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.
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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.