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West Virginia football transfer portal tracker

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West Virginia football transfer portal tracker


The transfer portal has become a hot topic across the realm of college football and that has been no different at West Virginia.

Several players have inserted their names into the portal, which is a database that allows other schools to contact them regarding a transfer, and WVSports.com will track it. It’s important to note that because a player is listed in the portal does not mean that they have to transfer out of the program, just that schools can contact them.

Here is a list of the Mountaineers that are currently in the portal exploring the possibility to transfer as well as who has transferred into the program and what it could mean to the current West Virginia football team.

For the purpose of this we will focus mainly on scholarship football players.

TRANSFERRED TO WEST VIRGINIA:

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Scruggs committed to West Virginia over scholarship offers from Virginia Tech, Colorado, UNLV and a number of others. The nickel back recorded 70 tackles and an interception for South Alabama in 2024 and received an offer from the Mountaineers once Rich Rodriguez took over the program. Scruggs started his career at Washburn but did not record any statistics, then moved onto Central Missouri where he played in 11 games and recorded 37 tackles. From there, Scruggs moved onto Hutchinson C.C. where he had 38 tackles and an interception. The Missouri native has one year of eligibility remaining in his college career.

Singleton committed to West Virginia after an official visit to campus. The speedy wide receiver hauled in 64 catches for 639 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He also had 23 rushing yards on 6 carries. The Florida native started his career at Akron but also spent time at Hutchinson C.C. He has one year of eligibility remaining in his career.

Young Bear appeared in 32 games during his time at Tulsa but took over a starting role in the final two games of his sophomore season before becoming a starter for all 12 games in 2024 at left guard. The Oklahoma native has played over 1,000 snaps at the college level and has one season of eligibility remaining in his career. Picked West Virginia over a number of other offers once he entered the portal.

Bowie was a standout wide receiver at Martinsburg and out of high school committed to Concord. There he would put together a massive season in 2022 where he hauled in 102 catches for 1,773 yards and 18 touchdowns and was a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy. Bowie then moved onto Jacksonville State where he spent two seasons and appeared in 17 games. This past season, Bowie appeared in all 14 games and recorded 13 catches for 209 yards. He then elected to enter the transfer portal and returned home for his final two campaigns in Morgantown.

Barrick played 30 games over his three years at Jacksonville State and was primarily used as a blocking tight end with 428 of his total 614 snaps coming in that area. A native of Martinsburg, Barrick hauled in 9 receptions for 102 yards over his career and is coming off a season where he hauled in 6 catches for 70 yards. Barrick committed to West Virginia for the final year of his college career.

Henderson appeared in 10 games over his time at both Texas A&M and Fresno State. The California native had his most productive campaign in 2023 where he completed 53-78 passes for 715 yards with 6 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. He also rushed for 104 yards and 2 scores while appearing in five games. Started his career with the Bulldogs where he appeared in five games and completed 5-8 passes for 49 yards. The signal caller has two years of eligibility remaining in his career.

A native of Parkersburg, Traugh spent two seasons at Youngstown State where he redshirted during his first season after appearing in just two games and then put together a strong freshman campaign with with 36 catches for 409 yards and 5 touchdowns across 12 games. That earned him FCS freshman all-American honors and Traugh then entered the transfer portal. Took an official visit to West Virginia in early January and would commit to the football program shortly after. Traugh has three years of eligibility remaining in his college career.

Woods spent only one season at North Carolina after enrolling early with the program as a 2024 four-star recruit. The Georgia native came to North Carolina after racking up 151 tackles, eight sacks, 20 tackles for loss, two interceptions and two forced fumbles as a senior which led to a long list of scholarship offers. Woods will have four years left in his career and brings a lot of potential and upside.

Vaughn spent two seasons at Jacksonville State where he started his career as a quarterback before making the move to wide receiver. The Georgia native then proceeded to emerge as the top pass catcher for the Gamecocks and hauled in 49 catches for 804 yards and 5 touchdowns and started nine of 14 games. Vaughn then entered the transfer portal Dec. 16 and took an official visit to Morgantown shortly after. Vaughn would then commit to the Mountaineers giving Rich Rodriguez a big outside option with both speed and elusiveness. He has three years left in his career.

Head spent only one season at Tulane where he made 4-5 field goals and had 77 kickoffs for 4,873 yards and 50 touchbacks. The Illinois native has three years left in his career and committed to West Virginia after an official visit to campus.

Walker spent five seasons at Ut Chattanooga where he was productive across 37 games racking up 147 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 9 passes defended and 4 interceptions. In 2024, the Alabama native recorded 60 tackles, 7 pass breakups, and 4 tackles for loss while playing 749 snaps. West Virginia jumped into the mix with a scholarship offer Dec. 20 and took an official visit Jan. 2. A versatile safety that has played well in space and has one year of eligibility remaining in his career.

Perry spent three seasons at Jacksonville State where he was highly productive in each recording a total of 257 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 10 passes defended, 6 forced fumbles, 3 sacks and 2 interceptions across 36 total games. The Georgia native earned freshman all-American honors in 2022 where he recorded 72 total tackles and an interception, while this past season Perry had 110 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and 3 sacks. Perry has experience playing under Rodriguez and has played almost 2,000 snaps in his college career. Committed to West Virginia after an official visit to campus and now has one season remaining in his college career.

Carter spent four seasons with the Gamecocks although he redshirted in his first year without seeing the field. Over the past three seasons, the Alabama native has appeared in 35 total games and recorded 89 tackles, 10 passes defended and an interception. The cornerback followed Rodriguez to Morgantown after taking an official visit and now has one season of eligibility remaining in his college career.

Coats was a first-team all-Mountain West selection in 2024 after a campaign where he posted 41 tackles, 17 passes defended and 4 interceptions while charting elite coverage grades. The Mississippi native spent two seasons at Nevada and in the first recorded 13 tackles, 5 passes defended and an interception. Prior to his time at Nevada, Coats spent time at East Central C.C. where he appeared in 21 games and recorded a total of 47 tackles, with 6 pass breakups, 5.0 sacks and 4 interceptions as a productive piece across the board. Coats visited Morgantown Jan. 8 and committed leaving him with one season of eligibility remaining in his college career.

Golden-Nelson started his career at Memphis where he spent two seasons and appeared in four games prior to transferring to Akron. The Tennessee native then spent three seasons with the Zips where he appeared in 29 games during that time and recorded 66 tackles, 10 passes defended and a pair of interceptions. During the 2024 season, Golden-Nelson recorded 33 tackles, and 7 passes defended. Entered the transfer portal Dec. 17 and received offers from a number of programs prior to making a visit to Morgantown Jan. 7 where he would commit to the program. The experienced cornerback has played 1,060 snaps at the position during his time at Akron and has one season of eligibility remaining in his career.

Makane’ole spent four seasons at LSU where he was on the offensive line in the first three and then made the move to the defensive line in 2024. Over his time with the Tigers, the Florida native appeared across 63 total snaps on offense and 21 on the defensive side of the ball while also seeing time on special teams. The versatile lineman could potentially line up on either side of the ball and has one year left.

Edwards spent the past two seasons with the Panthers where he rushed for 1,557 yards and 11 touchdowns. That included this past season where Edwards rushed for 1,022 yards and 6 scores while catching 12 passes for 76 yards and a touchdown. The Florida native also spent one season at Texas San Antonio as well as previous stops at Hutchinson C.C. and Georgia Military College. Edwards entered the transfer portal Dec. 26 after the JUCO ruling and currently has one year of eligibility remaining.

Harrington only spent one season at Washington where he appeared in just eight games and recorded a total of three tackles. But prior to that the North Carolina native was at Oklahoma for three seasons where he redshirted in one and then appeared in 15 games over two years where he recorded 29 tackles and a pair of interceptions. He also started two games at the cheetah position in 2023 prior to a season ending injury. Harrington started his career at Bakersfield College where he was one of the top junior college players in his class after recording 97 tackles and 7 interceptions. One year left.

Wilson spent five seasons with the Rams where he 234 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 9 passes defended, 6 sacks and 2 interceptions during that time. The Colorado native started 25 games the past two seasons and recorded 107 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and 3 passes defended in 2023 and 98 tackles, 3 tackles for loss and a pair of interceptions this past season. Wilson entered the transfer portal Jan. 8 and quickly made the decision to commit. He has one season of eligibility remaining.

Minor spent two seasons with the Penguins where he appeared in just one game. The former in-state product played high school football for Robert C. Byrd and was an Honorable-Mention Class AA selection for his efforts on the field. Minor entered the transfer portal Dec. 28 and received an offer from Marshall but committed to the Mountaineers after a visit with three years remaining in his career.

Martin only spent one season at North Carolina State where he did not see the field and entered the transfer portal where he would commit to West Virginia following an official visit to campus. The Huntington native was a top target of the Mountaineers during his initial recruitment and the first-team all-state selection now finds his way home. Martin has all four years of eligibility remaining and likely will play the interior offensive line.

Davis spent three seasons with the Panther on the field where he is coming off a season where he recorded 56 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack and a pair of interceptions earning first-team all-conference honors at the nickel back position. Over the course of his time at Virginia Union, Davis had a total of 115 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 9 interceptions, 4 sacks and a pair of forced fumbles as a two year starter. The versatile safety could fill a number of roles in his final season of eligibility.

Siders spent four seasons at Wyoming and started 26 of 33 games after redshirting in his first campaign. The Colorado native was productive in his three seasons on the field recording 91 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss and 14 sacks. That included the 2022 campaign where he had 44 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and 7 sacks. Siders entered the transfer portal in early December and gives West Virginia a seasoned defensive lineman. He has one season of eligibility remaining in his career.

Crawford has spent five seasons at the college level with four at Arkansas and one at Charlotte. During that time, the Texas native has appeared in 39 career games and made a total of nine starts. The former-four star prospect in 2020 class has played primarily at right tackle over the course of his college career. Crawford initially committed to UCLA after entering the transfer portal Dec. 9 but after an official visit to Morgantown elected to flip his pledge. Crawford has one year remaining in his career.

Brown spent only one season at Charlotte where he started four games and threw for 563 yards with 3 touchdowns and six interceptions. Prior to that Brown spent two years at Florida where he redshirted in his first before completing 19-28 passes for 192 yards. Put together a prolific high school career where he recorded 4,416 passing yards and 68 touchdowns in two seasons at Lincoln Christian in Oklahoma. Brown has two years remaining in his career after committing to the Mountaineers.

Chambers only spent one season with Appalachian State where he appeared in 11 games and recorded a total of 38 tackles, 2 passes defended and an interception. Prior to that Chambers was at North Carolina Central where he spent two seasons. In 2023, Chambers was a first-team HBCU all-American after he recorded 41 tackles, 6 pass breakups, 3 interceptions and a forced fumble. His efforts also was a finalist for the Aeneas Williams Award which is given to the top HBCU defensive back in DII. As a freshman Chambers made 27 tackles and broke up a total of seven passes. The North Carolina native has one year remaining.

Robinson is coming off a massive campaign at Texas San Antonio where he was named American Athletic Defensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference after recording 43 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks and a pair of forced fumbles. The Virginia native spent four seasons with the Roadrunners where he recorded a total of 110 tackles, 30 tackles for loss, 15 sacks and 3 forced fumbles across 43 games. Robinson narrowed his choices down to West Virginia and Virginia Tech prior to committing to the Mountaineers and giving the coaching staff one of the top edge rushers available in the transfer market. The former junior college prospect has one season of eligibility remaining in his college career.

Weimer started his career at the junior college level at Hartnell College where he caught 78 passes for 1,040 yards and 11 touchdowns. He then moved to City College of San Francisco where he had 75 receptions for 1,253 yards and 17 touchdowns. Weimer would sign with UNLV where he appeared in seven games and recorded 26 catches for 278 yards and score. The California native then moved to Idaho State where he had 75 grabs for 1,016 yards and 6 touchdowns in 2024. Weimer should have one year left in his career and is a veteran pass catcher that has been productive at multiple stops.

Clay started his career at the junior college level but then moved onto North Alabama where he spent three seasons and appeared in 29 games during that time with 15 starts. Clay started all 12 of the games during his final season with the Lions where he played a total of 792 snaps and performed well at right tackle. The Cincinnati native has one season of eligibility remaining in his career due to the junior college ruling and committed to the Mountaineers football program during the spring portal window.

Taylor spent only one season with the Mountaineers where he played in the final seven games of the season including one start. He finished that run with 10 tackles and a pass breakup across 147 total snaps. The Georgia native entered the transfer portal and committed to West Virginia with three years of eligibility remaining.

Barnes spent two seasons with the Huskies and was productive in both. During the 2023 campaign, Barnes had 23 catches for 422 receiving yards and five touchdowns with his 18.3 yards per catch leading the team along with the touchdown grabs. The year prior Barnes hauled in 31 catches for 338 yards and four scores. The California native spent two seasons at American River College where he was an all-American in 2022 catching 38 passes for 526 yards and 4 touchdowns and the year prior had 23 catches for 381 yards and a score. Barnes committed to the Mountaineers after an official visit to campus and has one season of eligibility remaining.

Kelly started his career at South Florida where he played in 11 games and recorded 19 tackles before moving onto Georgia Tech where he recorded 36 tackles and then elected to transfer once again to Missouri. The Florida native played in all 13 games this past season and recorded 20 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and a sack. The talented defensive lineman committed to West Virginia following an official visit to Morgantown. Kelly has one season of eligibility remaining in his college career.

Hamilton spent two seasons with the Tar Heels where he redshirted in the first season after appearing in three games with 3 catches for 20 yards. As a redshirt freshman, Hamilton then had 7 catches for 159 yards and a touchdown. Hamilton committed to West Virginia following an official visit to campus April 18-19. The North Carolina native has three years of eligibility remaining in his career.

Bogle has spent three years with the Salukis where he appeared in four games and redshirted and then played in 13 games with one start as a redshirt freshman with 32 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss. But broke out as a redshirt sophomore when Bogle recorded 87 tackles, a conference-best 16.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks and 2 interceptions while starting the final 10 games of the season. Bogle was a Second Team All-MVFC selection and earned honorable mention all-American honors in the process. The Florida native has two years of eligibility remaining in his career after committing to the Mountaineers once the program got involved in his recruitment.

Aisosa enrolled at Oklahoma in January of 2024 but only spent one season with the football program prior to entering the transfer portal. The Oklahoma native has all four years of eligibility remaining and visited West Virginia April 22 which led to his commitment to the Big 12 Conference program. Aisosa is likely an interior option.

Hensley spent four years with the Chanticleers and three as the starting field goal kicker where he connected on 34-43 field goal attempts with a long of 49 in two separate seasons. The Tennessee native entered the transfer portal April 17 and committed to the Mountaineers giving the program a seasoned field goal kicking option. Hensley has one season of eligibility remaining in his college career.

Smith-Brown spent three seasons with South Carolina State where he hauled in a total of 81 catches for 1,196 yards and 7 touchdowns. The Florida native had his most productive year this past season where he had 54 grabs for 749 yards and 4 scores. Smith-Brown took an official visit to Morgantown April 21and then committed to the program giving the Mountaineers a wide receiver with over 1,300 snaps played at the position. Smith-Brown has one year of eligibility remaining.

Agbo spent three seasons with Texas where he served in multiple roles as an offensive tackle, a jumbo tight end and an offensive guard. He entered the transfer portal April 18, and the Mountaineers were able to get him on campus for an official visit and close out his recruitment. Agbo has played 20 games as a blocker during his time with the Longhorns and 32 overall. A former four-star prospect, Agbo has two seasons of eligibility remaining in his career and gives the Mountaineers an athletic offensive lineman option.

Knighton is an experienced running back that has spent five seasons between stops at SMU and Miami, where he began his career. The former four-star prospect was limited to just 43 yards on 12 carries and had 4 catches for 42 yards in a season shortened to just three games in 2024 due to injury but rushed for 745 yards and 7 touchdowns, an average of 5.5 per carry and also made 13 catches for 89 yards and a score the previous year. The Florida native started his career at Miami and appeared in 27 games and rushed for 1,193 yards and 10 touchdowns during that time. Knighton has one season of eligibility remaining in his college career.

McCants spent three years at Jacksonville State under Rich Rodriguez before entering the transfer portal. After a redshirt season, McCants played in 12 games with one catch for 28 yards. Last season, McCants made his biggest impact with 15 catches for 146 yards for the Gamecocks. The Alabama native has experience in the scheme and two years of eligibility remaining in his career.

Lee only remained with Mississippi State for a few months prior to re-entering the transfer portal but immediately became one of the most sought after interior options along the offensive line. Prior to his stint at Mississippi State, Lee was at Eastern Michigan where he made starts at center, right guard and left guard for the Eagles. He started 10 games in 2024 with starts at all three interior spots and six more at center during the 2023 season. Lee started his career at Colorado and has one year left. The Colorado native brings over 1,100 snaps played to the West Virginia offensive line.

Lewis has spent all four years of his career at Akron where he has appeared in 36 total games and recorded 205 tackles, 17 passes defended, 10.5 tackles for loss and 2 interceptions. The Ohio native is coming off a season where he recorded 74 tackles, 7 passes defended and an interception. Entered the transfer portal in April and committed to West Virginia following a series of official visits. Lewis is a versatile defensive back that has spent time at various positions including slot cornerback. Has one year left.

Lewis transferred to UNLV in the winter after four seasons at Mississippi State where he played a total of 365 snaps across 40 games. Over the course of his career Lewis recorded 44 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and one pass breakup and played a number of different linebacker spots during that time. Lewis entered the transfer portal April 21 after previously entering the database in December when he committed to UNLV. Will join the West Virginia football program with one season remaining.

Katzer walked on to Washington State and did not appear in a game after a redshirt year before having six carries for 54 yards the following season. The Washington native spent a season at Citrus College where he rushed for 975 yards and 16 touchdowns. He then transferred to Ferris State where he put together a massive campaign with 1,128 yards and 11 touchdowns while averaging 8.8 yards per carry. Entered the transfer portal in February and committed to West Virginia after an official visit April 30. Katzer has two years of eligibility remaining.

Haslam spent three years with the Governors where he appeared in 24 games. Haslam started nine games in 2024 at left tackle and the Georgia native entered the transfer portal with two years remaining. Has played multiple positions and is an experienced offensive line option. Committed to West Virginia following an official visit to campus.

Ramper entered the transfer portal April 30 and picked up an offer from West Virginia. From there, Ramper would take an official visit to Morgantown a few days later and ultimately commit to the program. The Pennsylvania product spent three years with the Slippery Rock football program where he appeared in 28 contests and he recorded 74 catches, 1,165 yards and 14 touchdowns. This past season Ramper caught 42 passes for 748 yards and 8 touchdowns. Ramper has one year of eligibility remaining.

Bussell spent two seasons with the Tennessee football program after enrolling in January of 2023. The Tennessee native redshirted during his first year before playing in three games at right guard this past season. After a strong spring with the Volunteers, Bussell elected to enter the transfer portal April 22, and the Mountaineers were able to get him on campus for an official visit. Bussell has three years of eligibility remaining in his career and could potentially play multiple spots up front.

Crutcher spent last season at West Florida where he appeared in ten games and recorded 13 tackles and an interception to go along with 4 pass breakups. Prior to that the Alabama native was at Dodge City C.C. where he recorded 19 tackles and 2 interceptions in 2023 at the junior college level. Crutcher is slated to play cornerback for the Mountaineers and has at least one year remaining in his career.

Grant finished last season with 31 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks and a forced fumble. That was a significant jump from the 13 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks that he posted the year prior. The Texas native spent his first three years at Colorado where he appeared in just two games on special teams in 2020 and then played in three games the year after with 13 tackles and 3.0 for a loss. Grant then appeared in 10 games where he had 15 tackles and 2.0 for loss. He entered the transfer portal April 25 and committed to West Virginia following a visit. The key pass rushing target has one season of eligibility remaining in his career.

Ward spent only one season at North Carolina where he appeared in nine games overall and three at the tight end position. The New Jersey native entered the transfer portal April 25 and immediately became a hot commodity given his profile and upside at the tight end position. Ward hauled in 85 receptions for 1,823 yards and 27 touchdowns during his time at the high school level and has three years of eligibility remaining in his college career. He took official visits to both West Virginia and Virginia prior to committing to the Mountaineers.

IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL:

Games: 28

Spells spent three seasons with the West Virginia football program where he appeared in 28 games and recorded 25 tackles, 4 passes defended and an interception. The Florida native elected to enter into the transfer portal following the conclusion of spring football and now has one year of eligibility remaining in his career.

Games: 1

Collins, a Princeton native, spent only one season with West Virginia where he was used on a single snap as a deep threat. The former first-team all-state selection had a senior season where he hauled in 83 catches for 1,897 yards and 27 touchdowns along with 5 more rushing scores. Collins has four years of eligibility remaining.

Games: 12

Collins spent three seasons with the West Virginia football program and did not appear in a game this past season. The one-time safety grew into a linebacker during his time with the Mountaineers but recorded just 10 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss during his college career with the program. Has two years remaining.

HAS TRANSFERRED ELSEWHERE:

Games: 12

Trotter spent two seasons with the West Virginia football program, but missed the entirety of the first due to injury. As a redshirt freshman, Trotter collected 92 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 0.5 a sack and an interception as one of the best players on the defense. The Pennsylvania native didn’t have any shortage of opportunities and took visits to both Washington and Missouri. Committed to Missouri and still will have three years left in his career.

Games: 30

Donaldson spent three seasons at West Virginia and he rushed for 2,058 yards and 30 touchdowns during that timeframe. The former tight end transitioned to the running back spot and became a very valuable piece to the roster. Donaldson will have one season of eligibility remaining in his college career after committing to Ohio State.

Games: 38

Rimac spent four years with the program and has been a three-year starter at left guard and started 29 games during that time for the Mountaineers. Was set to be the lone returning starter on the offensive line from last year’s unit but elected to enter the transfer portal with one year left in his college career. Committed to Virginia Tech after Matt Moore made the move there.

Games: 22

Ray spent two years with West Virginia where he was thrust into a large role early in his career at the wide receiver position. The Florida native hauled in 46 passes for 747 yards and 8 touchdowns over that time and was leading the program in receiving this past year before an injury cut his year short. Ray has two years left in his career and committed to Mississippi after taking several visits.

Games: 22

Lathan spent three seasons in Morgantown where he emerged as a starter after a redshirt year but appeared in just five games recording 27 tackles and a forced fumble before being sidelined due to injury. Lathan then played in all 13 games this past year where he he recorded 79 tackles, 9 tackles for loss and 2 sacks. Lathan has two years of eligibility remaining in his career and committed to Kansas.

Games: 23

Clement was a former walk-on for West Virginia that spent three years with the Mountaineers. The Martinsburg native earned a scholarship during his redshirt freshman season and over his two years on the field hauled in 73 catches for 1,221 yards and 9 touchdowns including leading the Mountaineers in 2024 with 51 grabs for 741 yards and 5 scores. The in-state native will have two years remaining after he elected to transfer to Illinois.

Games: 12

Sammarco appeared in all 12 games as a true freshman across 96 snaps and he caught one pass for four yards. He remained with the team through the coaching change and spring ball but was removed from the roster in April. Sammarco has three years of eligibility remaining in his college career and committed to Alabama.

Games: 12

Williams was primarily a reserve over his first two years but displayed plenty of promise, including filling in for Consensus All-American Wyatt Milum at left tackle when he was out. Williams played 240 snaps after a redshirt season and is a massive offensive tackle that won’t hurt for suitors. He has three years of eligibility remaining and committed to head to Missouri as his next college stop.

Games: 0

Terry was only with the West Virginia football program one season and actually entered the transfer portal twice. Terry first did in the winter then elected to return after the coaching change before jumping back into the portal after the spring. The offensive lineman should have all four years of eligibility remaining. Committed to Ohio State.

Games: 11

Farmer appeared in all but two games during his true freshman season where he recorded 6 catches for 54 yards. The Florida native was underutilized in his lone season on campus and entered the transfer portal with three years remaining. Committed to UCF which brings him closer to home.

Games: 0

Altuner spent only one season at West Virginia where he missed the majority due to injury but did make it back by the end of the year. Altuner, a native of Maryland, will have all four years of eligibility remaining in his career. He would follow Matt Moore to Virginia Tech.

Games: 6

Garnes transferred to West Virginia for Duquesne but spent only one season with the program which was cut short due to injury. Garnes recorded 25 tackles and a pass defended and will have one season of eligibility remaining. Committed to Arizona.

Games: 0

Austin only spent one year with the football program and decided to enter the transfer portal. The offensive tackle will have four years left. He followed Matt Moore to Virginia Tech for the next step of his career.

Games: 1

Byerson, the son of former basketball player Brad, spent only one season with the West Virginia football program where he appeared in just one game. Byerson entered the transfer portal after the spring and will have all four years remaining after committing to Boston College.

Games: 8

Crandall arrived at West Virginia after one season at Colorado State but spent only one year with the Mountaineers before entering the portal yet again. Crandall appeared in 11 games and recorded a total of 9 tackles. He will have two years left at his next stop after committing to Oregon State.

Games: 13

Joseph transferred to West Virginia from Northwestern where he put together a solid career with 38 tackles and 3 interceptions which by far his most playing time in his last year with the Wildcats. During his lone year with the Mountaineers Joseph recorded 40 tackles and an interception. The Miami native will have one season of eligibility remaining in his college career after committing to UNLV.

Games: 0

Williams was with the West Virginia football program one season where he did not see the field as a reserve linebacker. The Ohio native has all four years left and committed to Toledo.

Games: 1

Fisher only saw action in one game during his two years with the program and the pass rusher elected to enter the transfer portal after spring practice. Fisher has three years of eligibility remaining in his college career after committing to UTEP.

Games: 1

Dunbar was with the West Virginia football program for one year and left the Mountaineers after one spring with the new coaching staff in place. The South Carolina native had a prolific career at the high school level but was sparsely used in his single season with West Virginia. Has all four years remaining after committing to South Alabama.

Games: 3

The son of former tight end Tory Johnson, TJ spent two years with the program where he redshirted in the first before seeing primarily action on special teams in the second season. The Virginia native bounced back and forth between tight end and wide receiver and now will have three years remaining at Southern Mississippi.

Games: 0

Washington only was with the West Virginia football program one season where he was slotted at cornerback. Elected to exit the program with four years remaining following the conclusion of spring practice. Committed to Bowling Green.

Games: 22

Anderson has spent four seasons with the West Virginia football program where he has had both highs and lows. He finishes his career with 88 rushes for 456 yards and 3 touchdowns to go along with 6 catches for 66 yards. The Ohio native has one season of eligibility remaining in his college career and will play at South Dakota.

Games: 3

Kinsler spent one year with the West Virginia football program where he appeared in three games and recorded a total of two tackles. Kinsler remained with the program when the coaching change occurred but exited once spring ended. The New Jersey native should have all four years remaining in his career after committing to Southern Mississippi.

Games: 0

Onwuka only spent one season with the West Virginia football program where he did not see the field. He has four years of eligibility remaining in his career and could play multiple positions on the defensive line or as an edge rusher. Committed to Coastal Carolina.

Games: 0

Burton transferred to West Virginia after just one season at BYU and would follow the same pattern after just one in Morgantown. The Utah native did not see any game action and now will have three years left after committing to UAB.

Games: 12

Weidman spent three years at West Virginia where he served as a reserve offensive lineman during that time playing a total of 88 offensive snaps. An interior option, Weidman has two years of eligibility remaining after committing to Massachusetts.

Games: 7

Dixon was a late addition to the 2022 class but was never able to make his mark during his time on the field for the Mountaineers. He was used as a reserve tight end as well as on special teams and had one catch for five yards during his career. He has two years remaining in his career and committed to Rhode Island.

Games: 6

Tagaloa-Nelson was a late addition for West Virginia in his recruiting class and remained with the program for two seasons. The safety saw action in five games in the second year and recorded three tackles. Tagaloa-Nelson has three-years left after committing to Eastern Kentucky.

Games: 0

Pascuzzi spent four years at Iowa including a redshirt season. The Kansas native appeared in 22 games primarily as a blocker and recorded 2 catches for 40 yards in his career. Pascuzzi has one year left in his career after committing to West Virginia but spent only the spring with the program before reentering the transfer portal and committing to Tulane.

Games: 4

Jackson appeared in four games as a true freshman as a depth piece at cornerback and special teams and then redshirted in the second. The Ohio native spent the spring with the new coaching staff but then entered the transfer portal joining his brother Josiah who had done so in the winter. Jackson has three years remaining after he committed to Gardner-Webb.

Games: 0

Jackson only spent a few months with the West Virginia football program after enrolling in the winter and then exiting the program in the transfer portal in April. He was recruited by the Mountaineers as a safety. The Huntington native then committed to Marshall and will have his entire complement of eligibility remaining.

Games: 0

Henry only spent a few months with the West Virginia football program after enrolling in January but then departing through the transfer portal at the end of spring. The Florida native has his full eligibility remaining after committing to Coastal Carolina.

Games: 0

Etienne only spent a few months with the West Virginia football program after enrolling in January but left the program following spring practice. Etienne then committed to Marshall as the versatile defensive back will have all four years of eligibility remaining in his career.

Games: 0

Rehmann, like several others on this list, only spent one season with West Virginia and once the new coaching staff took over stayed through the spring only to enter his name into the transfer portal. The wide receiver has four years remaining after committing to Delaware.

Games: 0

Turner spent three years at Catawba where he rushed for 1,961 yards and 20 touchdowns. Turner is coming off a standout season where he accounted for 1,224 yards and 13 touchdowns while averaging a total of 7.0 per carry and earned all-American honors. It was the first time that Catawba had an all-American at the position. Turner took an official visit to West Virginia Jan. 2 and saw enough to end his recruitment. The Florida native has one year left in his career but reentered the transfer portal after spending only the spring with the football program and eventually committed to Lenoir-Rhyne.

Games: 1

Jackson spent two years with the program where he redshirted after playing in just one game and then did not see the field. The defensive back will have three years remaining at his next stop and recorded just one tackle on the field. Committed to Garden City Community College for the next step in his career.

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The transfer portal and NIL have taken college football to a different level

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As the transfer portal and NIL continue to lead the way in daily college football news and fan conversation, I will raise the unpopular opinion that both have elevated the game we love to a new level. There is a certain excitement every day since the portal officially opened, with big names jumping into the portal and finding new opportunities.

The days of only non-starters jumping to other schools are a thing of the past, and the financial opportunities offered by schools have given star players reason to leave schools they normally never would have ever left. You see, starting quarterbacks finding new opportunities when they clearly would be the starter at the school they left had they stayed.

We are way past the days of boosters handing out bags of cash to possible recruits or transfers under the table, and it has made the game better for all. I am still not sure why players making legal money is looked upon in a worse light by so many than players getting cash in brown paper sacks that could lead to long bowl bans.

For those who say players getting paid and being able to transfer freely has ruined the game, I will just point to the final four teams left in the college football playoff. Three of the four teams left are looking to win their first national championship in school history, and the fourth is becoming relevant again for the first time in nearly two decades.

The transfer portal and money being able to be spent on a more even basis have allowed the rise of Indiana and Ole Miss. It allowed Texas Tech to win its first conference championship in school history and a bye in this year’s playoff. Honestly, without the new systems in place, none of these schools would realistically have a chance to sniff a football national championship.

The Hurricanes have started making noise again on the gridiron after falling on hard times, and their return to being within two games of their sixth national championship is due to NIL and the portal. And honestly, even Oregon has been a contender for a while; they are in a better position than they ever have been.

Yes, there are some issues that need to be looked at, especially with the portal dates or maybe how many times a player can transfer, but right now, college football seems to have gained more of a national appeal. As teams that have never been good before, like the Hoosiers, it gives more programs hope if they can get some financial backing. Sure, the normal blue bloods will still have a leg up, like Alabama or Ohio State, but the gap between them and others has decreased greatly.

NIL and the portal have made it harder for blue-blood programs to stockpile players for multiple seasons before they see the field. Today’s players seem to care less about the name on the jersey and pick schools more based on possible financial gain and playing immediately. Also, certain star players being able to make big money in college, like Cam Ward last year or his successor Carson Beck, have the ability to stay in college for another year instead of for sure going to the NFL before being out of eligibility. It is a much different world compared to when many of us became college football fans, but the sport is in a good place, no matter what some will say.



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Texas Longhorns Fans HATE NIL All Of A Sudden

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Ain’t no fun when the rabbit’s got the gun.

Mark the date down on your calendars, ladies and gentlemen: January 8, 2026. Also known as the day Hell froze over.

No, it has nothing to do with the Rapture or dogs and cats living together. It’s actually something far more unlikely.

It seems that Texas Longhorns fans (yes, THOSE Texas Longhorns) are not down with the NIL “pay for play” era of college football.

READ: Washington, Demond Williams Saga Set To Get Ugly

And honestly, in a vacuum, I would say I can’t blame them.

I haven’t exactly minced words when it comes to how I feel about the modern era of my favorite sport, but the fact that Texas fans are now NIL haters is laughable.

Oh, man! It ain’t no fun when the rabbit’s got the gun now, is it?

Of all the schools in this great country and this great sport, Texas being the one to cry poor and want a change to the rules is hysterical.

This is the same program that started the season number one in the AP Poll and had one of the most expensive rosters in the country… and bragged about it, too.

This is the same team that just a few years ago was flexing its armada of Lamborghinis on recruiting trips, basically thumbing their nose at anyone who didn’t have six-figure sports cars sitting in their stadiums for high school prospects to sit in.

You can’t hide money, that’s for sure.

Oil money is a different kind of rich, as many college fans are learning thanks to Texas Tech’s recent run of dominance on the field and in the transfer portal.

Hell, even Houston is starting to make a run at some high-priced prospects in the portal.

Texas has unlimited funds, so they shouldn’t be hating the game nor the player.

As one of the Texas fans posted on X, this might be a GM or even a Sarkisian problem.

I don’t think the money at The University of Texas all of a sudden dried up. This definitely reeks of something different.

Whatever the problem is, the Longhorns better get it figured out fast, because they are getting lapped by teams in their conference and in their state.

And no amount of changes to the current landscape of college football will help with whatever they have going on in Austin.





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Take a bow, college sports. You are broken in almost every way possible.

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It’s easy to take shots at the leaders of college athletics for letting their industry spiral to the point of all-consuming dysfunction, but give them credit for one thing.

They have managed to come up with arguably the worst business model on earth.

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Here’s how it works:

• Have an open bidding system for coaches and athletes, regulated by no one, that allows them to change jobs at will regardless of the length of their contracts and in fact encourages them to exert their leverage to obtain better deals every year.

• Do not pay the players for their ability to play football because that would make them employees. Rather, pay for their “marketing rights,” which avoids the employment conversation but complicates legal recourse in contractual disputes and ultimately leaves schools more vulnerable to chicanery and broken promises.

• Create a system that supposedly regulates payroll costs and ensures competitive balance by requiring a third-party clearinghouse to approve deals that don’t conform to their rules, only to then instruct said clearinghouse to ignore most of the rules they wrote because they’d probably lose a lawsuit.

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• Ask your most successful and loyal customers, the donors, to continue shoveling money at those players for no real benefit other than the fleeting enjoyment of watching them play, not knowing if they’ll be worth watching play in the first place. Then, after those players decide to play the leverage game again, ask your richest fans to deliver an even bigger pile of money for a new set of players who will be gone in a year.

Take a bow, college sports. This is true brilliance at work.

While the College Football Playoff and March Madness always provide compelling theater, including a highly anticipated set of semifinals Thursday and Friday, the inner workings of college sports have never looked more unpleasant, disorganized and utterly doomed to be an anvil of failure hanging around the neck of those in charge.

We have roughly one-third of college football players in the transfer portal.

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We have quarterbacks commanding $4 million and $5 million deals — essentially the equivalent of an NFL rookie salary for the No. 11 overall pick — that aren’t even guaranteed stars.

We have schools who begged for rules and guardrails to bring sanity and structure to the ecosystem using marketing companies to create financial packages for players, allowing them to exceed the revenue-share cap they negotiated just last year in the House v. NCAA settlement.

We have a situation at Washington where quarterback Demond Williams signed a revenue-sharing agreement to stay at the school, then turned around and announced he wanted to go into the transfer portal because he likely got a whiff of even bigger money somewhere else (cough, LSU, cough). Stay tuned to see how that one gets sorted out!

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 13: Quarterback Demond Williams Jr. #2 of the Washington Huskies  points up at the fans after throwing a scoring pass during the first half of the LA Bowl Game against the Boise State Broncos at Sofi Stadium on December 13, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Terrell/Getty Images)

Demond Williams Jr.’s fight with Washington is just one of many problems with the current state of affairs in college sports. (Kevin Terrell/Getty Images)

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We have a college basketball product that is wide open for players who were professional athletes playing in the NBA G League or Europe, including former NBA draft picks. Good luck to the NCAA’s attorneys when someone who has signed an NBA contract in the past inevitably wants to come back to college for a big payday and gets denied eligibility because that’s an arbitrary bridge too far.

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We have the NCAA throwing its hands up in the air on most of this stuff, waiting for Congress to pass legislation that gives it legal protection to enforce its rules. Given that the congressional lobbying effort hasn’t borne fruit since former NCAA president Mark Emmert started it more than six years ago, good luck getting that to the finish line now that we’re in another midterm election year and there are various domestic and international crises that will likely command most of their time.

Oh, and as bad as it looks based on stuff that’s public, the environment is so much more chaotic and distrustful behind the scenes.

Here’s an example.

A power conference administrator passed along a document signed on Dec. 3 — national signing day for high school recruits — that looked like an NIL deal between Tennessee’s Volunteer Club and a recruit that had flipped to the Vols that day.

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But the reason the contract had been floating around among outraged administrative types was that the contract offering $85,000 worth of stipends, a paid apartment in Knoxville and $25,000 to pay the agent’s fees — while requiring nothing in return — was allegedly signed by the athlete’s grandmother.

Tennessee’s competitors felt it was a blatant attempt to circumvent the revenue-sharing cap. The document was sent to the NCAA, the SEC and the College Sports Commission, which is now the responsible party for policing this stuff. Nobody knew quite what to make of it.

Sources connected to the deal told Yahoo Sports the document was written in error by an inexperienced agent who didn’t know if a minor was allowed to sign a contract in that state and terminated it later in the day. Yahoo Sports has reviewed copies of the termination letter and a more standard NIL agreement with the player dated Dec. 5.

The point here is not that anybody did anything wrong. But it does provide a look into the inner workings of a business that is so unregulated that it would allow for such a mistake to happen in the first place while at the same time being such a believable story of potential cheating that other schools were actively trying to sic the CSC enforcement staff on Tennessee.

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And, again, it’s worth emphasizing that the entire point of the House settlement and the creation of the CSC was to put entities like the Volunteer Club out of business and prevent these kinds of deals, or at the very least, construct a solid wall between recruiting activity and money flowing through booster-funded collectives.

After millions in legal fees, the power conferences couldn’t even get that part right once the lawyers started pushing back and accusing them of colluding to restrict earnings.

So what do you have now? A system of talent procurement where some people are abiding by the rules, some are finding loopholes to do what they believe they can defend in court and others are completely ignoring the rules while daring a weakened NCAA/CSC to come get them.

And because it’s so vague who’s paying players through revenue share and who’s promising payments through third parties that may or may not entirely be within the rules, coaches and administrators at a lot of schools feel that their only choices are to use the flimsiness of the system to their advantage or be taken advantage of.

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Nobody should want this.

But it is the product of many choices over many years made by university presidents, athletic administrators and NCAA leadership to avoid confronting the reality that they need to tear the amateurism model down to its studs and start over.

It’s now clear they would rather have this chaos than the thorny work of building a system that pays players fairly, treats them as professionals and makes everyone accountable to the contracts they sign through collective bargaining.

It’s just one more choice, and both paths are hard. There would be real challenges trying to build that system for college sports, but as we can plainly see now, there are no magic solutions as things stand.

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Every time they try to fix a leak, six more spring up from the bottom of the boat. So each year they just accept sinking a little deeper into the abyss, hoping for a bottom that never seems within sight.



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Wetzel: How NIL, transfers and rev share brought the SEC back to the pack

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Before the Rose Bowl, Indiana coach Curt Cignetti was asked about preparing his players to face Alabama and its considerable “mystique.”

“Our guys just know what they see on tape,” Cignetti said.

Translation: This Alabama team just isn’t that good.

Indiana would go on to dominate the Tide 38-3. The win not only propelled the Hoosiers to the national semifinals to play Oregon but also left college football to wonder what had happened not merely to the once-mighty Crimson Tide but to the SEC as a whole.

After decades of clearly establishing itself as the nation’s best conference, both the top-end excellence and the depth of the league have fallen. The SEC’s hopes now rest with Ole Miss, which is still going through coaching shake-ups and distractions heading into its semifinal matchup with Miami.

It’s not that the SEC isn’t still “good” or even capable of winning a national championship — Ole Miss might very well do it. Top to bottom, it might still be the best league, with the majority of schools all-in on football.

That said, the days of complete domination, all-SEC national title games or deep, juggernaut teams are clearly gone, perhaps forever. This isn’t the same.

The SEC ruled the old era of college football, when rosters were built through high school recruiting that favored proximity first, followed by opulent facilities and rabid fan bases.

It was perfect for the SEC since the Southeast was rich with talent and league schools invested heavily in infrastructure while playing in front of massive crowds (some of whom might have been willing to offer some under-the-table sweeteners).

The new era of direct revenue sharing, the transfer portal and NIL possibilities, has caused talent to disperse, weakening depth as athletes seek playing time, opportunity and out-in-the-open money.

Suddenly the great teams aren’t as great, and the rest of the teams are better.

“This is the most fun I’ve ever had in coaching because you know you’re on a more equal playing field,” Illinois coach Bret Bielema told ESPN on Tuesday. “The introduction of the portal, NIL and revenue sharing, is the most game-changing development in my 32 years of coaching.”

Bielema took over at Illinois in 2021 after previous stops at Arkansas (2013-17) in the SEC and Wisconsin (2006-12) in the Big Ten. He has won 19 games during the past two seasons.

“It’s hard when you would do what you have to do as long as you possibly could and in the end, sometimes it just didn’t matter,” Bielema said of trying to recruit back in the day. “Now you just come to work every day knowing that blue blood, red blood, orange blood, whatever, everybody’s got a chance, man.”

That’s why Bielema says that while he understands why so much focus is on the SEC stepping back of late, this really applies to everyone.

He notes that he just signed the best recruiting class of his entire career, including when he led Wisconsin to three league titles. He even flipped a running back away from Alabama on signing day. “I’ve never been able to do that,” he said.

Where power programs — and the SEC had more than any other league — could once hoard talent, both improving their roster and starving others, now the gap is smaller. Almost anyone can pick off a high school recruit or two. Then the transfer portal steps in. The days of Alabama having four eventual first-round wide receivers, as it did in 2019, are over. Kirby Smart and Georgia can’t have a two-deep defense full of future NFL stars like the one during the Bulldogs’ back-to-back titles.

“The second[-string] guard at a university doesn’t want to be the No. 2 anymore,” Bielema said. “He wants to be a starter, so he’ll leave. That is unprecedented.”

During the BCS era (1998-2013), the SEC won nine of the 16 championships, including seven in a row 2006-12. In the 10 years of the four-team playoff, the SEC went 16-6, with two of those losses coming in SEC vs. SEC title games. Alabama, Georgia and LSU combined to win six championships.

The past two national champions (Michigan and Ohio State), however, hail from the Big Ten. With Oregon and Indiana matching up in one semifinal, that league is guaranteed a spot in a third consecutive title game. Penn State, meanwhile, reached the semis last season.

The SEC is just 4-9 this postseason (other bowls included) and just 2-7 against teams from other conferences. The Big Ten is 9-4. The ACC is 8-4. While bowl results carry only so much meaning these days, the starkness of the numbers is notable.

After all, the SEC has built much of its brand on being superior to all others — commissioner Greg Sankey was lobbying for seven SEC schools to appear in this year’s playoff (five got in). Postseason losses suggest perception wasn’t reality — middle-of-the-pack SEC teams such as Vanderbilt, Missouri and Tennessee all went down.

The SEC has benefited from circular reasoning (when top SEC teams win league games, it’s a sign of strength at the top; when they lose league games, it is a sign of the conference’s unmatched depth). But the most undervalued segment of the sport might have been the middle of the Big Ten and ACC, notably Big Ten teams Iowa (which defeated Vanderbilt) and Illinois (which beat Tennessee).

No one would dare suggest that the SEC is doomed. If anything, it is just doubling down, even in unlikely places.

Former also-ran Vanderbilt is fully committed to winning now, for example. Kentucky, which once saw football as a way to pass the time before basketball, just spent $37 million to fire its coach and is investing heavily in the portal, including flipping Notre Dame quarterback Kenny Minchey from Nebraska.

The SEC remains the most popular league and the most watched on television. The passion is there. The investment is there.

It’s just that the new rules provide more opportunity at more places. Competition is fiercer, inside the league and out, which means the days of domination are likely over.

“Anybody can beat anybody these days,” Bielema said.

Even the SEC.



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McGuire one of eight finalists for Bear Bryant Award

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LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire was named one of eight finalists Wednesday for the Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award after leading the Red Raiders to their first Big 12 Conference title and an appearance in the College Football Playoff.

The award, now in its 40th year, is given annually to the college football coach for contributions that make the sport better for athletes and fans alike by demonstrating grit, integrity and a winning approach to coaching and life – both on and off the field. McGuire was joined as a finalist by Indiana’s Curt Cignetti, James Madison’s Bob Chesney, Miami’s Mario Cristobal, Texas A&M’s Mike Elko, Virginia’s Tony Elliott, Oregon’s Dan Lanning and Vanderbilt’s Clark Lea.

The Bear Bryant Award is the only college football coaching honor given after the National Champion has been determined. It will be presented Jan. 21 during an awards ceremony hosted at the Post Oak Hotel in Houston. The event will be broadcast by CBS Sports Network on a tape-delayed basis beginning at 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 22.

In addition to being named a finalist for the Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year Award, McGuire was also named Wednesday the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year by the organization. The finalists and Coach of the Year recipient are voted on by members of the National Sports Media Association, the Bryant Awards’ executive leadership team and the Bryant family.

This is the fourth national coaching award to name McGuire as a finalist this season as he was previously one of the final candidates for the George Munger College Coach of the Year Award, the Eddie Robinson Award and the Dodd Trophy. It is the first time in his career McGuire has been a finalist for any of the national coaching awards.

The Red Raiders reached new heights this past season under McGuire, who pushed Texas Tech to a school-record 12 wins and its first Big 12 title. McGuire led the Red Raiders to their first College Football Playoff appearance at the Capital One Orange Bowl after downing BYU, 34-7, in the Edward Jones Big 12 Championship, securing Texas Tech’s first outright conference crown since 1955.

Texas Tech proved to be one of the most-dominant teams in recent history on its way to a 12-2 record, with all 12 wins coming by at least 20 points. The Red Raiders are joined by Alabama in 2018 as the only teams in the Associated Press era (since 1936) to record 12 or more wins by 20-plus points prior to a bowl game. Texas Tech is just the fifth FBS team with 12 wins by 20-plus points in a season period during that span.

Despite a loss to No. 5 Oregon in the Orange Bowl, Texas Tech will likely end its season ranked in the top 10 of both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches’ polls for the first time in history behind one of the most-balanced rosters in college football. Texas Tech currently ranks in the top-11 of several statistical categories, namely rushing defense (1st), scoring defense (3rd), total defense (4th), scoring offense (7th) and total offense (11th).

The Red Raiders have been the winningest Big 12 program under McGuire as Texas Tech has won 25 conference games in his four seasons, the most for any league school during that span. The Red Raiders are 35-18 overall under McGuire, which is the most wins by a Texas Tech head coach through 53 games since Jim Carlen was 35-17-1 midway through his final season of his five-year tenure from 1970-74.



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NIL a factor in Arch Manning losing Texas roommate, WR Parker Livingstone to rival Oklahoma in transfer portal

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Former Texas wide receiver Parker Livingstone crossed a Red River Rivalry line this week, committing to Oklahoma via the 2026 college football transfer portal. Livingstone, who roomed with quarterback Arch Manning and became one of his favorite targets during the 2025 season, ranked No. 3 on the Longhorns with 516 receiving yards and No. 2 with six touchdown receptions.

247Sports college football and transfer portal analysts Chris Hummer and Cooper Petagna provided insights into the breakup between Manning and Livingstone, detailing how NIL money and agent involvement played a significant role in the decision.

“It’s a surprising situation,” Hummer said Wednesday on CBSSports HQ.



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