The transfer portal is off and running with plenty of players looking to find a new home in 2025.
Last year for the 2024 season, more than 800 FBS players transferred to the FCS. We will do our best again this year to track FCS-to-FBS, FCS-to-FCS, and FBS-to-FCS transfers.
The table below is a running list of the 2025 FCS-to-FBS transfers.
RELATED: FCS-to-FCS Transfers & FCS-to-FBS Transfers
Recently Added (Jan. 14):
Tylan Hines (RB) Hawaii to Tarleton State
Jeff Bowie (DL) Iowa to South Dakota
Sahnai Swain-Price (DL) UMass to Rhode Island
Ethan Davies (WR) Virginia to Maine
Caleb Moran (LB) Army to Montana
Please tweet at Sam Herder if you see any missing FCS-to-FBS transfers or decommitments
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The year in parenthesis is a player’s projected year in the 2025 season
2025 FBS-to-FCS Transfers
| Name (Yr) | Pos. | FBS Team | FCS Team |
| Stone Earle (Sr) | QB | Marshall | Abilene Christian |
| Kaden Carr (So) | OL | Texas Tech | Abilene Christian |
| Braylen Ragland (So) | QB | Georgia State | Alabama State |
| Ja’Coby Matthews (Sr) | WR | FIU | Alcorn State |
| Jarvis Rush (Sr) | WR | Akron | Alcorn State |
| Tabias Hinton (So) | LB | Mississippi State | Alcorn State |
| Walker Merrill (Sr) | WR | Wake Forest | Austin Peay |
| Ethan Crite (Jr) | WR | Middle TN State | Austin Peay |
| Demoris Jenkins (Jr) | DL | ECU | Austin Peay |
| Eli Sutton (Sr) | OL | North Carolina | Austin Peay |
| Chris Parson (So) | QB | Mississippi State | Austin Peay |
| Zak Bowden (Sr) | OL | Troy | Austin Peay |
| Javious Bond (Jr) | DB | ECU | Austin Peay |
| Maleek McNeil (Sr) | OL | Georgia State | Bethune-Cookman |
| Timmy McClain (Sr) | QB | Arkansas State | Bethune-Cookman |
| Chris Dietrich (So) | QB | Temple | Bucknell |
| Ty Dieffenbach (So) | QB | Pitt | Cal Poly |
| Chapman McKown (So) | RB | Oklahoma | Central Arkansas |
| Mari Smith (So) | WR | Tulsa | Central Arkansas |
| Walker Baty (Sr) | OL | UTSA | Central Arkansas |
| Hugo Gil (So) | DT | Temple | Charleston Southern |
| Elijha Payne (So) | OL | Arizona | Delaware State |
| Antonio Gates Jr. (So) | WR | Michigan State | Delaware State |
| CJ Garnett (Sr) | LB | North Texas | East Texas A&M |
| Tommy Ziesmer (So) | DT | Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky |
| Marco Lainez (So) | QB | Iowa | Elon |
| Johnathan Cline (So) | OL | UCF | ETSU |
| Kaven Call (Jr) | DE | UCF | ETSU |
| Jackson Crosby (Sr) | WR | Clemson | ETSU |
| Xavier Perkins (So) | DE | Florida State | Florida A&M |
| DJ Jones (Jr) | DL | Virginia | Florida A&M |
| Daylyn Diston (So) | DB | ECU | Florida A&M |
| Tyler Jefferson (So) | QB | Central Michigan | Florida A&M |
| Tequan Latimore (Sr) | DB | Charlotte | Florida A&M |
| Andrew Abu-Akel (So) | K | Western Michigan | Florida A&M |
| Jalik Thomas (Sr) | DB | App State | Florida A&M |
| Mozell Williams (Jr) | OL | Rutgers | Florida A&M |
| Gavin Hill (rFr) | TE | Florida | Florida A&M |
| Nick Ragano (Sr) | WR | Wake Forest | Furman |
| Markel Fortenberry (Jr) | WR | Liberty | Gardner-Webb |
| Chris Lofton (So) | WR | JMU | Gardner-Webb |
| Nate Hampton (Sr) | QB | Liberty | Gardner-Webb |
| Cole Pennington (Jr) | QB | Marshall | Gardner-Webb |
| Decoldest Crawford (So) | WR | LA Tech | Grambling |
| Jaz Boykin (So) | DB | Indiana | Hampton |
| Cal Swanson (So) | QB | Illinois | Holy Cross |
| Caleb Schlater (So) | LS | Miami (OH) | Holy Cross |
| Ty Curran (So) | WR | Ball State | Holy Cross |
| Kai Richardson (So) | LB | Oregon State | Idaho |
| Oliver Fisher (So) | TE | Boise State | Idaho |
| Maurice Heims (Sr) | DE | Washington | Idaho |
| Zakhari Spears (Jr) | DB | UConn | Idaho |
| Caleb Schmitz (Sr) | TE | Cincinnati | Illinois State |
| Logan Brasfield (So) | OL | Coastal Carolina | Illinois State |
| Shadwel Nkuba II (Jr) | DB | Louisiana | Illinois State |
| Jack McGarry (Jr) | OL | Missouri | Illinois State |
| Christian Lorenzo (Jr) | DT | Georgia State | Illinois State |
| Tysen Smith (So) | TE | Toledo | Indiana State |
| Bryan Domino (So) | WR | UConn | Indiana State |
| Trent Baker-Booker (Jr) | DB | Virginia | Indiana State |
| Keshon Singleton (rFr) | WR | Air Force | Indiana State |
| Mason Knipp (rFr) | OL | Iowa | Indiana State |
| Larry Stephens (Sr) | WR | Toledo | Indiana State |
| Vernorrius Chaney (Sr) | DB | Southern Miss | Jackson State |
| Quincy Ivory (Sr) | DE | Florida | Jackson State |
| Khamauri Rogers (Jr) | DB | Mississippi State | Jackson State |
| Tyriq Starks (Sr) | QB | FAU | Jackson State |
| Donerio Davenport (Sr) | RB | LA Tech | Jackson State |
| Jaylan Ware (Sr) | DT | ULM | Jackson State |
| Carmello Jones (Jr) | LB | Baylor | Jackson State |
| Demarcus Rankin (Sr) | DB | Wake Forest | Lamar |
| Jamahdia Whitby (Sr) | WR | Coastal Carolina | Lamar |
| Jarard Mosely (Sr) | DB | Kentucky | Lindenwood |
| Ethan Davies (Sr) | WR | Virginia | Maine |
| Mason Edwards (Sr) | DB | Utah State | McNeese |
| Jo Cryer (So) | OL | Southern Miss | McNeese |
| Trent Baker (So) | LS | Kentucky | McNeese |
| Emauri Sibley (Jr) | LB | South Alabama | McNeese |
| Keenan Landry (Sr) | DT | Kent State | McNeese |
| Pierson Parent (So) | LS | Houston | McNeese |
| Jake Jensen (Sr) | QB | USC | Montana |
| Korbin Hendrix (So) | WR | Arizona State | Montana |
| Braydon Bailey (Sr) | DT | Utah State | Montana |
| Titus Rohrer (Jr) | TE | Tennessee | Montana |
| Styles Goodman (rFr) | LB | Air Force | Montana |
| Micah Harper (Sr) | DB | BYU | Montana |
| Caleb Moran (rFr) | LB | Army | Montana |
| Sawyer Deerman (So) | WR | San Jose State | Murray State |
| Darius Cannon (Jr) | WR | Kentucky | Murray State |
| Lucas Desjardins (Sr) | WR | Tulane | Murray State |
| Jalen Johnson (Jr) | WR | Northern Illinois | New Hampshire |
| Nick Booker-Brown (Sr) | DL | UTSA | Norfolk State |
| Earl Woods III (So) | QB | Kennesaw | Norfolk State |
| Javance Tupou’ata-Johnson (So) | QB | San Diego State | North Dakota |
| Jamaal Young II (So) | WR | Arizona State | North Dakota |
| Bennett Walker (Sr) | DB | San Diego State | North Dakota |
| Kristen Hoskins (Jr) | WR | Minnesota | North Dakota |
| Jalon Peoples (So) | DB | Texas Tech | North Dakota State |
| Ayden Merrihew (Sr) | OL | Middle TN State | Northern Colorado |
| AJ Burton (So) | OL | Iowa State | Northern Colorado |
| Owen Ostroski (Sr) | DE | Tulsa | Northern Iowa |
| Preston Hickey (Jr) | DT | LSU | Northwestern State |
| Dylan Rhodes (So) | WR | Texas State | Northwestern State |
| Tay’Shawn Wilson (So) | DB | Baylor | Prairie View A&M |
| Ja’Koby Banks (Jr) | WR | Memphis | Prairie View A&M |
| Matthew Moore (So) | LB | North Texas | Prairie View A&M |
| Matt Smith (Sr) | TE | UMass | Rhode Island |
| Will Dixon (Jr) | TE | West Virginia | Rhode Island |
| Connor Finer (Sr) | TE | Kennesaw | Rhode Island |
| Sahnai Swain-Price (Jr) | DL | UMass | Rhode Island |
| Jaiden Fair (So) | WR | Maryland | Richmond |
| Jyree Roberts (So) | LB | UMass | Robert Morris |
| Tyler Evans (So) | WR | West Virginia | Robert Morris |
| Timothy Conerly (Sr) | WR | UNLV | Sac State |
| Rodney Hammond (Sr) | RB | Pitt | Sac State |
| Cardell Williams (Jr) | QB | Tulsa | Sac State |
| Brennon Scott (Sr) | LB | UNLV | Sac State |
| Jace Wilson (Jr) | WR | UTSA | Sac State |
| Dean Abdullah (Sr) | OL | San Diego State | Sac State |
| Jordan Anderson (So) | WR | Oregon State | Sac State |
| Ricky Lee III (Jr) | DB | UAB | Sac State |
| Ikaika Ragsdale (Sr) | WR | North Texas | Sac State |
| Logan Tanner (Jr) | TE | San Diego State | Sac State |
| Damien McDaniel (So) | WR | UNLV | Sac State |
| Brodie Tagaloa (Jr) | DL | Nebraska | Sac State |
| James Jones (Sr) | RB | ULM | Sac State |
| Joseph Firebaugh Jr. (Sr) | K | UCLA | Sac State |
| Sammy Norris (Sr) | FB | UNLV | Sac State |
| Jackson Lataimua (Sr) | DB | Washington State | Sac State |
| Damian Henderson II (So) | RB | Colorado State | Sac State |
| Jordan Williams (Sr) | TE | Colorado State | Sac State |
| Chase Brackney (So) | DL | Iowa | Sac State |
| Agiye Hall (Sr) | WR | Texas | Sac State |
| Keith Conley (Sr) | DL | UNLV | Sac State |
| Hank Weber (So) | DL | Wisconsin | Samford |
| Marlon McClendon (So) | DB | Georgia State | Samford |
| Jaden Gibson (Jr) | WR | Virginia | Samford |
| Ryan Kingston (Sr) | P | EMU | SEMO |
| Jeff Bowie (Jr) | DL | Iowa | South Dakota |
| Graham Eben (rFr) | LB | Iowa | South Dakota State |
| Jalyn Thompson (So) | TE | Iowa | South Dakota State |
| Koby Bretz (Sr) | DB | Nebraska | South Dakota State |
| Jackson Powers (rFr) | DB | Minnesota | South Dakota State |
| Nate White (So) | RB | Wisconsin | South Dakota State |
| Ian Conerly-Goodly (Sr) | DB | Troy | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Ty Walls (So) | WR | Oklahoma State | Southern Illinois |
| Ryan Algrim (So) | LS | Minnesota | Southern Illinois |
| Jacob Katauskas (So) | OL | Coastal Carolina | Southern Illinois |
| Dashaun Gibson (rFr) | DB | Northern Illinois | Southern Illinois |
| Naz Hill (So) | DB | Wyoming | Southern Illinois |
| Kyle Thomas (So) | WR | Northern Illinois | Southern Illinois |
| Blayne Sisson (rFr) | DB | Illinois | Southern Illinois |
| Ryan Damron (So) | QB | Tennessee | Stephen F. Austin |
| Jerrale Powers (Jr) | TE | Florida State | Stephen F. Austin |
| Skyler Malone (rFr) | LB | Georgia Southern | Stetson |
| Tylan Hines (Jr) | RB | Hawaii | Tarleton State |
| Tyson Edwards (So) | WR | Memphis | Tennessee State |
| Adam Damante (Jr) | QB | Arizona | Tennessee State |
| Josh Hand (Jr) | LB | Virginia Tech | Tennessee Tech |
| Greg Turner (So) | LB | ECU | Tennessee Tech |
| Kaleb Purdy (Jr) | DB | Kansas | Tennessee Tech |
| Mike Williams (So) | OL | Florida | Towson |
| Roice Cleeland (So) | OL | Washington | UC Davis |
| Pig Cage (Sr) | DB | LA Tech | UIW |
| Reece Sylvester (Jr) | DB | Washington State | UIW |
| Jaylen Dotson (Sr) | DB | Kent State | UIW |
| Chedon James (Sr) | WR | Fresno State | UIW |
| Mike Stoker (So) | OL | TCU | UIW |
| Jase Bauer (Sr) | QB | Sam Houston | UT Martin |
| Keyshaun Pipkin (Jr) | WR | Northern Illinois | UT Martin |
| Drake Tabor (Sr) | K | Oklahoma State | UT Martin |
| Prince Zombo (So) | WR | BYU | Utah Tech |
| Dallin Johnson (So) | DL | BYU | Utah Tech |
| Eddie Lee Marburger (Sr) | QB | UTSA | UTRGV |
| Eli Hiscock (So) | LB | USF | Wagner |
| Sione Hala (Jr) | LB | Boston College | Weber State |
| Jackson Gilkey (So) | QB | UTSA | Weber State |
| Cam’Ron Dabney (Sr) | DB | Northern Illinois | Western Carolina |
| Jordan Thompson (Jr) | LB | Middle TN State | Western Carolina |
| Alijah Williams (So) | OLB | Bowling Green | Wofford |
| Grant Tucker (So) | WR | App State | Wofford |
| Collin Vaughn (Sr) | DT | Utah State | Youngstown State |
| Dayne Hodge (Sr) | DB | Tulsa | Youngstown State |
