2026 SEC QB Notebook - Gunslinger Buzz Daily 1/20/2026
CFB Quarterback Transactions - FBS | FCS | D2 | D3 | NAIA | JUCO
Photo courtesy of Ole Miss Athletics
In Today’s Edition, you’ll get an updated look at all 16 SEC quarterback rooms as I get rolling on the full 2026 college football QB notebook that will be updated throughout the week. You’ll also get a roundup of the recent quarterback transactions.
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
The first day of the college football offseason brings us to a recruiting contact period for the FBS and FCS. The transfer portal is now open for Indiana and Miami players, and it’s closed for every other program. Still, players can still unenroll from their current school and enroll in another without entering the transfer portal.
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CFB QB Transactions
Before we get into the SEC QB Notebook, here’s a list of the day’s quarterback movement. Also, one 2025 QB room at every level of college football is highlighted per day.
Right of Player Names - Years of eligibility remaining heading into the 2025 season (FBS/FCS) OR year in school during the 2025 season (D2/D3/NAIA/JUCO) OR recruiting class
Below Player Names - 2025 Passing attempts-completions (completion percentage), yards-touchdowns-interceptions | Rushing attempts-yards-touchdowns
🟢 Joining the team
🔴 Leaving the team
FBS 🔥 Notre Dame Righting Irish
FBS Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Tyler Buchner (1)🔴
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 1-0-3
Tyler Buchner (CA) returned to QB after moving to wide receiver before the 2024 season. He committed to the 2024 Notre Dame transfer portal class from Alabama (FBS).
Kenny Minchey (3)🔴
20-26 (77%) 196-0-0 | 7-84-1
Dec. 8, 2025 - Kenny Minchey (TN) will enter the transfer portal, CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz reported. He committed to the 2023 Notre Dame recruiting class on Nov. 22, 2022.
CJ Carr (4)
195-293 (67%) 2741-24-6 | 41-33-3
June 9, 2022 - CJ Carr (MI) committed to the 2024 Notre Dame recruiting class.
Anthony Rezac (4)🔴
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Dec. 16, 2025 - Anthony Rezac (NE) will enter the transfer portal. He committed to the 2024 Notre Dame recruiting class on Nov. 28, 2023.
Blake Hebert (4*)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Oct. 14, 2024 - Blake Hebert (CT) committed to the 2025 Notre Dame recruiting class.
Noah Grubbs (2026)🟢
June 1, 2024 - Noah Grubbs (FL) committed to the 2026 Notre Dame recruiting class.
Teddy Jarrard (2027)
July 24, 2025 - Teddy Jarrard (GA) committed to the 2027 Notre Dame recruiting class.
2028 - None
🟢 Akron - Reese Poffenbarger
🟢 Arkansas - Cade Trotter
🟢 Arkansas State - Jaden Haly
🟢 Bowling Green - Austin Novosad
🟢 Cal - Jackson Brousseau
🟢 Cal - EJ Caminong
🟢 Coastal Carolina - Trever Jackson
🟢 Florida State - Dean DeNobile
🟢 Hawaii - Bjorn Jurgensen
🟢 Kansas - Chase Jenkins
🟢 Kent State - Ethan Thanthanavong
🟢 LSU - Husan Longstreet
🟢 Memphis - Air Noland
🟢 Michigan - Colin Hurley
🟢 Missouri State - Henry Belin IV
🟢 Missouri State - Skyler Locklear
🟢 North Texas - Chaston Ditta
🟢 Ohio State - Brady Geibel
🟢 Ole Miss - Walker Howard
🟢 Ole Miss - Jack Patterson
🟢 Pitt - Holden Geriner
🟢 South Alabama - Jerry Horne
🟢 South Carolina - Lucian Anderson III
🟢 Syracuse - Danny Lauter
🟢 Syracuse - Malachi Nelson
🟢 Texas Tech - Kirk Francis
🟢 Toledo - Khamoni Robinson
🟢 Troy - Jaden Pete
🟢 UCF - Kaleb Annett
🟢 UConn - Jake Merklinger
🟢 UMass - RJ Johnson III
🟢 UTEP - EJ Colson
🟢 Vanderbilt - Walter Taylor
🟢 Virginia - Eli Holstein
🟢 Virginia Tech - Ethan Grunkemeyer
🟢 Arkansas - Hank Hendrix (2026)
🟢 Georgia - Bryson Beaver (2026)
🟢 Nebraska - Tanner Vibabul (2026)
🔴 Alabama - Cade Carruth
🔴 Arizona State - Christian Hunt
🔴 Arkansas - Taylen Green
🔴 Arkansas - Brayson McHenry
🔴 Baylor - Cade Tessier
🔴 Colorado State - Tyler Lewis
🔴 Duke - Darian Mensah
🔴 Florida - Harrison Bailey
🔴 Florida - Clay Millen
🔴 Georgia State - PJ Hatter
🔴 Kentucky - Beau Allen
🔴 Kentucky - Zach Calzada
🔴 Louisiana - Walker Howard
🔴 LSU - Garrett Nussmeier
🔴 Miami (OH) - Noah Ehrlich
🔴 Michigan - Jake Garcia
🔴 Mississippi State - Blake Shapen
🔴 Ohio - Parker Navarro
🔴 Ohio State - Trey Robinette
🔴 Ole Miss - Shawqi Itraish
🔴 South Carolina - Luke Doty (ATH)
🔴 Stanford - Elijah Brown
🔴 Tennessee - Joey Aguilar
🔴 Texas - Matthew Caldwell
🔴 Texas A&M - Jacob Zeno
🔴 Vanderbilt - Diego Pavia
🔴 Virginia - Bjorn Jurgensen
🔴 Washington - Shea Kuykendall
🔴 Oregon - Bryson Beaver (2026)
FCS 🔥 Merrimack Warriors
FCS Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Aveon Smith (1)🔴
9-24 (38%) 119-2-3 | 51-240-1
Aug. 28, 2025 - Aveon Smith (SC) committed to the 2025 Merrimack transfer portal class from Alabama A&M (FCS).
Ayden Pereira (2)🔴
159-310 (51%) 1846-9-7 | 193-856-7
Jan. 6, 2026 - Ayden Pereira (NH) will enter the transfer portal. He committed to the 2024 Merrimack transfer portal class from Maine (FCS) on Dec. 14, 2023.
Cole Meehan (4)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Aug. 7, 2023 - Cole Meehan (PA) committed to the 2024 Merrimack recruiting class.
Michael O’Connor (4*)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Jan. 28, 2025 - Michael O’Connor (MD) committed to the 2025 Merrimack recruiting class.
Casey Grusser (2026)🟢
July 26, 2025 - Casey Grusser (NJ) committed to the 2026 Merrimack recruiting class.
2027 - None
2028 - None
🟢 Abilene Christian - Marcos Davila
🟢 Alabama A&M - Mac Armstrong
🟢 Alabama State - Landon Vessel
🟢 Alcorn State - Ethan Terrell
🟢 Bethune-Cookman - Tyler Jefferson
🟢 Central Arkansas - Walker White
🟢 Delaware State - Noah Brannock
🟢 Eastern Illinois - Jeremiah Salem
🟢 Florida A&M - James Hayes
🟢 Georgetown - Brady McDonough
🟢 Hampton - Tre’Von Taylor
🟢 Hampton - Jalen Woods
🟢 Incarnate Word - TJ Finley
🟢 Lamar - Evan Bullock
🟢 Marist - Sonny Mannino
🟢 Mercyhurst - Anthony Wolter
🟢 Merrimack - AJ Hairston
🟢 Morgan State - Cameron Edge
🟢 Morgan State - Ade Olanegan
🟢 Murray State - Collin Shannon
🟢 New Hampshire - Brooks Bentley
🟢 North Carolina Central - Nelson Layne
🟢 Northern Iowa - Vinny Gianforte
🟢 Prairie View A&M - Dez Thomas II
🟢 Rhode Island - Tyler Budge
🟢 Sacramento State - Carson Conklin
🟢 Sacramento State - Jaylen Patterson
🟢 Sacramento State - Jackson Sharman
🟢 Samford - Coulter Cleland
🟢 South Carolina State - Tre Robinson
🟢 South Dakota - Jackson Proctor
🟢 Southeastern Louisiana - Cole Welliver
🟢 Southern - Wyatt McCauley
🟢 Southern Utah - Noah Lugo
🟢 Stetson - Tom von Grote
🟢 Stony Brook - Aidan Leffler
🟢 Tarleton State - Kaden Anderson
🟢 Tarleton State - Braedyn Locke
🟢 Tennessee Tech - Jax Leatherwood
🟢 Tennessee Tech - Zolten Osborne
🟢 Weber State - Devin Brown
🟢 Alcorn State - Alvin Dinkins (2026)
🔴 Alabama A&M - Ashley Tucker Jr.
🔴 Delaware State - Christian Banks
🔴 Delaware State - Mikal Davis
🔴 Drake - Vinny Gianforte
🔴 Elon - Marco Lainez
🔴 Fordham - Matt Ivaldi
🔴 Hampton - Isaiah Freeman
🔴 Southern - Cam’Ron McCoy
🔴 Tarleton State - Jaden Pete
🔴 Tarleton State - Jerren “Pop” Terrell
D2 🔥 Tuskegee Golden Tigers
D2 Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Raequan Beal (SR)🔴
83-148 (56%) 1058-8-5 | 14-(-61)-0
Jan. 6, 2026 - Raequan Beal (MI) will enter the transfer portal.
Michael Franklin (SR)
38-69 (55%) 483-5-5 | 17-26-0
Michael Franklin (WA)
Bryson McGrew (FR)
38-84 (45%) 417-3-1 | 28-145-1
Bryson McGrew (AL)
Jeremy Thomas (FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Jeremy Thomas (FL)
Ennio Yapoor (FR)
11-18 (61%) 127-0-0 | 15-(-11)-0
Ennio Yapoor (FL)
Curt’Tavian Clark (RS-FR)🟢
32-59 (54%) 501-7-2 | 45-232-4
Dec. 28, 2025 - Curt’Tavian Clark (GA) committed to the 2026 Tuskegee transfer portal class from Georgia Military (JUCO).
Amari Yelding (SO)🟢
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Dec. 23, 2025 - Amari Yelding (AL) committed to the 2026 Tuskegee transfer portal class from Lenoir-Rhyne (D2).
2026 - None
2027 - None
2028 - None
🟢 Adams State - Frank Arcuri
🟢 Carson-Newman - Payton Wehner
🟢 Central Washington - Skyler Cassel
🟢 Chadron State - Logan Ebnet
🟢 Clarion - Frank Hoogerwerff
🟢 Concord - Ty Collins
🟢 Eastern New Mexico - Lake Bennett
🟢 Frostburg State - Peyton Murphy
🟢 Kentucky State - Logan Johnson
🟢 Lincoln (MO) - Antwon McKay Jr.
🟢 Livingstone - Dominic Pierini
🟢 Minnesota State-Moorhead - Michael Rostberg
🟢 Missouri Southern - Hayden Carroll
🟢 North Greenville - Chanston Crosby
🟢 North Greenville - Kam Montgomery
🟢 Northern State - Ty Englehart
🟢 Roosevelt - Carl Bew
🟢 Shippensburg - Roman Jensen
🟢 Southwestern Oklahoma State - Reece Deitrick
🟢 Sul Ross State - Vince Arcuri
🟢 Sul Ross State - Sirawn Evans
🟢 UNC Pembroke - Josh Ehrlich
🟢 West Florida - Bubba Thompson
🟢 West Virginia Wesleyan - Trent Huffman
🟢 Wheeling - Austin Cline
🟢 William Jewell - Raesean Eaton
🟢 Central Oklahoma - Cruz Campbell (2026)
🟢 Ouachita Baptist - Jaxyn Faldyn (2026)
🔴 Chowan - Logan Landers
🔴 Fort Hays State - Caleb Heavner
🔴 Lenoir-Rhyne - Khamoni Robinson
🔴 Pittsburg State - Jackson Berry
D3 🔥 UW-Whitewater
D3 Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Jake Frantl (SR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 1-21-0
Jake Frantl (WI)
Bennett Ellsworth (JR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Bennett Ellsworth (MN)
Aidan Lucero (JR)
4-8 (50%) 31-0-0 | 7-41-0
Aidan Lucero (IL)
Justin Klinkner (SO)
166-259 (64%) 1907-20-8 | 145-442-8
Justin Klinkner (WI)
Jackson Menzel (FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Jackson Menzel (WI)
Cole Warren (SO)🟢
2-11 (18%) 16-0-1 | 2-(-17)-0
Dec. 27, 2025 - Cole Warren (IL) committed to the 2026 UW-Whitewater transfer portal class from UW-Oshkosh (D3).
2026 - None
2027 - None
2028 - None
🟢 Crown - Deshaun Pongsak
🟢 Monmouth - Lane Wheelwright
🟢 Ohio Northern - Brayden Bayles
🟢 Schreiner - Gibby Alvarado
🔴 Eureka - Daryus Warren
🔴 Redlands - Luke Shoemaker
🔴 Rhodes - William Mitchell
🔴 Texas Lutheran - Gibby Alvarado
NAIA 🔥 Warner Royals
NAIA Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Jeremiah Johnson (GR)
26-69 (38%) 323-1-1 | 20-(-2)-0
Jeremiah Johnson (FL)
Thomas Aponte (SR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Thomas Aponte (FL)
Raleigh Allen V (JR)
14-36 (39%) 87-1-2 | 19-(-12)-0
Raleigh Allen V (FL)
Gavin Nurmi (JR)
10-15 (67%) 108-1-2 | 2-(-12)-0
Gavin Nurmi (RI)
Justin Touhey (SO)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Justin Touhey (FL)
Michael Ryan (FR)
95-180 (53%) 1148-6-7 | 77-230-2
Michael Ryan (FL)
Heyward Smith Jr. (FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Heyward Smith Jr. (FL)
2026 - None
2027 - None
2028 - None
🟢 Benedictine - Braxton Clark
🟢 Benedictine - Patrick Heitert
🟢 Bethel - Bryan McCartt
🟢 Bethel - Austin Wadsworth
🟢 St. Francis (IL) - Keegan Ray
🟢 Texas Wesleyan - Colin Willetts
🔴 Peru State - Alvin Dinkins (2026)
JUCO 🔥 Snow Badgers
JUCO Football Recruiting, Transfer Portal & QB Rooms (2025)
Micah Madry (SO)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Jan. 3, 2023 - Micah Madry (UT) committed to the 2023 Snow recruiting class.
Jack Thow (RS-FR)
54-104 (52%) 704-7-7 | 20-(-2)-0
July 20, 2024 - Jack Thow (NV) committed to the 2024 Snow recruiting class.
Tu’i-Taniela Fonua (FR)
5-22 (23%) 76-1-2 | 7-11-1
Aug. 1, 2024 - Tu’i-Taniela Fonua (UT) committed to the 2024 Snow recruiting class.
Jedi Nelson (FR)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Aug. 1, 2025 - Jedi Nelson (UT) committed to the 2025 Snow recruiting class.
Dylan Story (FR)
1-2 (50%) 6-0-0 | 2-13-0
Aug. 1, 2025 - Dylan Story (UT) committed to the 2025 Snow transfer portal class from New Mexico Military (JUCO).
Jace Welsch (FR)
77-145 (53%) 896-6-8 | 46-141-2
Aug. 1, 2025 - Jace Welsch (UT) committed to the 2025 Snow transfer portal class from Colorado School of Mines (D2).
2026 - None
2027 - None
2028 - None
🟢 Dodge City - Braxton Scott
🟢 Kilgore - Jax Brown
🟢 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M - Bo Krell
🟢 Pearl River - Jackson Firmin
🟢 Sequoias - Dalton Anderson
🟢 Thomas - Taz Walker
🟢 Victor Valley - Darian Harper
🟢 Victor Valley - Antonio Meza
🟢 Georgetown - Kade Wigginton (2026)
🔴 Coffeyville - Mac Armstrong
🔴 Dodge City - Braxton Clark
🔴 East Los Angeles - Logan Ebnet
🔴 Grossmont - Antonio Meza
🔴 Long Beach - Wyatt McCauley
🔴 Monterey Peninsula - Dominic Pierini
🔴 Moorpark - Sirawn Evans
🔴 Sacramento City - Vince Arcuri
🔴 San Bernardino Valley - Darian Harper
🔴 Tyler - Tre Guerra
SEC QB Notebook
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“2026 QB Recruit” - Recruiting commits. Do the same for future classes.
“2026 QB Transfer” - Transfer commits.
2026 - None - Teams without a commit. Do the same for 2027 and 2028.
🟢 - Joining 2026 roster.
🔴 - Not returning to 2026 roster.
Player Name - Every mention of a specific player.
Team Name - Every mention of a specific team.
Players are sorted by their final year of eligibility.
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*Redshirt Available
Alabama Crimson Tide
Austin Mack (2027)
24-32 (75%) 228-2-0 | 9-22-1
Jan. 14, 2024 - Washington 2024 QB transfer Austin Mack (CA) committed to Alabama (FBS).
John Cooper (2028)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
Dec. 23, 2023 - 2024 QB recruit John Cooper (AL) committed to Alabama (FBS).
John Gazzaniga (2029)
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 1-1-0
May 25, 2025 - 2025 QB recruit John Gazzaniga (CA) committed to Alabama (FBS).
Keelon Russell (2029)
11-15 (73%) 143-2-0 | 3-17-0
June 4, 2024 - 2025 QB recruit Keelon Russell (TX) committed to Alabama (FBS).
Tayden Kaawa (2029)*🟢
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
July 22, 2025 - 2026 QB recruit Tayden Kaawa (UT) committed to Alabama (FBS).
Jett Thomalla (2029)*🟢
0-0 (0%) 0-0-0 | 0-0-0
June 17, 2025 - 2026 QB recruit Jett Thomalla (NE) committed to Alabama (FBS).
Trent Seaborn (2030)*
Oct. 20, 2025 - 2027 QB recruit Trent Seaborn (AL) committed to Alabama (FBS).
2028 - None
🔴 Ty Simpson | Cade Carruth
Arkansas Razorbacks
Braeden Fuller (2026)🟢
85-156 (54%) 1050-15-4 | 51-42-0
Jan. 10, 2026 - Angelo State (D2) 2026 QB transfer Braeden Fuller (TX) committed to Arkansas (FBS).
KJ Jackson (2028)
33-54 (61%) 441-3-0 | 11-52-2
April 9, 2023 - 2024 QB recruit KJ Jackson (AL) committed to Arkansas (FBS).
