The 2025 transfer portal

4,498 players entered the portal for the 2025 season; 3,770 have a new school on file and 728 don’t. Texas Tech gained the most four- and five-star talent on balance: 9 in, 1 out.

Highest-rated transfers

1	Nico Iamaleava QB	★★★★★		Tennessee	to UCLA
2	Damon Wilson Jr. DE	★★★★★		Georgia	to Missouri
3	Eric Singleton Jr. WR	★★★★		Georgia Tech	to Auburn
4	Carson Beck QB	★★★★		Georgia	to Miami
5	John Mateer QB	★★★★		Washington State	to Oklahoma
6	David Bailey DE	★★★★		Stanford	to Texas Tech
7	Duce Robinson WR	★★★★		USC	to Florida State
8	Zachariah Branch WR	★★★★		USC	to Georgia
9	Patrick Payton DE	★★★★		Florida State	to LSU
10	David Stone DL	★★★★		Oklahoma	returned to Oklahoma
11	K.C. Concepcion WR	★★★★		NC State	to Texas A&M
12	Max Klare TE	★★★★		Purdue	to Ohio State
13	Luke Kromenhoek QB	★★★★		Florida State	to Mississippi State
14	Josh Thompson OL	★★★★		Northwestern	to LSU
15	Princewill Umanmielen DE	★★★★		Nebraska	to Ole Miss
16	Williams Nwaneri DE	★★★★		Missouri	to Nebraska
17	Xavier Lucas CB	★★★★		Wisconsin	to Miami
18	Jaheim Oatis DL	★★★★		Alabama	to Colorado
19	Malachi Fields WR	★★★★		Virginia	to Notre Dame
20	Fernando Mendoza QB	★★★★		California	to Indiana
21	Noah Thomas WR	★★★★		Texas A&M	to Georgia
22	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele QB	★★★★		Oregon	to California
23	Dane Key WR	★★★★		Kentucky	to Nebraska
24	Patrick Kutas OL	★★★★		Arkansas	to Ole Miss
25	David Gusta DL	★★★★		Washington State	to Kentucky
26	Tacario Davis CB	★★★★		Arizona	to Washington
27	Hunter Zambrano OL	★★★★		Illinois State	to Texas Tech
28	Nic Anderson WR	★★★★		Oklahoma	to LSU
29	Emmanuel Pregnon OL	★★★★		USC	to Oregon
30	Jaylen Brown DE	★★★★		Missouri	to South Carolina
31	Daniel King OT	★★★★		Troy	to North Carolina
32	Bear Alexander DL	★★★★		USC	to Oregon
33	Pryce Yates DL	★★★★		UConn	to North Carolina
34	Julian Neal CB	★★★★		Stanford	to Arkansas
35	Jerry Wilson CB	★★★★		Houston	to Florida State
36	Lee Hunter DL	★★★★		UCF	to Texas Tech
37	David Blay DL	★★★★		Louisiana Tech	to Miami
38	Brandon Cisse CB	★★★★		NC State	to South Carolina
39	Ted Hurst WR	★★★★		Georgia State	returned to Georgia State
40	Micah Hudson WR	★★★★		Texas A&M	to Texas Tech
41	Mario Craver WR	★★★★		Mississippi State	to Texas A&M
42	Harrison Wallace III WR	★★★★		Penn State	to Ole Miss
43	Isaiah World OT	★★★★		Nevada	to Oregon
44	Elijah Pritchett OT	★★★★		Alabama	to Nebraska
45	Jadyn Ott RB	★★★★		California	to Oklahoma
46	Bernard Gooden DL	★★★★		South Florida	to LSU
47	Barion Brown WR	★★★★		Kentucky	to LSU
48	Ethan O’Connor CB	★★★★		Washington State	to Miami
49	Marvin Jones Jr. DE	★★★★		Florida State	to Oklahoma
50	Jimmori Robinson DE	★★★★		UTSA	to West Virginia

Who gained the most

School	4★+ net	4★+ in	4★+ out	In	Out
Texas Tech	+8	9	1	21	24
LSU	+7	11	4	18	23
Ole Miss	+6	8	2	28	30
Miami	+6	8	2	18	20
Oregon	+6	8	2	11	14
Auburn	+5	6	1	21	27
Nebraska	+4	6	2	15	40
Ohio State	+4	4	0	11	15
Kentucky	+3	7	4	25	30
South Carolina	+3	5	2	18	24
Texas	+3	3	0	11	13
Florida State	+2	8	6	22	34
Southern Miss	+2	2	0	52	42
UNLV	+2	2	0	40	43
Indiana	+2	2	0	23	27
Michigan	+2	2	0	17	30
North Carolina	+1	7	6	39	55
Texas A&M	+1	5	4	13	30
Missouri	+1	4	3	21	24
UAB	+1	2	1	29	37
Georgia State	+1	2	1	27	37
Oregon State	+1	2	1	14	15
Sacramento State	+1	1	0	39	17
Florida Atlantic	+1	1	0	38	36
Arkansas State	+1	1	0	32	29
Cincinnati	+1	1	0	20	13
Vanderbilt	+1	1	0	20	21
Illinois	+1	1	0	18	24
Akron	+1	1	0	17	20
Missouri State	+1	1	0	15	12

Portal entries and 247Sports transfer ratings via CollegeFootballData.com. The 2025 portal opened in December 2024; a player without a school on file may still be deciding, or may have left college football.