2023 Quarterback Transfer Portal Entries, Rankings, Commits
Tracking quarterbacks from the 2023 transfer class
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This post tracks FBS quarterback transfer portal entries and commitments heading into the 2023 season.
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The first transfer portal window was Dec. 5, 2022-Jan. 18, 2023, and the spring edition was April 15-30, 2023. Also, players can enter the portal within 30 days after a head coaching change. Just to make things a little more confusing, the SEC has a rule where players cannot transfer to another school within the conference unless they entered the portal by Feb. 1, 2024.
These dates are only for entry, and players can choose their next school at any time.
Undergraduate players are allowed to switch schools one time without being forced to sit out a year. Keep in mind, an NCAA waiver process exists where players can become immediately eligible without fitting any of the above criteria depending on the specific situation.
Graduate transfers technically are not allowed to transfer more than once, but it seems like the NCAA grants every waiver for a player who has already graduated.
Some players will withdraw from the transfer portal and return to their original program, though teams are not obligated to welcome them back. Finally, a player may continue playing for his team while in the portal, which happens a decent amount during bowl season.
The transfer portal is not public, but I’m confident this is the most accurate resource for transfer QB information on the internet.
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2023 Quarterback Transfers
Players are sorted by their highest star ratings out of high school from 247, On3 and Rivals, followed by alphabetical.
Recruits - 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027
Transfers - 2023 | 2024
Transfers: 258 | Uncommitted: 17
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5) | Uncommitted: 0
Harrison Bailey | Stats | UNLV ➡ LOU
JT Daniels | Stats | WVU ➡ RICE
Walker Howard | Stats | LSU ➡ MISS
DJ Uiagalelei | Stats | CLEM ➡ ORST
Sam Huard | Stats | WASH ➡ CP
⭐⭐⭐⭐ (44) | Uncommitted: 0
Beau Allen | Stats | TARL ➡ GASO
Brady Allen | Stats | PUR ➡ LOU
Luke Altmyer | Stats | MISS ➡ ILL
Hank Bachmeier | Stats | BSU ➡ LT
Braylon Braxton | Stats | TLSA ➡ TLSA
Tyler Buchner | Stats | ND ➡ ALA
Jay Butterfield | Stats | ORE ➡ SJSU
Hudson Card | Stats | TEX ➡ PUR
Jacolby Criswell | Stats | UNC ➡ ARK
Kyron Drones | Stats | BAY ➡ VT
Nick Evers | Stats | OKLA ➡ WIS
Jake Garcia | Stats | MIA ➡ MIZZ
Tristan Gebbia | Stats | ORST ➡ OSU
Will Haskell | Stats | SDSU ➡ WASH
Deacon Hill | Stats | WIS ➡ IOWA
Malik Hornsby | Stats | ARK ➡ TXST
Sam Jackson V | Stats | TCU ➡ CAL
Tayven Jackson | Stats | TENN ➡ IND
Emory Jones | Stats | ASU ➡ CIN
Phil Jurkovec | Stats | BC ➡ PITT
Haynes King | Stats | TAMU ➡ GT
Devin Leary | Stats | NCST ➡ UK
Braedyn Locke | Stats | MSST ➡ WIS
Carson May | Stats | IOWA ➡ WYO
Cade McNamara | Stats | MICH ➡ IOWA
Graham Mertz | Stats | WIS ➡ FLA
Tanner Mordecai | Stats | SMU ➡ WIS
Taisun Phommachanh | Stats | GT ➡ UMASS
Drew Pyne | Stats | ND ➡ ASU
Sawyer Robertson | Stats | MSST ➡ BAY
Spencer Sanders | Stats | OKST ➡ MISS
Jeff Sims | Stats | GT ➡ NEB
Logan Smothers | Stats | NEB ➡ JVST
Eli Stowers | Stats | TAMU ➡ NMSU
Casey Thompson | Stats | NEB ➡ FAU
Grant Tisdale | Stats | SELA ➡ TCU
Jack Tuttle | Stats | IND ➡ MICH
Paul Tyson | Stats | ASU ➡ CLEM
Mike Wright | Stats | VAN ➡ MSST
Cammon Cooper | Stats | HAW ➡ SELA
Peter Costelli | Stats | TROY ➡ UNCO
Tyler Macon | Stats | MIZZ ➡ ALCN
Sam Vidlak | Stats | BSU ➡ MONT
Drew Carter | Stats | COLO ➡ UCD (basketball)
⭐⭐⭐ (117) | Uncommitted: 10
James Foster | Stats | CHAR ➡
Jalen Kitna | Stats | FLA ➡
Brady McBride | Stats | APP ➡
Aaron McLaughlin | Stats | JVST ➡
Zak Rozsman | GASO ➡
Jordan Smith | Stats | USF ➡
Kamell Smith | Stats | M-OH ➡
Kyle Toole | Stats | GAST ➡
Zo Wallace | Stats | NCST ➡
Chase Wolf | Stats | WIS ➡
Michael Alaimo | Stats | PUR ➡ KEMT
Bryce Archie | Stats | CCAR ➡ USF
Brennan Armstrong | Stats | VIR ➡ NCST
Connor Bazelak | Stats | IND ➡ BG
Micah Bowens | Stats | OKLA ➡ CHAR
Alan Bowman | Stats | MICH ➡ OKST
Davis Brin | Stats | TLSA ➡ GASO
Forrest Brock | SMC ➡ TEM
Ben Bryant | Stats | CIN ➡ NW
Tahj Bullock | Stats | VT ➡ AKR
Trace Campbell | Stats | MISS ➡ UAB
Thomas Castellanos | Stats | UCF ➡ BC
Jacob Conover | Stats | BYU ➡ ASU
Will “Goose” Crowder | Stats | WVU ➡ TROY
Bishop Davenport | Stats | USU ➡ USA
Braden Davis | Stats | SCAR ➡ SYR
Peter Delaportas | Stats | BC ➡ BC
Ben Finley | Stats | NCST ➡ CAL
TJ Finley | Stats | AUB ➡ TXST
JC French | Stats | MEM ➡ GASO
Brett Gabbert | Stats | M-OH ➡ M-OH
Dylan Gebbia | Stats | HAW ➡ UNT
Brett Griffis | Stats | WAKE ➡ JMU
Grant Gunnell | Stats | UNT ➡ SHSU
Sam Hartman | Stats | WAKE ➡ ND
Layne Hatcher | Stats | TXST ➡ BALL
Jaylen Henderson | Stats | FRES ➡ TAMU
Hunter Herring | Stats | UL ➡ ULM
Jalon Jones | Stats | COOK ➡ CHAR
CJ Jordan | Stats | IDHO ➡ NIU
Mikey Keene | Stats | UCF ➡ FRES
Jacob Knuth | Stats | MINN ➡ KSU
Maddox Kopp | Stats | COLO ➡ M-OH
Justin Lamson | Stats | SYR ➡ STAN
Brendon Lewis | Stats | COLO ➡ NEV
Jaren Lewis | Stats | KSU ➡ KENT
Trey Lowe III | Stats | USM ➡ LIB
Landry Lyddy | Stats | LT ➡ UAB
Jordan McCloud | Stats | ARIZ ➡ JMU
Owen McCown | Stats | COLO ➡ UTSA
Blaze McKibbin | LBCC ➡ IND
Bennett Meredith | Stats | ASU ➡ PUR
John Paddock | Stats | BALL ➡ ILL
Alex Padilla | Stats | IOWA ➡ SMU
Mikey Pauley | Stats | NEB ➡ KU
Chayden Peery | COC ➡ FIU
Jack Plummer | Stats | CAL ➡ LOU
Daniel Richardson | Stats | CMU ➡ FAU
Chandler Rogers | Stats | ULM ➡ UNT
Shedeur Sanders | Stats | JKST ➡ COLO
Collin Schlee | Stats | KENT ➡ UCLA
JT Shrout | Stats | COLO ➡ ARST
Kedon Slovis | Stats | PITT ➡ BYU
Donovan Smith | Stats | TTU ➡ HOU
Gunnar Smith | Stats | USF ➡ UCF
DC Tabscott | Stats | APP ➡ UNM
Willie Taggart Jr. | Stats | FAU ➡ WKU
Peyton Thompson | Stats | UCO ➡ OKST
Payton Thorne | Stats | MSU ➡ AUB
Ethan Vasko | Stats | KU ➡ CCAR
Christian Veilleux | Stats | PSU ➡ PITT
Xavier Ward | Stats | WSU ➡ SHSU
Billy Wiles | Stats | CLEM ➡ USM
Xavier Williams | Stats | CHAR ➡ UCF
Hayden Wolff | Stats | ODU ➡ WMU
Owen Bainbridge | Stats | BG ➡ NDC
Jake Blair | Stats | ORST ➡ BHSU
Chase Brewster | UMASS ➡ MOST
Jason Brown | Stats | VT ➡ JKST
Keilon Brown | Stats | GAST ➡ BLINN
Zach Calzada | Stats | AUB ➡ IW
Casey Case | Stats | BUFF ➡ STON
Kaden Cobb | BALL ➡ HOW
Finn Collins | Stats | ASU ➡ UNCO
Jalen Daniels | SCAR ➡ GCCC
Kinkead Dent | Stats | MISS ➡ UTM
Weston Eget | Stats | NMSU ➡ WTAMU
Devin Farrell | VT ➡ URI
Dustin Fletcher | Stats | NIU ➡ AAMU
Elijah Gainey | Stats | USA ➡ UWG
Chandler Galban | Stats | KENT ➡ CITRUS
Daniel Greek | Stats | MSST ➡ TARL
Grant Gremel | Stats | IND ➡ USF (IN)
John Griffith | UMD ➡ MACK
Quayde Hawkins | Stats | TROY ➡ ACU
Luke Holcomb | Stats | WSU ➡ RMC
Joe Humphreys | M-OH ➡ MURR
Dontrell Jackson Jr. | CCAR ➡ AAMU
Khalib Johnson | Stats | LOU ➡ BLINN
Zach Johnson | Stats | CAL ➡ COC
Ty Keyes | Stats | USM ➡ EMCC
Steven Krajewski | Stats | GAST ➡ WAG
Ty Lyles | Stats | CCAR ➡ WEBB
Kai Millner | Stats | CAL ➡ NAU
Zy McDonald | Stats | UL ➡ JKST
Dylan Mehrotra | Stats | UAB ➡ SOU
CJ Montes | Stats | UNM ➡ FOR
JaCobian Morgan | Stats | SYR ➡ JKST
Tanner Murray | Stats | UTSA ➡ BCC
Brian Plummer | Stats | BUFF ➡ AAMU
Carl Richardson | Stats | NW ➡ UW PLATT
Luther Richesson | CIN ➡ GWC
Marcus Sanders | Stats | ORE ➡ LANEY
Diego Tello | Stats | UTSA ➡ TVCC
Richard Torres | NEB ➡ IW
JP Zamora | Stats | WSU ➡ LANEY
Peter Zamora | Stats | MRSH ➡ TC
⭐⭐ (38) | Uncommitted: 2
Jake Kern | WASH ➡
Tyler Phommachanh | Stats | UCONN ➡
Ui Ale | GWC ➡ HOU
Bronson Barron | Stats | WEB ➡ WKU
Luke Bottari | Stats | UTAH ➡ UTAH
Declan Byle | Stats | MICH ➡ MICH
Ren Hefley | NWMCC ➡ MTSU
Dylan Hopkins | Stats | UAB ➡ UNM
Tanner Hughes | BUTTE ➡ ISU
Alex Johnson | SBCC ➡ WASH
Gavin Kuld | NEO ➡ COLO
Dylan Laible | HCC ➡ MIZZ
Luke Longval | IWCC ➡ NEB
RJ Martinez | Stats | NAU ➡ BAY
Grayson McCall | Stats | CCAR ➡ CCAR
Asher Morgan | MGCCC ➡ MSST
Dalen Morris | Stats | NAVY ➡ HAW
Chance Nolan | Stats | ORSTe ➡ TCU
Roman Purcell | Stats | NCAT ➡ IND
Dom Shoffner | Stats | EIU ➡ CHAR
Desmond Trotter | Stats | USA ➡ USA
Jimmy Weirick | Stats | WOF ➡ TCU
Dominique Anthony | Stats | ODU ➡ MORG
Chase Artopoeus | Stats | UCLA ➡ CHAT
Bryce Bearss | Stats | NMSU ➡ GU
Nathan Brown | MISS ➡ USD
Sean Brown | Stats | LIB ➡ TOWS
Marshall Howe | Stats | WIS ➡ YALE
Isaiah Knowles | Stats | NAVY ➡ ALBY
Daelen Menard | Stats | BC ➡ UNH (CT)
James Mott | COLO ➡ NOVA
Matt Myers | Stats | BUFF ➡ UTM
Darius Ocean | Stats | WKU ➡ VSU
Cam Peters | Stats | UTSA ➡ KC
Matt Robinson | Stats | FRES ➡ DUQ
Ryan Stubblefield | Stats | ECU ➡ IW
Alec Trujillo | Stats | FRES ➡ DAC
Mariano Valenti | Stats | TEM ➡ NMU
NO STAR RATING (54) | Uncommitted: 5
Haaziq Daniels | Stats | AFA ➡
Ryan Duell | Stats | UMD ➡
Parker Kavanagh | Stats | KSU ➡
Nathan McElroy | Stats | LOU ➡
Jake Robbins | WVU ➡
Joey Aguilar | DVC ➡ APP
Ben Ballard | Stats | TEX ➡ FAU
Jonah Chong | Stats | NEV ➡ HAW
Cade Cunningham | Stats | MRSH ➡ MEM
Carlos Davis | Stats | WCU ➡ UMASS
Holman Edwards | Stats | HOU ➡ USM
Joseph Fagnano | Stats | MAINE ➡ UCONN
Gunnar Gray | SDMC ➡ BUFF
Shane Hamm | Stats | DAY ➡ UK
Kheagian Heckaman | Stats | NMSU ➡ UTEP
Karson Kaiser | Stats | NMSU ➡ TXST
Micah Leon | Stats | UCONN ➡ FLA
TJ McMahon | Stats | RICE ➡ MRSH
Tony Muskett | Stats | MONM ➡ VIR
CJ Ogbonna | Stats | SEMO ➡ BUFF
Colin Parachek | Stats | MORE ➡ MRSH
Zeke Payne | Stats | NHMU ➡ USU
Jack Perry | Stats | WIU ➡ CIN
Will Pickard | Stats | MWSU ➡ TLSA
Lendon Redwine | Stats | UVA Wise ➡ ODU
Austin Reed | Stats | WKU ➡ WKU
Jake Retzlaff | RCC ➡ BYU
Hayden Timosciek | Stats | PUR ➡ BG
Ike Udengwu III | MT. SAC ➡ EMU
Richie Watts | CSM ➡ BUFF
Grant Wilson | Stats | FOR ➡ ODU
Jack Woche | Stats | MISS ➡ NEB
Christian Banks | Stats | MSU ➡ EIU
Jake Barlage | Stats | NEV ➡ NU
Connor Barry | APP ➡ CNU
Brooks Blount | Stats | EMU ➡ UWO
Will Bohn | UCF ➡ SELA
Max Clark | ASU ➡ C of I
Matthew Downing | Stats | LT ➡ ELON
Hank Gibbs | Stats | WYO ➡ UNCO
Nate Glantz | ISU ➡ MCNS
Gavin Gosnell | USF ➡ C-N
Chris Irvin | Stats | WSU ➡ VC
Jack Kristofek | Stats | ARST ➡ SWOSU
Kai Kunz | KU ➡ ICC
Gavynn Parker | Stats | OKST ➡ NMMI
Keegan Patterson | Stats | USC ➡ NWMCC
TJ Pergine | Stats | TEM ➡ WCU (PA)
Noah Ross | GAST ➡ FAMU
Ralph Rucker | Stats | OKLA ➡ BUCK
Jameson Sheehan | Stats | ILL ➡ HU
Damon Stewart | UAB ➡ ALST
Jarrett Synek | Stats | NEB ➡ SDAK
Jaden White | Stats | ARIZ ➡ PCC
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