By Mark Pszonak
Thousands of college football players changed schools during the off-season. Here is a closer look at the top performances from 2022/2023 transfers during the Week 11 of college football action:
WR Tez Johnson – Oregon (Troy)
Johnson finished with seven receptions for 126 yards and one touchdown during a 36-27 victory over USC.
WR Malik Washington – Virginia (Northwestern)
Washington finished with nine receptions for 155 yards and one touchdown during a 31-24 loss at Louisville.
WR Devontez Walker – North Carolina (Kent State)
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Walker finished with seven receptions for 162 yards during a 47-45 double overtime victory over Duke.
WR Will Pauling – Wisconsin (Cincinnati)
Pauling finished with 10 receptions for 96 yards during a 24-10 loss to Northwestern.
WR Kenneth Womack – Western Michigan (Sacred Heart)
Womack finished with 12 receptions for 135 yards during a 38-28 victory over Central Michigan.
WR Josh Kelly – Washington State (Fresno State)
Kelly finished with nine receptions for 130 yards and one touchdown during a 42-39 loss at Cal.
WR Da’Quan Felton – Virginia Tech (Norfolk State)
Felton finished with four receptions for 101 yards during a 48-22 victory at Boston College.
WR Elijah Sarratt – James Madison (St. Francis-PA)
Sarratt finished with 13 receptions for 160 yards during a 44-6 victory over UConn.
WR Demeer Blankumsee – Memphis (Toledo)
Blankumsee finished with four receptions for 84 yards and one touchdown during a 44-38 victory at Charlotte.
WR Jaylon Barden – Georgia Southern (Pittsburgh)
Barden finished with six receptions for 96 yards and one touchdown during a 38-33 loss at Marshall.
WR DeMarcus Harris – Marshall (Kentucky)
Harris finished with four receptions for 147 yards during a 38-33 victory over Georgia Southern.
WR Makai Jackson – Appalachian State (St. Francis-PA)
Jackson finished with three receptions for 98 yards and one touchdown during a 42-14 victory at Georgia State.
RB Dillon Johnson – Washington (Mississippi State)
Johnson rushed for 104 yards and one touchdown on 23 carries during a 35-28 victory over Utah.
RB Jaylan Knighton – SMU (Miami-Florida)
Knighton rushed for 129 yards and on touchdown on 17 carries during a 45-21 victory over North Texas.
RB LJ Johnson Jr. – SMU (Texas A&M)
Johnson rushed for 106 yards and on touchdown on 20 carries during a 45-21 victory over North Texas.
RB Bhayshul Tuten – Virginia Tech (North Carolina A&T)
Tuten rushed for 78 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries during a 48-22 victory at Boston College.
RB Isaac Guerendo – Louisville (Wisconsin)
Guerendo rushed for 94 yards and one touchdown on only six carries during a 31-24 victory over Virginia.
RB Mario Anderson – South Carolina (DII Newberry)
Anderson rushed for 102 yards and one touchdown on nine carries during a 47-6 victory over Vanderbilt.
RB Blake Watson – Memphis (Old Dominion)
Watson rushed for 83 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries and had eight receptions for 41 yards and one touchdown during a 44-38 victory at Charlotte.
RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt – New Mexico (Alabama State)
Croskey-Merritt rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries during a 42-14 loss at Boise State.
RB Elijah Young – Western Kentucky (Missouri)
Young rushed for 80 yards on 14 carries and had three receptions for 84 yards and one touchdown during a 38-29 loss to New Mexico State.
RB Rashad Amos – Miami-Ohio (South Carolina)
Amos rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries during a 19-0 victory over Akron.
ATH Travis Hunter – Colorado (Jackson State)
Defensively, Hunter finished with six tackles, one tackle for a loss and one pass breakup while on offense he had 5 receptions for 74 yards during a 34-31 loss to Arizona.
QB Shedeur Sanders – Colorado (Jackson State)
Sanders completed 22 of 35 passes for 262 yards and two touchdowns during a 34-31 loss to Arizona. He also rushed for 29 yards and one touchdown.
QB DJ Uiagalelei – Oregon State (Clemson)
Uiagalelei completed 12 of 19 passes for 240 yards and two touchdowns during a 62-17 victory over Stanford.
QB Kyron Drones – Virginia Tech (Baylor)
Drones completed 12 of 17 passes for 219 yards and touchdowns, while also leading the team with 135 yards rushing on 20 carries during a 48-22 victory at Boston College.
QB Jordan McCloud – James Madison (Arizona)
McCloud completed 33 of 37 passes for 457 yards and four touchdowns during a 44-6 victory over UConn.
QB Brennan Armstrong – NC State (Virginia)
Armstrong completed 12 of 17 passes for 111 yards and one touchdown and rushed for a team-high 96 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries during a 26-6 victory at Wake Forest.
QB Hudson Card – Purdue (Texas)
Card completed 17 of 25 passes for 251 yards and three touchdowns during a 49-30 victory over Minnesota. He also rushed for 44 yards and one touchdown on eight carries.
QB Davis Brin – Georgia Southern (Tulsa)
Brin completed 29 of 54 passes for 307 yards and three touchdowns during a 38-33 loss at Marshall.
QB Jaylen Henderson – Texas A&M (Fresno State)
Henderson completed 11 of 19 passes for 150 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a team-high 60 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries during a 51-10 victory over Mississippi State.
QB Ben Bryant – Northwestern (Cincinnati)
Bryant completed 18 of 26 passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns during a 24-10 victory at Wisconsin. He also had a rushing touchdown.
QB Hayden Wolff – Western Michigan (Old Dominion)
Wolff completed 25 of 36 passes for 333 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 38-28 victory over Central Michigan.
QB Jack Plummer – Louisville (Cal)
Plummer completed 19 of 28 passes for 243 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during a 31-24 victory over Virginia.
QB John Paddock – Illinois (Ball State)
Paddock completed 24 of 36 passes for 507 yards, four touchdowns and one interception during a 48-45 overtime victory over Indiana.
QB Emory Jones – Cincinnati (Arizona State)
Jones completed 13 of 16 passes for 131 yards and one touchdown during a 24-14 victory at Houston.
QB Graham Mertz – Florida (Wisconsin)
Mertz completed 26 of 38 passes for 311 yards and one touchdown during a 52-35 loss at LSU. He also had a rushing touchdown.
QB Chandler Rogers– North Texas (Louisiana-Monroe)
Rogers completed 18 of 31 passes for 240 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during a 45-21 loss at SMU.
QB Payton Thorne – Auburn (Michigan State)
Thorne completed 12 of 20 passes for 163 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, while rushing for 88 yards and one touchdown on 12 carries, during a 48-10 victory at Arkansas.
TE Rivaldo Fairweather – Auburn (Florida International)
Fairweather finished with three receptions for 28 yards and two touchdowns during a 48-10 victory at Arkansas.
TE Dallin Holker – Colorado State (BYU)
Holker finished with six receptions for 57 yards during a 22-19 victory over San Diego State.
DL Eddie Kelly – Georgia Tech (USF)
Kelly finished with a team-high nine tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss during a 42-21 loss at Clemson.
DL Adin Huntington – Louisiana-Monroe (Kent State)
Huntington finished with seven tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss during a 45-14 loss to Troy.
DL Jessie Evans – Louisiana Tech (Prairie View A&M)
Evans finished with nine tackles, three tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks during a 42-27 loss to Sam Houston.
LB Desmond Tisdol – Florida Atlantic (Auburn)
Tisdol finished with a team-high nine tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack during a 22-7 loss to East Carolina.
LB Cody Moon – San Diego State (New Mexico)
Moon finished with nine tackles and one pass breakup during a 22-19 loss at Colorado State.
LB Jeslord Boateng – Louisiana Tech (Akron)
Boateng finished nine tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss during a 42-27 loss to Sam Houston.
LB Levani Damuni – Utah (Stanford)
Damuni finished with a team-high 12 tackles during a 35-28 loss at Washington.
LB Omar Speights – LSU (Oregon State)
Speights finished with a team-high 12 tackles during a 52-35 victory over Florida.
LB Mason Cobb – USC (Oklahoma State)
Cobb finished with a team-high nine tackles during a 36-27 loss at Oregon.
LB BJ Davis – East Carolina (South Carolina State)
Davis finished with a team-high 11 tackles during a 22-7 victory at Florida Atlantic.
LB Nick Jackson – Iowa (Virginia)
Jackson finished with seven tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and one sack during a 22-0 victory over Rutgers.
LB Nick Giacolone – Kent State (New Mexico State)
Giacolone finished with 12 tackles, one tackle for a loss, one forced fumble and one pass breakup during a 49-19 loss to Bowling Green.
LB Chandler Martin – Memphis (East Tennessee State)
Martin finished with nine tackles, two tackles for a loss and returned an interception 60 yards for a touchdown during a 44-38 victory at Charlotte.
LB Nikhai Hill-Green – Charlotte (Michigan)
Hill-Green finished with 11 tackles, one tackle for a loss and one pass breakup during a 44-38 loss to Memphis.
LB Demetrius Knight – Charlotte (Georgia Tech)
Knight finished with 11 tackles during a 44-38 loss to Memphis.
LB Francisco Mauigoa – Miami-Florida (Washington State)
Mauigoa finished with nine tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and two sacks during a 27-20 loss at Florida State.
LB Calvin Hart Jr. – Oregon State (Illinois)
Hart finished with a team-high seven tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and .5 sacks during a 62-17 victory over Stanford.
LB Joe Andreessen – Buffalo (Bryant)
Andreessen finished with a team-high nine tackles during a 20-10 loss to Ohio.
LB Jackson Woodard – UNLV (Arkansas)
Woodard finished with a team-high 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss during a 34-14 victory over Wyoming.
DB Anthony Wilson – West Virginia (Georgia Southern)
Wilson finished with a team-high 11 tackles during a 59-20 loss at Oklahoma.
DB Beanie Bishop – West Virginia (Minnesota)
Bishop finished with eight tackles and two pass breakups during a 59-20 loss at Oklahoma.
DB Irshaad Davis – Troy (Alabama State)
Davis finished with a team-high nine tackles during a 45-14 victory at Louisiana-Monroe.
DB Donovan McMillion – Pittsburgh (Florida)
McMillion finished with 11 tackles during a 28-13 loss at Syracuse.
DB DJ Harvey – San Jose State (Virginia Tech)
Harvey finished with seven tackles, one tackle for a loss and one pass breakup during a 42-18 victory over Fresno State.
DB A.J. Haulcy – Houston (New Mexico)
Haulcy finished with a team-high 13 tackles during a 24-14 loss to Cincinnati.
DB Devin Neal – Louisville (Baylor)
Neal finished with a team-high 11 tackles and one pass breakup during a 31-24 victory over Virginia.
DB Davison Igbinosun – Ohio State (Ole Miss)
Igbinosun finished with five tackles and two pass breakups during a 38-3 victory over Michigan State.
DB Evan Williams – Oregon (Fresno State)
Williams finished with a team-high nine tackles, one tackle for a loss, one sack and one pass breakup during a 36-27 victory over USC.
DB Clayton Bush – Illinois (Southern Illinois)
Bush finished with a team-high 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss during a 48-45 overtime victory over Indiana.
DB Clayton Isbell – Coastal Carolina (Utah)
Isbell finished with a team-high 11 tackles and 2.5 tackles for a loss during a 31-23 victory over Texas State.
DB Dontae Balfour – Charlotte (North Carolina)
Balfour finished with nine tackles, one tackle for a loss and four pass breakups during a 44-38 loss to Memphis.
DB Patrick McMorris – Cal (San Diego State)
McMorris finished with a team-leading nine tackles during a 42-39 victory over Washington State.
DB Shamari Simmons – Arizona State (Austin Peay)
Simmons finished with five tackles and three pass breakups during a 17-7 victory at UCLA.
