The college football transfer portal opened Friday, Jan. 2, and while thousands of players remain available, the best name (Hollywood Smothers) and most of the top quarterbacks have already found new homes (including one with a high-profile change of heart).
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
Byrum Brown: South Florida to Auburn
Ashton Daniels: Auburn to Florida State
Miles O’Neill: Texas A&M to North Carolina
Austin Simmons: Ole Miss to Missouri
RB
Ju’Juan Johnson: LSU to Syracuse
Jasper Parker: Michigan to Arkansas
Evan Pryor: Cincinnati to Florida
Travis Terrell: Jackson State to Purdue
WR
Arhmad Branch: Purdue to South Florida
DJ Epps: Troy to West Virginia
Tank Hawkins: Florida to Washington State
Carter Pabst: Washington State to Iowa State
TE
Josh Phifer: James Madison to UCLA
OL
Max Anderson: Tennessee to Kentucky
Tree Babalade: South Carolina to Nebraska
Blake Cherry: Arkansas to Wisconsin
Carius Curne: LSU to Ole Miss
Eryx Daugherty: Boston College to Louisville
Tyler Gibson: Charlotte to UCF
Vaea Ikakoula: Iowa State to Penn State
Bradyn Joiner: Purdue to Florida State
Tolu Olajide: New Hampshire to Wake Forest
Nate Pabst: Bowling Green to Florida State
T.J. Shanahan: Penn State to Florida
Braden Smith: Tarleton State to Iowa State
Sean Thompkins: Baylor to North Carolina
Ory Williams: LSU to Tennessee
DL
Jonathan Bax: TCU to FAU
Kahmari Brown: Elon to Iowa
BJ Carter: Iowa State to Marshall
Javion Hilson: Missouri to Virginia Tech
Santana Hooper: Tulane to Colorado
Carlon Jones: USC to Arkansas
Jerry Lawson: Louisville to Oklahoma State
Rasheed Lovelace: Nicholls State to James Madison
Alexander McPherson: Colorado to Penn State
Armstrong Nnodim: Oklahoma State to Penn State
Lucas Samsula: Wyoming to Utah
John Walker: UCF to Ohio State
Billy Walton: SMU to Oklahoma State
Keanu Williams: UCLA to Penn State
LB
Jovan Clark: Washington State to Ball State
Gideon Lampron: Bowling Green to Colorado
Mekhi Mason: Louisiana Tech to Kansas State
Ethan Wesloski: North Texas to Oklahoma State
Robert Woodyard Jr.: Auburn to Missouri
DB
Braden Awls: Toledo to Iowa State
Ty Benefield: Boise State to LSU
C.J. Coombes: Wofford to North Texas
Teddy Foster: Florida to South Florida
Aaron Gates: Florida to Kentucky
Kingston Lopa: Oregon to Cal
Aydan West: Michigan State to Minnesota
Bryce West: Ohio State to Wisconsin
Ade Willie: Michigan State to North Carolina
Marcus Wimberly: Oklahoma to Utah
Malcolm Ziglar: North Carolina to South Florida
K
Patrick Durkin: Tulane to Florida
P
Alec Clark: Tulane to Florida
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.
