With grad transfers becoming more common, and more commonly approved, who are the recent transfer QBs who may have an impact this season (whenever football is played)? Listed in descending order (loosely) based upon potential impact this season:
- D’Eriq King, Miami (from Houston) – only played 4 games in 2019 before redshirting, but was a top fantasy player in 2018 throwing for 2982-36 and rushing for 674-14. Will start at Miami.
- KJ Costello, Mississippi St (from Stanford) – expected to be the likely starter in Mike Leach’s high-powered offense, although Garrett Shrader, more of a dual-threat, is also in the conversation. Costello only played in 5 games last season due to injury but in 2018 was 3540-29
- Jamie Newman, Georgia (from Wake Forest) – was a star in 2019 at Wake despite battling injury, 2868-26 passing and 574-6 rushing. The Georgia offense hasn’t traditionally offered much rushing from the QB spot. Expected to start, but fellow transfer JT Daniels in the mix as well.
- Feleipe Franks, Arkansas (from Florida) – expectations are that Franks will be the Arkansas starter. Franks threw for 698-5 in 4 games last season before getting injured and in 2018 was 2457-24 in 13 games.
- Peyton Ramsey, Northwestern (from Indiana) – in 11 games last year threw for 2454-13, but backup Michael Penix looked good and was the likely starter for Indiana this year. Ramsey should start for NW, although the offense’s potential is in question.
- Jake Bentley, Utah (from South Carolina) – only played 1 game before getting injured in 2019, but threw for 3171-27 in 2018. Strong contender to start at Utah.
- JT Daniels, Georgia (from USC) – started for USC last season before getting injured and the emergence of Kedon Slovis. Jamie Newman appears to be the starter at Georgia, but Daniels should compete, although has not yet been cleared.
- Phil Jurkovec, Boston College (from Notre Dame) – in limited time off the bench threw for 130-0 at Notre Dame in 2019. Likely to compete with Dennis Grosel for QB1, with good chance of being the starter.
- Anthony Brown, Oregon (from Boston College) – in 6 games at BC last year Brown passed for 1250-9 and rushed 33/128-2 in BC’s run-heavy offense. Brown can be expected to compete with Tyler Shough for QB1.
- Chase Brice, Duke (from Clemson) – appeared in 11 games in 2019 throwing for 581-4. The favorite to start at Duke.
- Nick Starkel, San Jose St (from Arkansas) – began his career at Texas A&M then spent last season at Arkansas throwing for 1152-7 in 8 games ultimately splitting time with several others at QB1 before falling out of favor. Should be favorite to start at SJSU.
- Armani Rogers, Ohio (from UNLV) – a late transfer who was a dual-threat in shared time over the past few seasons at UNLV. Rogers and Kurtis Rourke should compete to start.
- Jason Shelley, Utah State (from Utah) – in 2018 Shelley passed for 1162-5 in 9 games but was moved away from QB in 2019. The transfer was likely about getting a shot at QB again, good chance to be QB1 replacing the departed Jordan Love.
- Austin Burton, Purdue (from UCLA) – backup to Thompson-Robinson at UCLA last season, threw for 365-1 in 6 games. Crowded QB room at Purdue between Burton, Jack Plummer, & Aiden O’Connell.
- Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland (from Alabama) – played sparingly at Bama, but since Josh Jackson opted out at Maryland, Tagovailoa & Lance LeGendre should compete to start.
- Michael Collins, Rice (from TCU) – played in 8 games in 2018 but only 2 in 2019, should be a strong competitor for QB1
- Tyrrel Pigrome, Western Kentucky (from Maryland) – Pigrome got limited split time at Maryland due to his dual-threat skills, had issues staying healthy. WKU QB1 is up for grabs.
- Justin Rogers, UNLV (from TCU) – essentially never saw the field for TCU, Kenyon Oblad likely starter at UNLV.
- Collin Hill, South Carolina (from Colorado St) – Hill played in 3 games last season due to injury then followed coach Mike Bobo to South Carolina. Will likely backup Ryan Hilinski.
- Noah Vedral, Rutgers (from Nebraska) – limited time at Nebraska as the backup to Adrian Martinez, could compete for QB1 at Rutgers with Artur Sitkowski.
- Keytaon Thompson, Virginia (from Miss St) – dual-threat who last got real time in 2018, wasn’t a fit in new Mike Leach system at Miss St. Brennan Armstrong likely starter for UVA.
- Josh Adkins, UTSA (from New Mexico St) – threw for 2500+ yards in 2018 & 2019 in an anemic NMSU offense. Frank Harris & Lowell Narcisse also return for UTSA.
- Lucas Johnson, San Diego St (from Ga Tech) – Tech simply didn’t offer much in the way of passing experience, could compete to start as not a clear starter at SDSU, but good chance will begin on the bench.
- Grant Loy, Auburn (from Bowling Green) – Loy is expected to backup Bo Nix
- Jake Constantine, Washington St (from Weber St) – crowded QB room in Pullman for the FCS transfer.
- Max Bortenschlager, FIU (from Maryland) – threw for 1313-10 in 2017, FIU’s QB situation is unsettled, so could be in the mix.
- Mo Hasan, USC (from Vanderbilt) – bench depth plus a good learning experience for Hasan after limited playing time at Vandy. Perhaps prep for coaching career?
- Henry Colombi, Texas Tech (from Utah St) – has applied for waiver for eligiblity
- Isaiah Green, Marshall – Green announced he was transferring in mid-July but on August 14th was reported to have removed his name from the transfer portal
- Jett Duffey, Hampton (from Texas Tech) – for those who lost track, Duffey unsuccessfully tried to transfer to Tulane as well as Central Michigan before apparently ending up at FCS Hampton
