NCAA Transfer Portal: 46 Former 4- and 3-Star Quarterbacks Still Available

Written by Ryan Wright

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The transfer portal continues to be a source of frustration and hope for college football fans across the country. No one position is more scrutinized in the game than quarterback, and every college football program is seemingly in need. If the 2020 postseason snap shot of those players leaving for another opportunity under center continues to hold true, missing out on a four-star in a given recruiting class may still bear fruit in years to come.

Hopefully college coaches are learning how to be good sports when a top player at a given position informs that he sees his future at a different program on National Signing Day. Closing the book on recruiting a prospect may only be temporary going forward as more players throw their hat into the NCAA Transfer Portal. In this cycle, four-star quarterbacks such as Tanner Mordecai has gone from Oklahoma to SMU, Ethan Garbers from Washington to UCLA, and McKenzie Milton from UCF to FSU.

The list is not limited to up-and-coming prospects potentially buried on the depth chart, but also includes starting quarterbacks like Ryan Hilinski going from South Carolina to Northwestern, Jack Coan from Wisconsin to Notre Dame, and Grant Gunnell from Texas Tech to Memphis. The portal can even shock with players like Tyler Shough leaving Oregon for Texas Tech after finishing second in the Pac-12 during the 2020 season in passing yards (1,559) and touchdowns tossed (13) while leading the conference in yards per completion (9.3).

As the spring semester starts to wrap on college campuses, with an eye towards the 2021 season, college coaches are hoping to catch that signal caller in the portal who can come in making an immediate difference. At any time a player like former LSU starter TJ Finley can hit the free agent wire giving a big boost to the right program.

4-Star Quarterbacks (4)

Tate Martell – Miami to –

Chris Robinson – Florida Atlantic to –

Austin Kendall – West Virginia to –

Grant Tisdale – Ole Miss to –

3-Star Quarterbacks (42)

Allan Walters – Mississippi State to –

TJ Finley – LSU to –

Chayil Garnett – Auburn to –

Danny Clark – Vanderbilt to –

Jaden Casey – Cal to –

Spencer Brasch – Cal to –

Devon Modster – Cal to –

Kevin Doyle – Arizona to –

Rhett Rodriguez – Arizona to –

Jack Smith – Arizona State to –

Sam Johnson – Boston College to –

Matt Valecce – Boston College to –

David Summers – Syracuse to –

Eli Williams – TCU to –

Stephon Brown – TCU to –

Trad Beatty – Temple to –

Kennique Bonner-Steward – Temple to –

Woody Barrett – Kent State to –

David Baldwin-Griffin – Appalachian State to –

Jason Shelley – Utah State to –

Kevaris Thomas – Western Kentucky to –

Tyreel Pigrome – Western Kentucky to –

Keon Howard – Tulane to –

Jairus Grissom – Eastern Michigan to –

Isaac Stiebeling – Eastern Michigan to –

Kenyon Oblad – UNLV to –

Marckell Grayson – UNLV to –

Michael Lindauer – Cincinnati to –

Jakson Thomason – Louisiana Tech to –

Markevion Quinn – Memphis to –

Messiah deWeaver – Old Dominion to –

Clifton McDowell – Louisiana to –

Ryan Glover – Pennsylvania to –

Parker McNeil – Troy to –

Carson Baker – San Diego State to –

Suddin Sapien – UTSA to –

Jaylen Gipson – Texas State to –

Logan Holgorsen – Houston to –

Alec Trujillo – San Jose State to –

Michael Bonds – Miami-Ohio to –

Carson Welch – SMU to –

Andrew Brito – UMass to –

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Photo credit: WAFB; TJ Finley