Football Spring Transfer Portal Window Scoreboard: K-State, Arizona, OSU Winners
STILLWATER – Okay, the spring transfer portal window for football is primarily closed. That is for entry only. You can always pull a player out of the portal when you find one that you like. Close to 1,500 players entered the NCAA Transfer Portal in the spring window for football. That is after over 2,600 players entered the portal in the December window right after the season. It is incredible and so many of those players in the protal are still in or they settled for a situation at face value that was not as good as the one they left. Something will have to give.
Oklahoma State fans are only concerned, for the most part, with what happened with their team. I believe the Cowboys have come out ahead. Oklahoma State lost more than they brought in during the December window, but they did not lose a single starter to the portal. The worst loss was back-up cornerback D.J. McKinney to Colorado. McKinney would have battled for a starting job during spring camp with Cam Smith. The most valuable offensive player lost in the December portal window was receiver Jaden Bray.
The Cowboys brought in three players in December in the portal window and two of those are starters and the third is battling at tight end.
Isaia Glass (6-4, 305) came in from Arizona State and he was starting at left tackle on offense during the spring. Kobe “K.T.” Hylton (6-0, 210) came in from Texas-El Paso and he had at least four interceptions in the spring and is set to start at a safety position. Tight end Tyler Foster (6-6, 245) transferred from Ohio and is battling at tight end.
In the spring window, Oklahoma State, loaded with talent, experience, and depth amazingly lost just one player in reserve linebacker Donovan Stephens, a red-shirt junior to be. There are several walk-ons that had to leave the squad for numbers purposes, but no outlets are showing them in the transfer portal.
Head coach Mike Gundy and staff brought in Indiana running back Trent Howland (6-2, 240), a bruiser that led Indiana in rushing last season with 75 carries for 359-yards and two touchdowns. He is a plus find giving the running back room more depth and a different type of runner in the bulldozer style.
Okay, overall Kansas State may have fared best with two players added out of the portal including Colorado’s top running backs from last season in Dylan Edwards and the Wildcats only lost one player in defensive lineman Jevon Banks. As noted above, Oklahoma State went one for one. Arizona was even in numbers as well losing four and gaining four. All other Big 12 schools were at a deficit, and for some like Colorado losing 24 and gaining 7 it wasn’t close.
| School | Transfers In | Transfers Out | Best Addition | Worst Loss | Notes |
| Arizona | 4 | 4 | Raymello Murphy, WR, 6-0, 185, Jr. Old Dominion | Bill Norton, DL, 6-6, 285, Sr. (to Texas) | Looks like break even |
| Arizona State | 2 | 9 | J’mond Trapp, DE, 6-3, 247, RSFr, Texas | Jaden Rashada, QB, 6-4, 185, Fr. (to Georgia) | Kind of a disaster for program trying to rebound |
| Baylor | 3 | 5 | Shaxx Johnson, CB, 5-11, 181, RSJr, Arkansas | Armani Winfield, WR, 6-2, 190, RSFr, (TBD) | In true portal fashion Johnson is coming back to Baylor |
| BYU | 1 | 3 | McCae Hillstead, QB, 5-10, 180, Fr. Utah State | Chaz Ah You, LB, 6-2, 200, Sr. (TBD) | BYU came out fine |
| Cincinnati | 3 | 5 | Max Fletcher, P, 6-5, 190, So. Arkansas | Derrick Shepard, DL, 6-3, 295, RS-Fr. (TBD) | Bearcats needed a punter |
| Colorado | 7 | 24 | Dallan Hayden, RB, 5-11, 190, So., Ohio State | Dylan Edwards, RB, 5-9, 180, So. (Kansas State) | I know they are defending this but it is a trainwreck |
| Houston | 0 | 16 | ? | Sam Brown, WR, 6-2, 186, RS-So. (Miami, Fla.) | In fairness, UH brought in a lot of December portal players |
| Iowa State | 0 | 6 | ? | Arlen Harris Jr., RB, 5-11, 190, RSFr. (TBD) | Cyclones are okay as they have the guys they need |
| Kansas | 0 | 2 | ? | None | KU HC Lance Leipold uses the portal to his advantage for cuts |
| Kansas State | 2 | 1 | Dylan Edwards, RB, 5-9, 180, So. Colorado | Jevon Banks, DL, 6-2, 260, Jr. (UConn) | K-State did well, mot much but Edwards is a local player back home. |
| Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | Trent Howland, RB, 6-2, 240, RSJr. Indiana | Donovan Stephens, LB, 6-1, 210, RSJr. (TBD) | Cowboys needed the RB depth |
| TCU | 1 | 7 | James Brockermeyer, OL, 6-3, 290, RSJr. Alabama | Damonic Williams, NT, 6-1, 317, Jr., (TBD) | Williams was a big reason as a frosh they made the CFP |
| Texas Tech | 0 | 3 | ? | Landon Huckaby, Saf, 5-11, 180, RSFr. (TBD) | Tech is fine, not mush lost |
| UCF | 7 | 8 | Tre’avon Fegans, CB, 6-0, 180, RSSo, USC | Nikai Martiniez, CB, 5-11, 185, So. (TBD) | The Knights came out virtually even |
| Utah | 3 | 9 | Damien Alford, WR, 6-5, 210, Jr. Syracuse | Koli Faaiu, OL, 6-4, 315, RSSo, (Texas A&M) | The tall receiver for Rising will help |
| West Virginia | 1 | 4 | Dantez Fagan, CB, 5-9. 188, RSJr, Charlotte | Montre Miller, CB, 5-10, 180, RSSr, (TBD) | Mountaineers lost only in numbers |