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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 commitments
QB
- Zeon Chriss: Houston to Southern
- Drew Devillier: Rice to FAU
- Denzel Gardner: Southern Miss to Memphis
- Ethan Grunkmeyer: Penn State to Virginia Tech
- Michael Hawkins Jr.: Oklahoma to West Virginia
- Hauss Hejny: Oklahoma State to Colorado State
- AJ Hill: Memphis to Arkansas
- Dylan Lonegran: Boston College to Rutgers
- Kenny Minchey: Notre Dame to Kentucky
- AJ Swann: Appalachian State to Mississippi State
RB
- Ayo Adeyi: James Madison to Oklahoma State
- Khamani Alexander: Appalachian State to Charlotte
- Lloyd Avant: Colorado State to Oklahoma
- Jaylin Carter: Southern Miss to Memphis
- Seth Cromwell: Northern Arizona to James Madison
- KD Daniels: Florida to Wake Forest
- Nykahi Davenport: South Florida to Auburn
- Marquise Davis: Missouri to Louisville
- Rodney Fields Jr.: Oklahoma State to Kansas State
- Raycine Guillory: Utah to LSU
- Lanear McCrary Jr.: Shorter to Georgia State
- Gi’Bran Payne: Notre Dame to Cincinnati
- Sutton Smith: Memphis to Arkansas
- Hollywood Smothers: NC State to Alabama
- Cole Tabb: Stanford to Cincinnati
- Tre Wisner: Texas to Florida State
WR
- Terrell Anderson: NC State to USC
- Jonathan Bibbs: Louisiana-Monroe to North Carolina
- Tre Brown: Old Dominion to LSU
- Jaron Glover: Mississippi State to South Florida
- Javarius Green: North Carolina to Boston College
- Ja’Keith Hamilton: Furman to East Carolina
- Jamari Hawkins: Memphis to Arkansas
- Jermane Hayes: Southern Miss to Memphis
- Trell Harris: Virginia to Oklahoma
- Omari Hayes: Tulane to Iowa State
- Makai Jackson: Indiana to Liberty
- Xavier Johnson: Memphis to North Alabama
- Trech Kekahuna: Wisconsin to North Carolina
- Malik Knight: Western Carolina to Purdue
- Jeremiah Koger: South Florida to Auburn
- Zy’marion Lang: Toledo to UConn
- Jaylen Mbakwe: Alabama to Georgia Tech
- Omarion Miller: Colorado to Arizona State
- Xayvion Noland: UT-Rio Grand Valley to Oregon State
- Jayshon Platt: FAU to Illinois
- Jared Richardson: Penn to Duke
- Zay Robinson: Iowa State to Penn State
- Yannick Smith: East Carolina to SMU
- Chase Sowell: Iowa State to Penn State
- Bailey Stockton: Georgia Tech to Florida
- Ian Strong: Rutgers to Cal
- Owen Sweeney: VMI to Marshall
- Perry Thompson: Auburn to Minnesota
- Chase Tyler: Duke to Wake Forest
- Izaiah Williams: Texas A&M to Kansas State
- Jediyah Willoughby: Toledo to UConn
TE
- Kam Anthony: Ball State to Rutgers
- Rocky Beers: Colorado State to Oklahoma
- Chris Corbo: Dartmouth to Georgia Tech
- Lacota Dippre: James Madison to Florida
- Jonathan Echols: South Florida to Auburn
- Tyler Fortenberry: Arkansas State to Iowa State
- Michael Masunas: Michigan State to Texas
- Brock Schott: Miami (Fla.) to Indiana
- DeCorion Temple: Central Michigan to Oregon State
- Malachi Thomas: Pitt to LSU
- Jaxxon Warren: Colorado State to North Carolina
OL
- Kene Anene: Kansas to North Dakota State
- Jacob Arop: South Dakota to Cal
- Trovon Baugh: South Carolina to Texas A&M
- Justin Bell: Michigan State to Virginia Tech
- Trevor Bindel: Washington State to Iowa State
- Alex Birchmeier: Penn State to Liberty
- Brendan Black: Iowa State to Nebraska
- DeAndre Carter: Auburn to Iowa State
- Nick Del Grande: Coastal Carolina to Duke
- Ethan Green: Cincinnati to South Florida
- Raphael Green-Nyarko: Toledo to UConn
- E’Marion Harris: Arkansas to Oklahoma
- Reggie Jackson: Jacksonville State to Boston College
- Beau Johnson: North Dakota State to Vanderbilt
- Keiton Jones: Missouri to Kansas State
- Jason Maciejczak: Nebraska to Wyoming
- Christian Martin: Colorado State to Illinois
- Jimarion McCrimon: East Carolina to NC State
- Riley McGehee: Arkansas State to Memphis
- Harrison Moore: Georgia Tech to Florida
- Caleb Nitta: Western Kentucky to Oklahoma
- Derek Osman: Harvard to UCLA
- Coleton Price: Baylor to Kentucky
- JD Rayner: James Madison to UCLA
- Jake Renfro: Wisconsin to Illinois
- Riley Robell: James Madison to UCLA
- Riley Rushing: Mars Hill to Tulane
- Makai Saina: USC to Purdue
- Hall Schmidt: Boise State to UCLA
- Jake Taylor: Oklahoma to Iowa State
- Michael Wooten: Arizona to South Florida
DL
- Toby Anene: North Dakota State to Colorado
- Max Baloun: Washington State to Iowa State
- Jehchys Brown: Southeast Missouri State to Appalachian State
- Tarvorise Brown: Florida to North Carolina
- Bryce Butler: Washington to Texas Tech
- Talan Carter: Jacksonville State to Vanderbilt
- Jalen Charles: Memphis to New Mexico
- Jay Crable: Ohio to FAU
- Naquan Crowder: Marshall to Minnesota
- Brandon Davis-Swain: Colorado to Texas A&M
- Donovan Fitzmaurice: Washington State to Iowa State
- Aiden Gobaira: James Madison to UCLA
- De’Arieun Hicks: Gardner-Webb to Kansas State
- Keviyan Huddleston: North Texas to Oklahoma State
- DK Kalu: Baylor to Florida
- Elijah Kinsler: Southern Miss to Memphis
- Julien Laventure: Akron to Texas Tech
- Jaedin Lee: Maine to Rutgers
- Jaden McKinney: Southern Miss to Memphis
- Shamar Meikle: Oregon State to South Florida
- Tyler Moore: Coastal Carolina to Colorado
- Jeheim Oatis: Colorado to Ole Miss
- Chiddi Obiazor: Kansas State to Indiana
- Xavier Porter: Louisville to South Alabama
- Asani Redwood: West Virginia to South Florida
- Danny Royster: UIndy to James Madison
- Daylen Russell: Miami to Louisville
- KJ Sampson: Florida State to Boston College
- Brice Stevenson: Holy Cross to Iowa
- Chris Stokes: Southern Miss to Memphis
- DL Fatafehi Vailea: North Texas to Oklahoma State
- Trey White: San Diego State to Texas Tech
LB
- Michai Boireau: Florida to Ole Miss
- Logan Brantley: Kansas to Boise State
- Owen Chambliss: San Diego State to Nebraska
- Tackett Curtis: Wisconsin to UCF
- Quincy Davis: New Mexico State to Kansas
- C.J. Hicks: Ohio State to South Florida
- Grayson Howard: Florida to South Florida
- Jacobi Oliphant Jr.: Oklahoma State to Kansas State
- Zach Ruffin: Southern Miss to Memphis
- Michael Short: Virginia Tech to TCU
- Ja’Quavion Smith: Howard to Arkansas
- Caleb Whitehead: Auburn to Michigan State
- Jaron Willis: South Carolina to Kansas
DB
- Cai Bates: Florida State to Wisconsin
- Koy Beasley: Miami (Ohio) to Kansas State
- Jeremiah Bernard: Cal Poly to Washington
- Israel Boyce: West Virginia to South Florida
- Zach Cody: Coastal Carolina to Rice
- Brenden Deasfernandes: Central Michigan to Northwestern
- Dakoda Fields: Oregon to Oklahoma
- Jahlil Florence: Oregon to Missouri
- Ahmere Foster: Southern Miss to Memphis
- Fred Gaskin: South Florida to Auburn
- Duhron Goodman: Washington State to Iowa State
- Jaden Harris: Georgia to Kansas
- Maliek Hawkins: Oklahoma to West Virginia
- Jacobie Henderson: Rutgers to Virginia
- Evan Jackson: North Texas to Oklahoma State
- Ta’Shawn James: Iowa State to UCLA
- Gavin Jenkins: South Florida to Auburn
- Devon Jordan: Oklahoma to Baylor
- Dylan King: Southern Miss to Memphis
- Parker Knutson: Southwest Minnesota State to Minnesota
- Geimere Latimer: Wisconsin to West Virginia
- Ashton Levells: FIU to East Carolina
- Kollin Lewis: North Texas to Oklahoma State
- Dante Lovett Jr.: Virginia Tech to UCLA
- Darius Malcolm Jr.: Wofford to Memphis
- Jaden Mangham: Michigan to Purdue
- Davin Martin: UTSA to Texas Tech
- Stilton McKelvey: New Mexico State to Baylor
- S Jamison Patton: Iowa State to Penn State
- Joshua Patterson: Iowa State to Wake Forest
- Kaleb Patterson: Illinois to Kansas State
- Christian Peterson: UCF to East Carolina
- Jayden Price: Toledo to UConn
- Anthony Richard: Southern Miss to Memphis
- Michael Richard: Louisiana Tech to Michigan State
- Javan Robinson: Arizona State to Wisconsin
- Damarius Russell: Washington State to Iowa State
- Cobey Sellers: Texas A&M to Vanderbilt
- Trillion Sorrell: Washington State to Iowa State
- Hunter Sowell: Iowa State to Penn State
- Kanijal Thomas: Kansas State to Oklahoma State
- Elliot Washington II: Penn State to Clemson
K
- David Olano: Illinois to Texas A&M
P
- Alex Bacchetta: Rice to Georgia Tech
- Reed Chandley: Georgia State to FAU
- Rhys Dakin: Iowa to Michigan State
- Hunter Green: San Diego State to Washington
College 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.