2026 Big Ten QB Notebook - Gunslinger Buzz Daily 1/21/2026
CFB Quarterback Transactions - FBS | FCS | D2 | D3 | NAIA | JUCO
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In Today’s Edition, you’ll get an updated look at all 18 Big Ten quarterback rooms, and the every 2026 FBS program will be updated throughout the week. You’ll also get a roundup of the recent quarterback transactions.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
The transfer portal remains open for players who competed in the CFP national championship. We’re in a recruiting contact period for the FBS and FCS.
Yesterday’s Post - 2026 SEC QB Notebook - Gunslinger Buzz Daily 1/20/2026
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CFB QB Transactions
Before we get into the Big Ten QB Notebook, here’s a list of the day’s quarterback movement. Also, one QB room at every level of college football is highlighted per day.
Right of Player Names - Final season of eligibility (FBS/FCS) OR year in school during the 2025 season (D2/D3/NAIA/JUCO)
Below Player Names - 2025 Passing attempts-completions (completion percentage), yards-touchdowns-interceptions | Rushing attempts-yards-touchdowns
🟢 Joining the team
🔴 Leaving the team
FBS 🔥 Auburn Tigers (2026)
FBS Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Byrum Brown (2026)🟢
226-341 (66%) 3158-28-7 | 175-1008-14
Jan. 6, 2026 - USF (FBS) 2026 QB transfer Byrum Brown (NC) committed to Auburn (FBS).
John Colvin (2027)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Jan. 4, 2023 - 2023 QB recruit John Colvin (AL) committed to Auburn (FBS).
Locklan Hewlett (2029)🟢
8-13 (62%) 90-1-1 | 2-(-5)-0
Jan. 3, 2026 - USF (FBS) 2026 QB transfer Locklan Hewlett (FL) committed to Auburn (FBS).
Will Myers (2029)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
May 16, 2025 - 2025 QB recruit Will Myers (AL) committed to Auburn (FBS).
Tristan Ti’a (2029)🟢
37-53 (70%) 385-3-2 | 13-(-38)-0
Jan. 11, 2026 - Oregon State (FBS) 2026 QB transfer Tristan Ti’a (CA) committed to Auburn (FBS).
Rhys Brush (2029)*🟢
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Dec. 3, 2025 - 2026 QB recruit Rhys Brush (FL) committed to Auburn (FBS).
2027 - None
2028 - None
🔴 Jackson Arnold | Ashton Daniels | Deuce Knight
🟢 NC State - Parker Thompson
🔴 Arizona State - Jeff Sims
🔴 Baylor - Sawyer Robertson
🔴 Boston College - Grayson James
🔴 Cincinnati - Brady Lichtenberg
🔴 Clemson - Hunter Helms
🔴 Colorado - Kaidon Salter
🔴 Duke - Michael Appel Jr.
🔴 Florida State - Thomas Castellanos
🔴 Georgia Tech - Haynes King
🔴 Illinois - Luke Altmyer
🔴 Indiana - Alberto Mendoza
🔴 Iowa - Mark Gronowski
🔴 Louisville - Miller Moss
🔴 Louisville - Sam Young
🔴 Miami - Carson Beck
🔴 Miami - Emory Williams
🔴 Minnesota - Emmett Morehead
🔴 NC State - Ethan Rhodes
🔴 Nebraska - Jalyn Gramstad
🔴 Nebraska - Heinrich Haarberg (TE)
🔴 Northwestern - Preston Stone
🔴 Penn State - Drew Allar
🔴 Rutgers - Athan Kaliakmanis
🔴 SMU - William Fierro (RB)
🔴 Stanford - Ben Gulbranson
🔴 Virginia - Boone Lourd
🔴 Virginia Tech - Kyron Drones
🔴 Wake Forest - Robby Ashford
🔴 Washington - Kai Horton
🔴 Washington - Shea Kuykendall
🔴 Wisconsin - Hunter Simmons
FCS 🔥 Idaho Vandals (2025)
FCS Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Joshua Wood (2026)
152-260 (59%) 1898-14-5 | 86-589-7
April 20, 2025 - Joshua Wood (WA) committed to the 2025 Idaho transfer portal class from Fresno State (FBS).
Nick Josifek (2027)
6-13 (46%) 104-1-0 | 3-21-0
Nick Josifek (WA) committed to the 2023 Idaho recruiting class.
Jack Wagner (2027)
29-45 (64%) 324-2-3 | 18-13-0
Jack Wagner (OR) committed to the 2023 Idaho recruiting class.
Holden Bea (2028)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Holden Bea (WA) committed to the 2024 Idaho recruiting class.
Rocco Koch (2028)🔴
1-7 (14%) 42-1-0 | 29-173-3
Nov. 24, 2025 - Rocco Koch (WA) will enter the transfer portal. He committed to the 2024 Idaho recruiting class.
Sawyer Teeney (2029)
10-16 (63%) 53-1-0 | 9-19-0
Feb. 13, 2025 - Sawyer Teeney (OR) committed to the 2025 Idaho recruiting class.
Britton DeWitt (2029)*🟢
July 20, 2025 - Britton DeWitt (AZ) committed to the 2026 Idaho recruiting class. He’s taking a two-year mission and expects to join the team in 2028.
Blitz McCarty (2029)*🟢
June 2, 2025 - Blitz McCarty (CO) committed to the 2026 Idaho recruiting class.
2027 - None
2028 - None
D2 🔥 Erskine Flying Fleet (2025)
D2 Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Ben Black (RS-JR)
4-13 (31%) 69-0-0 | 0-0-0
Ben Black (SC)
Cole Sheppard (RS-JR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Cole Sheppard (SC)
Taz Walker (RS-JR)🔴
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Dec. 3, 2025 - Taz Walker (GA) will enter the transfer portal.
Breylon Boyd (RS-FR)
25-43 (58%) 251-1-0 | 18-37-0
Breylon Boyd (SC)
Jacob Griffin (RS-FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Jacob Griffin (SC)
Noah Steele-Allen (RS-FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Noah Steele-Allen (SC)
Ryan Killmer (FR)
146-267 (55%) 1805-13-18 | 26-(-107)-0
Ryan Killmer (FL)
Zack Paulk Jr. (FR)🔴
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Dec. 15, 2025 - Zack Paulk Jr. (FL) will enter the transfer portal.
Kaden Rowland (FR)
1-1 (100%) 37-1-0 | 1-(-4)-0
Kaden Rowland (SC)
Deorion James 🟢
Oct. 10, 2025 - Deorion James (SC) committed to the 2026 Erskine recruiting class.
2027 - None
2028 - None
D3 🔥 Coe Kohawks (2025)
D3 Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Brayden Dykstra (JR)
6-13 (46%) 100-0-1 | 4-14-0
Brayden Dykstra (IL)
Brady Kelly (JR)
196-286 (69%) 3046-32-7 | 73-47-1
Brady Kelly (FL)
Luke Smith (SO)
14-20 (70%) 224-2-0 | 6-28-0
Luke Smith (FL)
Logan Gray (FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Logan Gray (TX)
Connor King (FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Connor King (IA)
Gregorio Jimenez (FR)🔴
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Dec. 2, 2025 - Gregorio Jimenez (TX) will enter the transfer portal.
2026 - None
2027 - None
2028 - None
NAIA 🔥 Pikeville Bears (2025)
NAIA Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Xavier Malone (GR)
318-461 (69%) 3492-24-8 | 57-(-32)-3
Xavier Malone (TN)
Alex Hatton (SO)
7-11 (64%) 48-0-1 | 3-(-3)-0
Alex Hatton (KY)
Bryce Henson (RS-FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Bryce Henson (OH)
Peter Zamora (RS-FR)
12-14 (86%) 106-2-0 | 1-(-5)-0
Peter Zamora (FL)
Cole Hart (FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Cole Hart (KY)
Rhett Holbrook (FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Rhett Holbrook (KY)
Jackson Ovard (FR)🟢
24-32 (75%) 386-5-2 | 10-50-0
Dec. 14, 2025 - Jackson Ovard (NV) committed to the 2026 Pikeville transfer portal class from Feather River (JUCO).
2026 - None
2027 - None
2028 - None
JUCO 🔥 De Anza Mountain Lions (2025)
JUCO Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Hiro Diamond (SO)
13-21 (62%) 207-3-1 | 11-43-1
Hiro Diamond (OR)
Brandon Arceo (FR)
6-9 (67%) 139-2-1 | 4-(-31)-0
Brandon Arceo (CA)
Ian Kirby (FR)
214-289 (74%) 2759-26-13 | 70-207-4
Ian Kirby (CA)
2026 - None
2027 - None
2028 - None
Big Ten QB Notebook
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🟢 - Joining 2026 roster.
🔴 - Not returning to 2026 roster.
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Illinois Fighting Illini
Katin Houser (2026)🟢
269-408 (66%) 3300-19-6 | 85-193-9
Jan. 4, 2026 - East Carolina (FBS) 2026 QB transfer Katin Houser (CA) committed to Illinois (FBS).
Maurice Smith Jr. (2026)🟢
87-141 (62%) 1088-7-4 | 69-166-3
Dec. 3, 2025 - Chowan (D2) 2026 QB transfer Maurice Smith Jr. (FL) committed to Illinois (FBS).
Carson Boyd (2029)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Jan. 27, 2024 - 2025 QB recruit Carson Boyd (IL) committed to Illinois (FBS).
Jershaun Newton (2029)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
July 4, 2024 - 2025 QB recruit Jershaun Newton (FL) committed to Illinois (FBS).
Michael Clayton II (2029)*🟢
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Nov. 10, 2024 - 2026 QB recruit Michael Clayton II (FL) committed to Illinois (FBS).
Kamden Lopati (2030)*
July 27, 2025 - 2027 QB recruit Kamden Lopati (UT) committed to Illinois (FBS).
2028 - None
🔴 Luke Altmyer | Ethan Hampton | Trey Petty
Indiana Hoosiers
Josh Hoover (2026)🟢
272-413 (66%) 3472-29-13 | 55-4-2
Jan. 4, 2026 - TCU (FBS) 2026 QB transfer Josh Hoover (TX) committed to Indiana (FBS).
Fernando Mendoza (2026)
257-352 (73%) 3349-41-6 | 83-284-6
Dec. 24, 2024 - Cal (FBS) 2025 QB transfer Fernando Mendoza (FL) committed to Indiana (FBS).
