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The college football transfer portal opened Friday, Jan. 2, and while thousands of players remain available, a lot of the top quarterbacks have already found new homes.
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 commitmentsQBZeon Chriss: Houston to SouthernDenzel Gardner: Southern Miss to MemphisEthan Grunkmeyer: Penn State to Virginia TechMichael Hawkins Jr.: Oklahoma to West VirginiaHauss Hejny: Oklahoma State to Colorado StateAJ Hill: Memphis to ArkansasDylan Lonegran: Boston College to RutgersAJ Swann: Appalachian State to Mississippi StateRBAyo Adeyi: James Madison to Oklahoma StateKhamani Alexander: Appalachian State to CharlotteLloyd Avant: Colorado State to OklahomaJaylin Carter: Southern Miss to MemphisSeth Cromwell: Northern Arizona to James MadisonKD Daniels: Florida to Wake ForestNykahi Davenport: South Florida to AuburnMarquise Davis: Missouri to LouisvilleRodney Fields Jr.: Oklahoma State to Kansas StateRaycine Guillory: Utah to LSULanear McCrary Jr.: Shorter to Georgia StateGi’Bran Payne: Notre Dame to CincinnatiSutton Smith: Memphis to ArkansasHollywood Smothers: NC State to AlabamaCole Tabb: Stanford to CincinnatiTre Wisner: Texas to Florida StateWRTerrell Anderson: NC State to USCJonathan Bibbs: Louisiana-Monroe to North CarolinaTre Brown: Old Dominion to LSUJaron Glover: Mississippi State to South FloridaJavarius Green: North Carolina to Boston CollegeJa’Keith Hamilton: Furman to East CarolinaJamari Hawkins: Memphis to ArkansasJermane Hayes: Southern Miss to MemphisTrell Harris: Virginia to OklahomaOmari Hayes: Tulane to Iowa StateMakai Jackson: Indiana to LibertyXavier Johnson: Memphis to North AlabamaTrech Kekahuna: Wisconsin to North CarolinaMalik Knight: Western Carolina to PurdueJeremiah Koger: South Florida to AuburnJaylen Mbakwe: Alabama to Georgia TechOmarion Miller: Colorado to Arizona StateXayvion Noland: UT-Rio Grand Valley to Oregon StateJayshon Platt: FAU to IllinoisJared Richardson: Penn to DukeZay Robinson: Iowa State to Penn StateYannick Smith: East Carolina to SMUChase Sowell: Iowa State to Penn StateBailey Stockton: Georgia Tech to FloridaOwen Sweeney: VMI to MarshallChase Tyler: Duke to Wake ForestIzaiah Williams: Texas A&M to Kansas StateJediyah Willoughby: Toledo to UConnTEKam Anthony: Ball State to RutgersRocky Beers: Colorado State to OklahomaLacota Dippre: James Madison to FloridaJonathan Echols: South Florida to AuburnTyler Fortenberry: Arkansas State to Iowa StateMichael Masunas: Michigan State to TexasBrock Schott: Miami (Fla.) to IndianaDeCorion Temple: Central Michigan to Oregon StateMalachi Thomas: Pitt to LSUJaxxon Warren: Colorado State to North CarolinaOLKene Anene: Kansas to North Dakota StateJacob Arop: South Dakota to CalTrovon Baugh: South Carolina to Texas A&MJustin Bell: Michigan State to Virginia TechTrevor Bindel: Washington State to Iowa StateAlex Birchmeier: Penn State to LibertyBrendan Black: Iowa State to NebraskaDeAndre Carter: Auburn to Iowa StateNick Del Grande: Coastal Carolina to DukeEthan Green: Cincinnati to South FloridaRaphael Green-Nyarko: Toledo to UConnE’Marion Harris: Arkansas to OklahomaReggie Jackson: Jacksonville State to Boston CollegeBeau Johnson: North Dakota State to VanderbiltKeiton Jones: Missouri to Kansas StateJason Maciejczak: Nebraska to WyomingChristian Martin: Colorado State to IllinoisJimarion McCrimon: East Carolina to NC StateRiley McGehee: Arkansas State to MemphisHarrison Moore: Georgia Tech to FloridaCaleb Nitta: Western Kentucky to OklahomaDerek Osman: Harvard to UCLAColeton Price: Baylor to KentuckyJD Rayner: James Madison to UCLAJake Renfro: Wisconsin to IllinoisRiley Robell: James Madison to UCLARiley Rushing: Mars Hill to TulaneMakai Saina: USC to PurdueHall Schmidt: Boise State to UCLAJake Taylor: Oklahoma to Iowa StateMichael Wooten: Arizona to South FloridaDLToby Anene: North Dakota State to ColoradoMax Baloun: Washington State to Iowa StateJehchys Brown: Southeast Missouri State to Appalachian StateTarvorise Brown: Florida to North CarolinaBryce Butler: Washington to Texas TechTalan Carter: Jacksonville State to VanderbiltJalen Charles: Memphis to New MexicoJay Crable: Ohio to FAUNaquan Crowder: Marshall to MinnesotaDonovan Fitzmaurice: Washington State to Iowa StateAiden Gobaira: James Madison to UCLADe’Arieun Hicks: Gardner-Webb to Kansas StateKeviyan Huddleston: North Texas to Oklahoma StateDK Kalu: Baylor to FloridaElijah Kinsler: Southern Miss to MemphisJulien Laventure: Akron to Texas TechJaedin Lee: Maine to RutgersJaden McKinney: Southern Miss to MemphisShamar Meikle: Oregon State to South FloridaJeheim Oatis: Colorado to Ole MissChiddi Obiazor: Kansas State to IndianaXavier Porter: Louisville to South AlabamaAsani Redwood: West Virginia to South FloridaDanny Royster: UIndy to James MadisonDaylen Russell: Miami to LouisvilleBrice Stevenson: Holy Cross to IowaChris Stokes: Southern Miss to MemphisDL Fatafehi Vailea: North Texas to Oklahoma StateTrey White: San Diego State to Texas TechLBMichai Boireau: Florida to Ole MissLogan Brantley: Kansas to Boise StateOwen Chambliss: San Diego State to NebraskaQuincy Davis: New Mexico State to KansasC.J. Hicks: Ohio State to South FloridaGrayson Howard: Florida to South FloridaJacobi Oliphant Jr.: Oklahoma State to Kansas StateZach Ruffin: Southern Miss to MemphisMichael Short: Virginia Tech to TCUJa’Quavion Smith: Howard to ArkansasCaleb Whitehead: Auburn to Michigan StateJaron Willis: South Carolina to KansasDBCai Bates: Florida State to WisconsinKoy Beasley: Miami (Ohio) to Kansas StateJeremiah Bernard: Cal Poly to WashingtonIsrael Boyce: West Virginia to South FloridaZach Cody: Coastal Carolina to RiceBrenden Deasfernandes: Central Michigan to NorthwesternDakoda Fields: Oregon to OklahomaJahlil Florence: Oregon to MissouriAhmere Foster: Southern Miss to MemphisFred Gaskin: South Florida to AuburnDuhron Goodman: Washington State to Iowa StateJaden Harris: Georgia to KansasMaliek Hawkins: Oklahoma to West VirginiaJacobie Henderson: Rutgers to VirginiaEvan Jackson: North Texas to Oklahoma StateTa’Shawn James: Iowa State to UCLAGavin Jenkins: South Florida to AuburnDevon Jordan: Oklahoma to BaylorDylan King: Southern Miss to MemphisGeimere Latimer: Wisconsin to West VirginiaAshton Levells: FIU to East CarolinaKollin Lewis: North Texas to Oklahoma StateDante Lovett Jr.: Virginia Tech to UCLADarius Malcolm Jr.: Wofford to MemphisJaden Mangham: Michigan to PurdueDavin Martin: UTSA to Texas TechStilton McKelvey: New Mexico State to BaylorS Jamison Patton: Iowa State to Penn StateJoshua Patterson: Iowa State to Wake ForestKaleb Patterson: Illinois to Kansas StateChristian Peterson: UCF to East CarolinaJayden Price: Toledo to UConnAnthony Richard: Southern Miss to MemphisMichael Richard: Louisiana Tech to Michigan StateJavan Robinson: Arizona State to WisconsinDamarius Russell: Washington State to Iowa StateTrillion Sorrell: Washington State to Iowa StateHunter Sowell: Iowa State to Penn StateKanijal Thomas: Kansas State to Oklahoma StateElliot Washington II: Penn State to ClemsonKDavid Olano: Illinois to Texas A&MPAlex Bacchetta: Rice to Georgia TechReed Chandley: Georgia State to FAURhys Dakin: Iowa to Michigan StateHunter Green: San Diego State to WashingtonCollege 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.