Unlike Burrow and Newton, Mayfield had multiple years of high-level production, ending his career as the 7th-leading passer in NCAA history. The Heisman and No. 1 draft pick status are just icing on the cake for college football’s best transfer of all time.
Putting Newton over Burrow is a matter of personal preference and relative talent around them. While Burrow threw to the likes of Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase in college, with Clyde Edwards-Helaire in the backfield, the rest of Newton’s offense saw action in a combined 28 NFL games.
Burrow’s story of development is unmatched in the history of college football. He attempted 39 passes in three years with Ohio before transferring.Then 2019 came, and Burrow threw for 5,671 yards and 60 TDs while waltzing to a National Championship and Heisman.
Moss compiled 174 receptions, 3,529 yards, and 54 touchdowns in just two seasons, helping Marshall to a 25-3 record across the 1996 and 1997 seasons. He was drafted in the first round and recently inducted into the Hall of Fame.
At USC, Simpson ran for 3,124 yards and 33 touchdowns in two seasons, finishing as the Heisman runner-up in 1967 and scooping the accolade in 1968. He was the first overall pick in the 1969 draft.
Daniels is the lone five-year starter on this list. The most recent Heisman winner had a pedestrian career for the Arizona State Sun Devils before transferring to the LSU Tigers and putting up incredible numbers.
As a freshman with Texas A&M, Murray completed just 59.5% of his passes while throwing seven INTs to five TDs. He didn't start at Oklahoma until 2018, when he threw for 4,300 yards, ran for another 1,000 yards, and had 54 total TDs.
Williams took over for Spencer Rattler in 2021 before following Lincoln Riley to USC. He won the Heisman in 2022, becoming just the second transfer QB to do so in his first year at a new school.
Addison had 2,259 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns in two years at Pittsburgh with Kenny Pickett, adding nearly 900 more yards and eight touchdowns for the USC Trojans.
Though his career stats aren’t as impressive as some of the other guys on this list, Frost gets the nod at No. 10 due to his impact. He started at Stanford, where the Cardinal won just 10 games in his first two seasons, and he attempted just 86 passes. But, he transferred to Nebraska, where he led the Cornhuskers to a National Title in 1997.
