The holiday season brings joy, cheer and… early national signing day?! That means players are on the move across college football, especially with the transfer portal in full swing.
Here are some of the most notable transfers after early national signing day.
The quarterbacks
The quarterback position is the premier position in sports. Here’s where some of the nation’s signal-callers will play.
- QB Dante Moore | Oregon from UCLA
- QB Aidan Chiles | Michigan State from Oregon State
- QB Riley Leonard | Notre Dame from Duke
- QB Dillon Gabriel | Oregon from Oklahoma
- QB Kyle McCord | Syracuse from Ohio State
- QB Will Rogers | Washington from Mississippi State
- QB Tyler Van Dyke | Wisconsin from Miami
- QB Grayson McCall | NC State from Coastal Carolina
Some experienced players who made their mark in college football, like Grayson McCall and Will Rogers, transferred this offseason. Likewise, Riley Leonard and Dillon Gabriel followed the paths of Sam Hartman and Bo Nix as transfer quarterbacks for Duke and Oregon, respectively.
Meanwhile, intriguing freshmen Dante Moore and Aidan Chiles will also have new homes this year. Kyle McCord and Tyler Van Dyke will also get fresh starts next year after shouldering a lot of criticism — whether fair or unfair — at their previous institutions.
HEISMAN: Here’s how Jayden Daniels won the 2023 Heisman Trophy
Skill position standouts find new homes
- RB Raheim Sanders | South Carolina from Arkansas
- WR Antwane Wells | Ole Miss from South Carolina
- WR Ja’Corey Brooks | Louisville from Alabama
All-SEC running back Raheim Sanders stays in the conference, only leaving the SEC West Arkansas Razorbacks for the SEC East South Carolina Gamecocks. Speaking of the Gamecocks, South Carolina lost star wide receiver Antwane Wells to SEC foe Ole Miss. Former Alabama standout Ja’Corey Brooks will leave the Crimson Tide before the College Football Playoff to head to his next destination, Louisville.
CFP: Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama make the College Football Playoff
Colorado bolsters trenches
- OL Tyler Johnson | Colorado from Houston
- DL Samuel Okunlola | Colorado from Pittsburgh
- DL Quency Wiggins | Colorado from LSU
Much was made of Colorado’s lack of success on the offensive and defensive lines during Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders’ first year at the helm. The Buffaloes addressed some needs with All-Big 12 offensive lineman Tyler Johnson and two former top prospects Samuel Okunlola and Quency Wiggins.
GOING BOWLING: Track which conferences are winning the 2023-24 bowl season
Defensive stars with new landing spots
- Edge Princely Umanmielen | Ole Miss from Florida
- Edge Tyler Baron | Ole Miss from Tennessee
- Edge Marvin Jones Jr. | Florida State from Georgia
- DL LT Overton | Alabama from Texas A&M
- LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson | Kentucky from Georgia
- S Andrew Mukuba | Texas from Clemson
All eyes first jump to Ole Miss in the trenches after Lane Kiffin and the Rebels reloaded with two of the best edge-rushers in the portal, Princely Umanmielen and Tyler Baron. Elsewhere upfront, Marvin Jones Jr. chose to follow in the footsteps of his father, a Seminole legend, and transfer to Florida State.
While LT Overton may not have received the hype of his former teammate Walter Nolen as both entered the transfer portal, Overton was the first to find a home and will move across the SEC to Alabama.
Jamon Dumas-Johnson helped lead Georgia’s defense to the 2022 College Football Playoff title as a finalist for the Butkus Award. He’ll now join Kentucky after an injury-riddled 2023. Meanwhile, Andrew Mukuba could’ve been a Day 1 or Day 2 NFL draft pick, but he’ll instead join Texas when the Longhorns play their first year of SEC football.
