Hear where Fernando Mendoza’s Heisman Trophy journey began
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The college football transfer portal opened Friday, Jan. 2, and players are flying off the shelf. The portal runs through Jan. 16, with an extra five-day window (Jan. 20-24) for teams playing in the national championship.
We’ll keep you posted with daily live updates of portal commitments.
Transfers by conference: SEC | Big Ten | ACC | Big 12
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Today’s transfer portal commitmentsRBDavid Avit: Villanova to Arizona StateLanden Chambers: Central Arkansas to UCFBill Davis: Louisiana to Virginia TechJalen Dupree: Colorado State to KansasJerrick Gibson: Texas to PurdueCarson Hansen: Iowa State to Penn StateCaleb Hawkins: North Texas to Oklahoma StateMakhi Hughes: Oregon to HoustonJekai Middlebrook: Middle Tennessee to VirginiaTurbo Richard: Boston College to IndianaAbu Sama: Iowa State to WisconsinJaQuali Smith: Sacramento State to ColoradoWRKaron Brookins: Iowa State to Penn StateTychaun Chapman: Southern Miss to MemphisMiles Coleman: North Texas to Oklahoma StateBrett Eskildsen: Iowa State to Penn StateRJ Garcia II: Bowling Green to FAUJayden Gibson: Oklahoma to South CarolinaJackson Harris: Hawaii to LSUCody Jackson: Tarleton State to Iowa StateMarquis Johnson: Missouri to Mississippi StateJalen Jones: Alabama State to Texas TechDonte Lee: Liberty to Texas TechTerrence Lewis: North Texas to Oklahoma StateNick Marsh: Michigan State to IndianaChristian Neptune: South Florida to AuburnKory Pettigrew: South Florida to AuburnJahmari Powell-Wonson: Maryland to FAUShamar Rigby: Oklahoma State to WisconsinDanny Scudero: San Jose State to ColoradoVictor Snow: Buffalo to NC StatePrince Strachan: USC to West VirginiaRaiden Vines-Bright: Washington to Arizona StateWyatt Young: North Texas to Oklahoma StateTERichie Anderson: Fresno State to Texas A&MGabe Burkle: Iowa State to Penn StateJayvontay Conner: East Carolina to VanderbiltHayden Hansen: Florida to OklahomaJacob Harris: Bowling Green to WisconsinNate Kurisky: Louisville to DukeRyan Schwendeman: Southern Illinois to WisconsinMichael Smith: South Carolina to SyracuseMason Williams: Ohio to Ohio StateOLXavier Bausley: West Virginia to MarshallTrevor Buhr: Iowa State to Penn StateMalachi Breland: Memphis to ArkansasNicholas Cruji: Maine to CharlotteJohnny Dickson: North Texas to Oklahoma StateCoen Echols: LSU to Texas A&MValen Erickson: NC State to LibertyShadre Hurst: Tulane to HoustonToriyan Johnson: UConn to Colorado StateAustin Kawecki: Oklahoma State to WisconsinMaasai King: Akron to Iowa StateKuol Kuol II: Iowa State to Penn StateDesmond Magiya: North Texas to Oklahoma StateLogan Moore: UAB to BaylorBen Murawski: UConn to Michigan StateBraydon Nelson: North Texas to Oklahoma StateNetinho Olivieri: Penn to PittSione Perkins: Iowa State to Northern ArizonaGavin Proudfoot: Northern Iowa to Iowa StateConnor Stroh: Texas to KansasDrew Terrill: Miami (Ohio) to HoustonAndrew Threatt: Charleston Southern to North CarolinaWill Tompkins: Iowa State to Penn StateBennett Warren: Tennessee to MinnesotaBrady Wayburn: UConn to UCFChristian Young: Emory & Henry College to Southern MissDLDemetrius Ballard: Buffalo to Boston CollegeJustus Boone: Arkansas to WisconsinAhmad Breaux: LSU to KentuckyJosh Burnham: Notre Dame to IndianaBlake Burris: SMU to FAUAlijah Carnell: Iowa State to Penn StateEsean Carter: Toledo to UConnChristian Davis: Louisiana Tech to SMUMalachi Davis: Toledo to RutgersIan Geffrard: Arkansas to TexasNate Henrich: Gannon to San Diego StateCarter Janki: Penn to IllinoisDaniel Jennings: Penn State to Virginia TechLamont Lester Jr.: Monmouth to ColoradoJonathan Maldonado: Nevada to Ole MissDylan Manuel: Appalachian State to ColoradoAndrew Marshall: Eastern Michigan to MinnesotaRyan McCulloch: Cal to UCLAAntonio O’Berry: Gardner Webb to KentuckyTobi Osunsanmi: Kansas State to IndianaChidera Otutu: UTSA to CincinnatiKhamani Potts: Grand Valley State to Colorado StateKevin Roberts: West Florida to James MadisonWisdom Simms: North Carolina Central to PurdueEamon Smalls: UAB to KansasJordan Walker: Rutgers to Georgia TechLandyn Watson: Kentucky to KansasSolomon Williams: Texas A&M to CalLBCaleb Bacon: Iowa State to Penn StateCael Brezina: Iowa State to Penn StateNylan Brown: Kent State to Washington StateDeven Bryant: Washington to USCRay Coney: Tulsa to Texas A&MKooper Ebel: Iowa State to Penn StateJon Jon Kamara: Kansas to WisconsinIsaiah Patterson: UNLV to West VirginiaAustin Romaine: Kansas State to Texas TechMontreze Smith: Austin Peay to Iowa StateKeaton Thomas: Baylor to Ole MissTavion Wallace: Arkansas to KentuckyDBKhalil Barnes: Clemson to GeorgiaTawfiq Byard: Colorado to Texas A&MMJ Cannon: Bowling Green to CincinnatiNehemiah Chandler: South Alabama to Florida StateTyran Chappell: UConn to Michigan StateCaleb Chester: Texas to Arizona StateDJ Coleman: Baylor to FloridaJay Crawford: Auburn to Ole MissJameel Croft Jr.: Kansas to CharlotteKeshawn Davila: Arkansas to Kansas StateZahmir Dawud: Villanova to RutgersSharif Denson: Florida to Ole MissChristian Ellis: Virginia Tech to VirginiaCaleb Flagg: Missouri to UCFDylan Flowers: Western Kentucky to DukeQuinton Hammonds: North Texas to Oklahoma StateChristian Harrison: Cincinnati to ArkansasAnthony Hawkins: Villanova to IowaA’Mon Lane-Ganus: Auburn to South FloridaKyon Loud: Montana to DukeDarius Malcolm Jr.: Wofford to MemphisNateen Mitchell: New Mexico State to ColoradoQua Moss: Kansas State to TennesseeMarcus Neal: Iowa State to Penn StateAnthony Rogers: Nicholls State to TulaneJiquan Sanks: Cincinnati to IndianaHasaan Sykes: Western Carolina to KentuckyJaylen Thomas: San Jose State to Washington StateDevin Vaught: Maine to Michigan StateDJ Waller Jr.: Kentucky to LouisvilleKeyon Washington: Bowling Green to Iowa StateJontez Williams: Iowa State to USCLavon Williams: East Texas A&M Commerce to IllinoisPreston Zachman: Wisconsin to IndianaKBraeden McAlister: Georgia State to ArkansasMax Gilbert: Tennessee to ArkansasEli Ozick: North Dakota State to IowaGianni Spetic: Memphis to TexasPMac Chiumento: Florida State to TexasLSHudson Powell: Miami (Ohio) to AuburnDalton Riggs: UCF to Ohio StateCollege football 2026 transfer portal dates: When does transfer portal open, close?
The portal period now runs from Jan. 2-16, with an extra five-day window (Jan. 20-24) for teams playing in the national championship. The spring portal window in April is no longer a part of the schedule, so January is the only open window for teams to add via the portal in 2026.