By Mark Pszonak
With a full slate of games this weekend there were countless 2023/2024 transfers who shined. Here are some of the top performances:
QB Sam Leavitt, Arizona State (Michigan State)
Leavitt completed 21 of 34 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns during a 24-14 victory at Kansas State. He also rushed for 42 yards on five carries.
QB Kyle McCord, Syracuse (Ohio State)
McCord completed 29 of 46 passes for 323 yards and one touchdown during a 33-25 victory at Cal.
QB Riley Leonard, Notre Dame (Duke)
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Leonard completed 22 of 33 passes for 214 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 35-14 victory over Virginia. He also rushed for 32 yards on eight carries.
QB Jayden Maiava, USC (UNLV)
Maiava completed 25 of 35 passes for 259 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 28-20 victory over Nebraska. He also rushed for 20 yards and one touchdown on five carries.
QB Tyler Huff, Jacksonville State (Furman)
Huff completed 15 of 28 passes for 211 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 76 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries during a 34-31 victory over Florida International.
QB Cooper Legas, Tulsa (Utah State)
Legas completed 20 of 32 passes for 293 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 38-31 loss to East Carolina. He also rushed for 43 yards on 13 carries.
QB Matthew Caldwell, Troy (Gardner-Webb)
Caldwell completed 26 of 32 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns during a 28-20 victory at Georgia Southern. He also rushed for two touchdowns.
QB Hajj-Malik Williams, UNLV (Campbell)
Williams completed 20 of 29 passes for 244 yards and one touchdown during a 41-20 victory over San Diego State. He also rushed for 29 yards and two touchdowns.
QB Jordan McCloud, Texas State (James Madison)
McCloud completed 23 of 28 passes for 335 yards, four touchdowns and one interception during a 58-3 victory over Southern Miss.
QB Athan Kaliakmanis, Rutgers (Minnesota)
Kaliakmanis completed 20 of 30 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns during a 31-17 victory at Maryland. He also rushed for 26 yards on seven carries.
WR Elijhah Badger, Florida (Arizona State)
Badger finished with six receptions for 131 yards and one touchdown during a 27-16 victory over LSU.
WR Ted Hurst, Georgia State (D2 Valdosta State)
Hurst finished with nine receptions for 173 yards and one touchdown during a 27-20 loss to Arkansas State.
WR Justin Bowick, Ball State (Eastern Illinois)
Bowick finished with seven receptions for 148 yards and two touchdowns during a 51-48 overtime loss at Buffalo.
WR JJ Jenkins, Buffalo (Columbia)
Jenkins finished with eight receptions for 131 yards and one touchdown during a 51-48 overtime victory over Ball State.
WR Dymere Miller, Rutgers (Monmouth)
Miller finished with eight receptions for 107 yards and one touchdown during a 31-17 victory at Maryland.
WR Coleman Owen, Ohio (Northern Arizona)
Owen finished with eight receptions for 139 yards during a 35-10 victory over Eastern Michigan.
WR Will Sheppard, Colorado (Vanderbilt)
Sheppard finished with five receptions for 71 yards and two touchdowns during a 49-24 victory over Utah.
WR Evan Stewart, Oregon (Texas A&M)
Stewart finished with 10 receptions for 92 yards during a 16-13 victory at Wisconsin.
WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith, Auburn (Penn State)
Lambert-Smith finished with six receptions for 104 yards and one touchdown during a 48-14 victory over Louisiana-Monroe.
WR Ja’Corey Brooks, Louisville (Alabama)
Brooks finished with nine receptions for 104 yards during a 38-35 loss at Stanford.
RB Woody Marks, USC (Mississippi State)
Marks rushed for 146 yards on 19 carries during a 28-20 victory over Nebraska. He also had six receptions for 36 yards.
RB Nate Noel, Missouri (Appalachian State)
Noel rushed for 150 yards and one touchdown on 27 carries during a 34-30 loss at South Carolina.
RB Shane Porter, North Texas (Kansas State)
Porter rushed for 193 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries during a 48-27 loss at UTSA.
RB Tre Stewart, Jacksonville State (D2 Limestone)
Stewart rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries during a 34-31 victory over Florida International.
RB Jay Ducker, Sam Houston (Memphis)
Ducker rushed for 111 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries during a 23-17 overtime victory at Kennesaw State.
RB Brashard Smith, SMU (Miami-Florida)
Smith rushed for 120 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries during a 38-28 victory over Boston College.
RB Mario Anderson Jr., Memphis (South Carolina)
Anderson rushed for 138 yards and one touchdown on 22 carries during a 53-18 victory over UAB. He also had four receptions for 36 yards.
RB Eli Sanders, New Mexico (Iowa State)
Sanders rushed for 108 yards and one touchdown on 13 carries during a 38-35 victory over Washington State.
RB Aaron Young, Old Dominion (Rutgers)
Young rushed for 116 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries during a 35-32 loss to James Madison.
RB Desmond Reid, Pittsburgh (Western Carolina)
Reid rushed for 68 yards on 14 carries and had 10 receptions for 108 yards during a 24-20 loss to Clemson.
RB Jonah Coleman, Washington (Arizona)
Coleman rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries during a 31-19 victory over UCLA.
RB Quali Conley, Arizona (San Jose State)
Conley rushed for 107 yards and one touchdown on 11 carries during a 27-3 victory over Houston. He also had three receptions for 27 yards and one touchdown.
RB Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State (Ole Miss)
Judkins rushed for 76 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries during a 31-7 victory at Northwestern.
LB Teddye Buchanan, Cal (Cal-Davis)
Buchanan finished with a team-high 14 tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack during a 33-25 loss to Syracuse.
LB Reid Carrico, West Virginia (Ohio State)
Carrico finished with a team-high 16 tackles during a 49-35 loss to Baylor.
LB Shaun Dolac, Buffalo (Utah State)
Dolac finished with 17 tackles, one tackle for loss, one interception, which was returned 42 yards, and one pass breakup during a 51-48 overtime victory over Ball State.
LB Branson Combs, Wake Forest (Southern Illinois)
Combs finished with a team-high 14 tackles during a 31-24 loss at North Carolina.
LB Gavin Potter, East Carolina (Arkansas State)
Potter finished with a team-high 10 tackles and one tackle for loss during a 38-31 victory at Tulsa.
DL Anthony Dunn Jr., Toledo (Florida A&M)
Dunn finished with four tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks during a 37-10 victory over Central Michigan.
DL Khairi Manns, James Madison (Colorado)
Manns finished with six tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks during a 35-32 victory over Old Dominion.
DL Eric O’Neill, James Madison (LIU)
O’Neill finished with a team-high nine tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks during a 35-32 victory over Old Dominion.
DL Bryan Whitehead, Arkansas State (Liberty)
Whitehead finished with five tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks during a 27-20 victory at Georgia State.
DB Owen Goss, Arizona (Colgate)
Goss finished with a team-high nine tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and one pass breakup during a 27-3 victory over Houston.
DB Lorando Johnson, Baylor (Arkansas)
Johnson finished with five tackles, one tackle for loss and four pass breakups during a 49-35 victory over West Virginia.
DB Brent Austin, USF (James Madison)
Austin finished with six tackles and one interception, which he returned 14 yards for a touchdown, during a 59-24 victory at Charlotte.
