NCAAF Transfer Portal: Every Player Transferring In or Out of the SEC in 2024

The transfer portal has left its mark on the sport of college football, there is no denying that. However, as some teams find themselves on the flip side, most teams have embraced the chaos that is the portal and completely revamped their rosters in successive years in the process.

With so much movement in the portal, we thought we’d make it easier for everyone by breaking it down per team, starting with the SEC.

SEC Transfer Portal Movement Tracker

Included below is every player that has come or gone in the portal from an SEC team. This, of course, includes players leaving or joining the programs at Texas or Oklahoma, as the Longhorns and Sooners are officially members of the SEC this fall.

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With so much movement through the portal, it’s important to note that these are compiled as of February 6, 2024, and will be updated on a set basis to ensure we categorize each team correctly in the coming weeks. All portal figures include players that have transferred in or out as of September 1, 2023.

Come back to this to see where your favorite team stacks up against its rivals in terms of portal growth.

SEC Transfers

Total Transfers Out: 313
Total Transfer In: 180
Total Transfers Undecided: 88
Total Withdrawn: 10

Alabama Crimson Tide

Total Transfers Out: 30
Total Transfer In: 7
Total Transfers Undecided: 5
Total Withdrawn: 0

The Alabama Crimson Tide were laid to waste following the retirement of Nick Saban. As such, 30 players have transferred out of Alabama and five remain undecided about their future and still reside in the portal. Of those 30 players, all but five of them entered the portal after Saban’s retirement.

The makeup of college football was forever changed when Saban retired, no more apparent than the roster in Tuscaloosa.

Despite that fact, the Crimson Tide did an amazing job at bringing in top players through the portal while Saban was still around. Those players — LT Overton, Domani Jackson, Naquil Bertrand — are still sold on ‘Bama with Kalen DeLoach in the fold, each potentially serving major roles next fall.

Arkansas Razorbacks

Total Transfers Out: 25
Total Transfer In: 13
Total Transfers Undecided: 10
Total Withdrawn: 1

Though the Arkansas Razorbacks lost a fair share of scholarship players, they did a good job of retaining some of their top talent. Sure, KJ Jefferson is on his way to UCF, but the Arkansas program is on to bigger plans with new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino calling the shots now.

Though the Razorbacks really lacked in big-name acquisitions from the portal, the work at grabbing players such as Ja’Quinden Jackson, Miguel Mitchell, Doneiko Slaughter, and Fernando Carmona may serve as a massive boost to Arkansas. No signing, however, is as big as grabbing QB Taylen Green from Boise State.

Auburn Tigers

Total Transfers Out: 17
Total Transfer In: 9
Total Transfers Undecided: 7
Total Withdrawn: 1

It should be known the Auburn Tigers‘ roster construction has been a big proponent of the portal in the past two cycles. However, as we’ve all come to know, the portal doesn’t always mean greener pastures.

Jyaire Shorter and Robby Ashford each transferred to Auburn to hopefully play vital roles in the Tigers’ success and expand their national profiles. But after 2023, each has found a different program to play for going forward.

Such is life in the portal and the Tigers have done a great job of bringing in positions of need in 2024. That includes former Georgia State WR Robert Lewis to bolster the Tigers’ receiving corps. Lewis is a player to watch if you’re an Auburn fan in 2024.

Florida Gators

Total Transfers Out: 24
Total Transfer In: 11
Total Transfers Undecided: 6
Total Withdrawn: 1

One of the harder-hit teams in the conference, the Florida Gators watched as 25 players hit the portal this offseason. Sure, Mannie Nunnery returned, but that still left a sizeable gap in the roster from a seemingly hapless team from a year ago.

Florida lost some big-name players, including Princeley Umanmielen and Trevor Etienne, each on SEC rivals now. Whether Gator fans want to admit it or not, Billy Napier is on the hot seat, and his inability to work the portal to retain talent is absolutely part of the reason.

However, Napier’s ability to bring in players this year gives the Gators some hope. Joey Slackman was arguably the top FCS defensive player this cycle, but he didn’t stop there.

Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson has the makings of a top-tier tackle, while Trikweze Bridges, Asas Turner, and George Gumbs could become household names on defense. Chimere Dike reunites with Graham Mertz after the duo played together two seasons ago at Wisconsin.

Georgia Bulldogs

Total Transfers Out: 24
Total Transfer In: 4
Total Transfers Undecided: 4
Total Withdrawn: 1

Like their rival Gators, the portal hit the Georgia Bulldogs hard. With 24 players exiting the program and only one returning, it’s fortunate for the Bulldogs that their losses weren’t too many on the ‘key players’ front.

Nyland Green, A.J. Harris, Jamon Dumas-Johnson, CJ Madden, and a handful of other players have star potential but were left playing behind some talented players likely to make the NFL leap in 2024 or 2025. As such, the depth at Georgia is likely the biggest issue with their losses in 2024.

Quiet on the acquisition front, the Bulldogs only brought in four players this offseason. Despite their lack of total players, Georgia was picky and absolutely plucked top-tier talent.

Former Miami WR Colbie Young and USC WR Michael Jackson III are stars in the making. Trevor Etienne from rival Florida could be an impact player right away, while former South Carolina’s Xzavier McLeod fits right into the Georgia defense.

Kentucky Wildcats

Total Transfers Out: 15
Total Transfer In: 9
Total Transfers Undecided: 6
Total Withdrawn: 2

Keeping the roster relatively intact, it’s been a rather uneventful portal season for the Kentucky Wildcats. The losses of Destin Wade and Keaten Wade made mainstream news, but as they headed to Colorado, it was clear that the future at each position was already on the roster for the Wildcats.

However, the name to know for this Kentucky team in 2024 is absolutely new WR Ja’Mori Maclin. The former North Texas star was a big-play threat and could take the top off any SEC defense with a good quarterback.

LSU Tigers

Total Transfers Out: 19
Total Transfer In: 6
Total Transfers Undecided: 5
Total Withdrawn: 0

The LSU Tigers have done a great job of utilizing the transfer portal before it became popular, grabbing the likes of Joe Burrow and Jayden Daniels at the sports’ most marquee position. This season, they lost a handful of players through the portal, but aside from Duce Chestnut, Logan Diggs, and one or two more, the star players have stayed in Baton Rouge.

With their top talent staying put, the Tigers weren’t nearly aggressive on the portal hunt this year. They still received big-time players in CJ Daniels from Liberty, Jyaire Brown from Ohio State, and AJ Swann from Vanderbilt, but it was a quiet portal acquisition season for LSU.

Ole Miss Rebels

Total Transfers Out: 18
Total Transfer In: 18
Total Transfers Undecided: 6
Total Withdrawn: 0

The undisputed portal kings, Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss Rebels, are certainly among the best at bringing in top-tier talent in the offseason. This year is no different but does feel a bit off after star running back Quinshon Judkins shocked the world by exiting the program for a crowded backfield at Ohio State.

Nevertheless, Judkins’ departure barely cracks the top players coming and going from Ole Miss because of their recent acquisitions in the portal.

Those talented portal additions are almost too numerous to list but include former Gators edge rusher Princely Umanmielen, Oklahoma S Key Lawrence, South Carolina WR Juice Wells, and South Alabama S Yam Banks. The class itself is talented, but the areas of need that Kiffin and Co. hit were just as impressive.

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Total Transfers Out: 18
Total Transfer In: 13
Total Transfers Undecided: 6
Total Withdrawn: 1

Just 17 total players are exiting the Mississippi State Bulldogs roster this offseason, and that lack of turnover speaks volumes to the job that new head coach Jeff Lebby has done since taking over. Though Lebby’s work will be cut out for him, Starkville’s culture appears to be intact.

Mississippi State’s defense will be tested with losses such as Decamerion Richardson, DeCarlos Nicholson, and others, it was the loss of Will Rogers to Washington may come back to hurt them most. However, their ability to land former Baylor QB Blake Shapen may do wonders in the short term for a team enacting a new identity this year.

Missouri Tigers

Total Transfers Out: 14
Total Transfer In: 10
Total Transfers Undecided: 6
Total Withdrawn: 0

Talk about recruiting top talent and then keeping top talent. All the credit in the world goes to Eli Drinkwitz and Co. with the Missouri Tigers for doing so much more with so much less than their counterparts in the SEC.

Drinkwitz has lost just eight total players so far, with six former Tigers undecided in the portal. Truth be told, talented but unproven players are those who have left and signed elsewhere from the program, as the roster of contributors is largely intact from the 2023 season (save for exhausted eligibility ravishing the OL).

As such, the Tigers brought in 10 total players so far through the portal, with their most notable acquisition being former Oklahoma guard Cayden Green. The former high-ranking recruit had a great season in 2023 and should be on the shortlist for the 2026 NFL Draft after two seasons with the Tigers.

Oklahoma Sooners

Total Transfers Out: 19
Total Transfer In: 11
Total Transfers Undecided: 3
Total Withdrawn: 0

The Oklahoma Sooners have done a great job in recent seasons at bringing in top talent that has blossomed in Norman. However, this past offseason, they saw the other end of that spectrum as star offensive lineman Cayden Green exited the program and legendary QB Dillon Gabriel headed to the Pacific Northwest.

Key Lawrence was a big loss, as were a handful of others, but the Sooners have done just as well at bringing in talent to lighten the load. Included in that overhaul of talent is a plethora of potential next-level stars.

Former San Diego State DB Dezjhon Malone can lock down receivers while former Miami (OH) edge rusher Caiden Woullard is as talented as they come. Deion Burks from Purdue and Febechi Nwaiwu from North Texas are lesser-known names that may make a huge difference next all.

South Carolina Gamecocks

Total Transfers Out: 22
Total Transfer In: 19
Total Transfers Undecided: 12
Total Withdrawn: 0

Of all the teams that saw a plethora of players hit the open market, few have had the level of unknown attached to them quite like the South Carolina Gamecocks. Of their 22 players to transfer, 12 remain actively in the portal and a return to Columbia is not out of the question.

However, the loss of star players Juice Wells and Mario Anderson, coupled with the departures of Spencer Rattler and a handful of NFL Draft hopefuls, could be crippling for success in 2024.

Gilber Edmond returns to the program through the portal, and Georgia Tech’s Kyle Kennard help on defense. But it’s a trio of receivers that may prove the biggest difference in 2024 as Ahmari Huggins-Bruce, Gage Larvadain, and Jared Brown rework the Gamecocks’ offense.

Tennessee Volunteers

Total Transfers Out: 12
Total Transfer In: 8
Total Transfers Undecided: 1
Total Withdrawn: 0

It’s a varietal who is who of former Tennessee Volunteers dotting incoming transfer portal classes nationwide. Of their 12 departures, 11 of them have signed with nine different universities, including eight different Power Five programs.

Tennessee lost Tyler Baron to Louisville, Brandon Turnage to Ole Miss, and De’Shawn Rucker to USC, just to name a few. However, the Vols received one of the most underappreciated players on the market through the portal.

Wide receiver Chris Brazzell II from Tulane should make an immediate impact in Knoxville this fall. Brazzell flashed brilliance with the Green Wave and was one of the most sought after players this cycle.

Texas Longhorns

Total Transfers Out: 14
Total Transfer In: 8
Total Transfers Undecided: 4
Total Withdrawn: 1

Of their College Football Playoff roster, the Texas Longhorns haven’t lost a ton of talented contributors. Such is the victory of the Big 12 and a jettison to a conference that means more, but it’s likely more because of the efforts of head coach Steve Sarkisian and Co. at keeping talent happy in Austin more than anything else.

Of their losses, only Kitan Crawford and Trill Carter made much of an impact this past season; however, depth and potential did walk out their door with their nine players signed elsewhere.

Despite those losses, the addition of potential star players through the portal takes precedence when discussing Texas’s portal movement. Trey Moore is a star in the making from UTSA, while Andrew Mukuba has high-level NFL Draft potential. Silas Bolden and Matthew Golden should do wonders in the Longhorns’ passing attack, while Alabama transfers highlight the rest.

Texas A&M Aggies

Total Transfers Out: 24
Total Transfer In: 21
Total Transfers Undecided: 6
Total Withdrawn: 1

Of all the programs that saw top-tier talent walk out of the door, the Texas A&M Aggies roster was arguably hit the hardest. Such is life when you have some of the best recruiting classes over the past few years but middling success and a fired coach.

Despite all the losses, new head coach Mike Elko has done a great job at rebranding the Aggie program and bringing in talent and depth through the portal. The losses of Walter Nolen, LT Overton, Tyreek Chappell, and a handful of others will be hard to get over, but it appears they’ll be ready to do so.

With 21 players coming into the mix from the portal, this A&M roster is set to look completely different in 2024. Notable transfers in include BJ Mayes, Jaydon Hill, Cashius Howell, and De’Rickey Wright.

Vanderbilt Commodores

Total Transfers Out: 18
Total Transfer In: 13
Total Transfers Undecided: 1
Total Withdrawn: 1

The Vanderbilt Commodores weren’t necessarily hit hard by the total number of players to hit the portal this season, but they certainly were hit hard by the caliber of players leaving. Will Sheppard, Jayden McGowan, AJ Swann, and De’Rickey Wright all had terrific careers with the Commodores but are now looking to put their names more on the national map elsewhere.

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Making matters worse, it appears that there isn’t a clear-cut answer to who their quarterback will be despite grabbing New Mexico State’s Blaze Berlowitz and Diego Pavia through the portal. This roster has the makings of potential with its 13 additions in the portal, but a lot of answers are yet to be known.

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