Transfers in college football have become a way of life. In this era of name, image, and likeness dollars, college football players become free agents after every year. It is therefore important to keep track of impact transfers to know the fortunes of your favorite team.
Transfers, both in and out, can dramatically affect the fortunes of college football teams, and so it is necessary to track the key transfers, to know if one wants to know how each team is going to do. The top teams in the rankings will have their fortunes affected by transfers. Do you like how college football is now?
Key Transfers To Know In College Football
The most important transfer in college football is Quarterback Carson Beck, who transferred from Georgia to Miami (Fla). Yet he is far from the only one. Also important is Nico Iamaleava, who transferred from Tennessee, where he led them to the college football playoff, to UCLA. Another important transfer, who might be a little under the radar, is also a quarterback in John Matter, who transferred from Oklahoma to Washington State.
Just below that level are several transfers who could make a difference to contending teams. This has become a major way highly ranked teams upgrade their roster. Oklahoma got a quarterback from Auburn in Jackson Arnold. Quarterback Tommy Castellanos transferred from Boston College to Florida State. He was not going to play at BC, but he will be a star at Boston College. That happens often nowadays as players who are buried on a depth chart at one school move to another where they can play.
Other Names To Know
Those three were not the only three quarterbacks to transfer. There were some other transfers from, or to, big-time programs. Gio Lopez transferred to North Carolina from South Alabama. Fernando Mendoza transferred from California to Indiana. Miller Moss moved again, from USC to Louisville. Beau Pribula transferred to Missouri from Penn State. Finally, Joey Auguilar transferred to Tennessee.
There were some important position players to transfer. Some of the most important were running backs. National champion Ohio State picked up a good running back transfer in CJ Donaldson. Running Back Justice Haynes transferred from Alabama to Michigan. Makhi Hughes transferred from Tulane to Oregon. Wide Receiver Nic Anderson went from Oklahoma to LSU.
Wide receiver Zachariah Branch transferred to Georgia from USC. Ohio State got Tight End Max Klare from Purdue. He will start for the Buckeyes. These were, by far, not the only skill position players to transfer. We will next move to some impactful lineman. Isaiah World transferred from Nevada to Oregon. He will play for the Ducks. Another impact offensive lineman to transfer was Xavier Chaplin from Virginia Tech to Auburn.
Defensive line saw impact transfers in Williams Nwaneri, who moved from Missouri to Nebraska. Patrick Payton moved from Florida State to LSU. Princewill Umanmielen is coming to Ole Miss from Nebraska. Teams also picked up good linebackers and defensive backs. There were four important defensive backs to transfer. Tacario Davis went from Arizona to Washington, Mansoor Delane is coming to LSU from Virginia Tech, Xavier Lucas is moving to Miami (Fla. ) from Wisconsin, and Dillon Thieneman is moving from Purdue to Oregon.
Conclusion
In the era of name, image, and likeness, where college football players get paid, it is essential to know how top programs fared in the transfer portal. This is how a major way college football programs get healthy, or become unhealthy. Therefore, if you are going to follow the top 25, you must know how transfers worked out among the top teams. As you can see, several players went from one power program to another.
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