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 10 of college football action:
RB Dillon Johnson – Washington (Mississippi State)
Johnson rushed for 256 yards and four touchdowns on 26 carries during a 52-42 victory at USC. He also had two receptions for 11 yards.
RB Quinton Cooley – Liberty (Wake Forest)
Cooley rushed for 179 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries during a 59-30 victory over Louisiana Tech.
RB Harrison Waylee – Wyoming (Northern Illinois)
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Waylee rushed for 128 yards on 29 carries during a 24-15 victory over Colorado State. He also had one reception for 12 yards.
RB Ty Son Lawton – James Madison (Stony Brook)
Lawton rushed for 95 yards on 18 carries and had six receptions for 57 yards and one touchdown during a 42-14 victory at Georgia State.
RB Isaac Guerendo – Louisville (Wisconsin)
Guerendo rushed for 146 yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries during a 34-3 victory over Virginia Tech.
RB Elijah Young – Western Kentucky (Missouri)
Young rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries during a 21-13 victory at UTEP.
WR Malik Washington – Virginia (Northwestern)
Washington finished with 11 receptions for 109 yards during a 45-17 loss to Georgia Tech.
WR Adonai Mitchell – Texas (Georgia)
Mitchell finished with eight receptions for 149 yards and one touchdown during a 33-30 overtime victory over Kansas State.
WR Tez Johnson – Oregon (Troy)
Johnson finished with 12 receptions for 180 yards and two touchdowns during a 63-19 victory over Cal.
WR Tre Harris – Ole Miss (Louisiana Tech)
Harris finished with 11 receptions for 213 yards and one touchdown during a 38-35 victory over Texas A&M.
WR Demeer Blankumsee – Memphis (Toledo)
Blankumsee finished with six receptions for 142 yards during a 59-50 victory over USF.
WR Chris Lewis – Troy (Kentucky)
Lewis finished with four receptions for 120 yards and three touchdowns during a 28-10 victory over South Alabama.
WR Joey Hobert – Texas State (Utah Tech)
Hobert finished with 13 receptions for 141 yards and one touchdown during a 45-24 victory over Georgia Southern.
WR Jahdae Walker – Texas A&M (DII Grand Valley State)
Walker finished with eight receptions for 100 yards during a 38-35 loss at Ole Miss.
WR Keagan Johnson – Kansas State (Iowa)
Johnson finished with seven receptions for 70 yards and one touchdown during a 33-30 overtime loss at Texas.
WR Braden Smith – Cincinnati (Louisville)
Smith finished with six receptions for 114 yards and one touchdown during a 28-26 loss to UCF.
WR AJ Armstrong – Arkansas (Texas A&M-Commerce)
Armstrong finished with three receptions for 103 yards during a 39-36 overtime victory over Florida.
WR Theo Wease – Missouri (Oklahoma)
Wease finished with five receptions for 90 yards during a 30-21 loss at Georgia.
WR Blair Conwright – North Texas (TCU)
Conwright finished with five receptions for 75 yards and one touchdown during a 37-29 loss to UTSA.
WR Elijah Sarratt – James Madison (St. Francis-PA)
Sarratt finished with eight receptions for 87 yards during a 42-14 victory at Georgia State.
WR Josh Kelly – Washington State (Fresno State)
Kelly finished with four receptions for 82 yards and one touchdown during a 10-7 loss to Stanford.
WR Dante Cephas – Penn State (Kent State)
Cephas finished with six receptions for 53 yards and two touchdowns during a 51-15 victory at Maryland.
WR Bryson Green – Wisconsin (Oklahoma State)
Green finished with four receptions for 96 yards and one touchdown during a 20-14 loss at Indiana.
ATH Travis Hunter – Colorado (Jackson State)
Defensively, Hunter finished with two tackles and one pass breakup, while on offense he had 8 receptions for 98 yards and one touchdown during a 26-19 loss to Oregon State.
QB Haynes King – Georgia Tech (Texas A&M)
King completed 23 of 30 passes for 208 yards and one touchdown during a 45-17 victory at Virginia. He also rushed for 83 yards and two touchdowns on seven carries.
QB Thomas Castellanos – Boston College (UCF)
Castellanos completed 20 of 37 passes for 165 yards and one touchdown and rushed for a team-high 87 yards and one touchdown during a 17-10 victory at Syracuse.
QB Shedeur Sanders – Colorado (Jackson State)
Sanders completed 24 of 39 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns during a 26-19 loss to Oregon State.
QB Alan Bowman – Oklahoma State (Michigan)
Bowman completed 28 of 42 passes for 334 yards during a 27-24 victory over Oklahoma.
QB Jordan McCloud – James Madison (Arizona)
McCloud completed 28 of 36 passes for 307 yards and four touchdown, while also rushing for 104 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries, during a 42-14 victory at Georgia State.
QB Ethan Vasko – Coastal Carolina (Kansas)
Vasko completed 17 of 31 passes for 180 yards and one touchdown, while rushing for 170 yards and one touchdown on 21 carries during a 28-24 victory at Old Dominion.
QB Jack Plummer – Louisville (Cal)
Plummer completed 11 of 12 passes for 141 yards and one touchdown during a 34-3 victory over Virginia Tech.
QB TJ Finley – Texas State (Auburn)
Finley completed 25 of 31 passes for 301 yards and three touchdowns during a 45-24 victory over Georgia Southern. He also rushed for two touchdowns.
QB Donovan Smith – Houston (Texas Tech)
Smith completed 21 of 27 passes for 236 yards and two touchdowns during a 25-24 overtime victory at Baylor. He also rushed for 66 yards and one touchdown on 20 carries.
QB Luke Altmyer – Illinois (Ole Miss)
Altmyer completed 24 of 31 passes for 212 yards and three touchdowns during a 27-26 victory at Minnesota.
QB Emory Jones – Cincinnati (Arizona State)
Jones completed 16 of 22 passes for 217 yards and one touchdown during a 28-26 loss to UCF.
QB Payton Thorne – Auburn (Michigan State)
Thorne completed 17 of 27 passes for 194 yards and two touchdowns during a 31-15 victory at Vanderbilt. He also rushed for 40 yards.
QB Hank Bachmeier – Louisiana Tech (Boise State)
Bachmeier completed 23 of 33 passes for 304 yards and two touchdowns during a 56-30 loss at Liberty. He also led the team with 32 yards rushing.
QB Graham Mertz – Florida (Wisconsin)
Mertz completed 26 of 42 passes for 282 yards and three touchdowns during a 39-36 overtime loss to Arkansas.
QB Grant Wilson – Old Dominion (Fordham)
Wilson completed 16 of 28 passes for 172 yards and three touchdowns during a 28-24 loss to Coastal Carolina. He also rushed for 42 yards.
QB Mikey Keene – Fresno State
Keene completed 24 of 38 passes for 290 yards and one touchdown during a 37-30 victory over Boise State.
TE Rivaldo Fairweather – Auburn (Florida International)
Fairweather finished with two receptions for 62 yards and one touchdown during a 31-15 victory at Vanderbilt.
TE Kyle Morlock – Florida State (DII Shorter)
Morlock finished with four receptions for 80 yards during a 24-7 victory at Pittsburgh.
TE McCallan Castles– Tennessee (Cal-Davis)
Castles finished with four receptions for 56 yards and one touchdown during a 59-3 victory over UConn.
DL Elijah Roberts – SMU (Miami-Florida)
Roberts finished with five tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and 2.5 sacks during a 36-31 victory at Rice.
DL Javontae Jean-Baptiste – Notre Dame (Ohio State)
Jean-Baptiste finished with five tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and one sack during a 31-23 loss at Clemson.
DL Adin Huntington – Louisiana-Monroe (Kent State)
Huntington finished with seven tackles, three tackles for a loss and one sack during a 24-7 loss at Southern Miss.
DL Terray Jones – Akron (Tennessee State)
Jones finished with eight tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss during a 31-27 victory over Kent State.
DL Michael Mason – Coastal Carolina (Wofford)
Mason finished with a team-high 12 tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and one sack during a 28-24 victory at Old Dominion.
LB LaVonta Bentley – Colorado (Clemson)
Bentley finished with eight tackles, three tackles for a loss, one sack and one pass breakup during a 26-19 loss to Oregon State.
LB Travion Brown – Arizona State (Washington State)
Brown finished with 11 tackles during a 55-3 loss at Utah.
LB Logan Pili – Utah State (BYU)
Pili finished with eight tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack during a 32-24 overtime victory at San Diego State.
LB Desmond Tisdol – Florida Atlantic (Auburn)
Tisdol finished with 11 tackles, one tackle for a loss and .5 sacks during a 45-42 loss at UAB.
LB Cody Moon – San Diego State (New Mexico)
Moon finished with a team-high 13 tackles during a 32-24 overtime loss to Utah State.
LB Jeslord Boateng – Louisiana Tech (Akron)
Boateng finished with a team-high 13 tackles during a 56-30 loss at Liberty.
LB Levani Damuni – Utah (Stanford)
Damuni finished with a team-high 11 tackles and one sack during a 55-3 victory over Arizona State.
LB BJ Davis – East Carolina (South Carolina State)
Davis finished with nine tackles and two pass breakups during a 13-10 loss to Tulane.
LB Nick Jackson – Iowa (Virginia)
Jackson finished with seven tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack during a 10-7 victory at Northwestern.
LB Kobe Wilson – SMU (Temple)
Wilson finished with seven tackles and one interception during a 36-31 victory at Rice.
LB Mannie Nunnery – Florida (Houston)
Nunnery finished with 10 tackles, .5 tackles for a loss and .5 sacks during a 39-36 overtime loss to Arkansas.
LB Chandler Martin – Memphis (East Tennessee State)
Martin finished with eight tackles, one tackle for a loss and a fumble recovery during a 59-50 victory over USF.
LB Nikhai Hill-Green – Charlotte (Michigan)
Hill-Green finished with 11 tackles, two tackles for a loss and one pass breakup during a 33-26 victory at Tulsa.
LB Demetrius Knight – Charlotte (Georgia Tech)
Knight finished with 10 tackles during a 33-26 victory at Tulsa.
LB Francisco Mauigoa – Miami-Florida (Washington State)
Mauigoa finished with five tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and one sack during a 20-6 loss at NC State.
LB Joe Andreessen – Buffalo (Bryant)
Andreessen finished with seven tackles, two tackles for a loss and one pass breakup during a 31-13 loss at Toledo.
DB Beanie Bishop – West Virginia (Minnesota)
Bishop finished with five tackles and five pass breakups during a 37-7 victory over BYU.
DB Evan Williams – Oregon (Fresno State)
Williams finished with a team-high eight tackles during a 63-19 victory over Cal.
DB Bralyn Lux – Texas Tech (Fresno State)
Lux finished with seven tackles and one pass breakup during a 35-28 victory over TCU.
DB Irshaad Davis – Troy (Alabama State)
Davis finished with a team-high 11 tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 28-10 victory over South Alabama.
DB Juan Powell – Coastal Carolina (East Carolina)
Powell finished with eight tackles, two tackles for a loss and one pass breakup during a 28-24 victory at Old Dominion.
DB Donovan McMillion – Pittsburgh (Florida)
McMillion finished with 10 tackles during a 24-7 loss to Florida State.
DB Lorando Johnson – Arkansas (Baylor)
Johnson finished with five tackles, two tackles for a loss, one sack and one pass breakup during a 39-36 overtime victory at Florida.
DB John Saunders Jr. – Ole Miss (Miami-Ohio)
Saunders finished with eight tackles and one interception during a 38-35 victory over Texas A&M.
DB Jaron Morris – Florida Atlantic (Texas State)
Morris finished with 13 tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and one pass breakup during a 45-42 loss at UAB.
DB Takulve Williams – Western Kentucky (DII Alderson Broaddus)
Williams finished with a team-high 12 tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 21-13 victory over UTEP.
DB Eddie Heckard – BYU (Weber State)
Heckard finished with 10 tackles during a 37-7 loss at West Virginia.
DB Marques Sigle – Kansas State (North Dakota State)
Sigle finished with eight tackles and one pass breakup during a 33-30 overtime loss at Texas.
DB Shamari Simmons – Arizona State (Austin Peay)
Simmons finished with 10 tackles during a 55-3 loss at Utah.
