
Williams Nwaneri from Missouri to Nebraska
Jaiden Francois from Utah State
Tarrion Grant from Purdue to Texas Tech
Jacobie Henderson from Marshall to Rutgers
Kelby Collins from Florida to Alabama
James Williams from Nebraska to Florida State
DJ Graham from Utah State to Kansas
Special teams
Jack McCallister from Washington to Nebraska
