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 5 of college football action:
RB Ray Davis – Kentucky (Vanderbilt)
Davis rushed for 280 yards and three touchdowns on 26 carries during a 33-14 victory over Florida. He also had one reception for nine yards, which went for another touchdown.
RB Blake Watson – Memphis (Old Dominion)
Watson rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries during a 35-32 victory over Boise State. He also had two receptions for 20 yards.
RB Dillon Johnson – Washington (Mississippi State)
Johnson rushed for a team-high 91 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries during a 31-24 victory at Arizona.
RB Logan Diggs – LSU (Notre Dame)
Diggs rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries during a 55-49 loss to Ole Miss. He also had two receptions for 22 yards.
RB Cameron Skattebo – Arizona State (Sacramento State)
Skattebo rushed for 59 yards and one touchdown and had four receptions for a team-leading 98 yards during a 24-21 loss to Cal.
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RB Ishmail Mahdi – Texas State (Houston Christian)
Mahdi rushed for 89 yards and three touchdowns on 14 carries during a 50-36 victory over Southern Miss. He also had one reception for 89 yards and returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown.
RB Jaylan Knighton – SMU (Miami-Florida)
Knighton rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries during a 34-16 victory over Charlotte.
RB Malik Jackson – Jacksonville State (Louisiana-Monroe)
Jackson rushed for 129 yards and one touchdown on 13 carries during a 35-28 victory over Sam Houston.
RB Nathan Carter – Michigan State (UConn)
Carter rushed for 108 yards on 20 carries during a 26-16 loss at Iowa.
RB Tyre Shelton – Louisiana Tech (Miami-Ohio)
Shelton rushed for 104 yards and on touchdown on 16 carries during a 24-10 victory over UTEP.
RB Harrison Waylee – Wyoming (Northern Illinois)
Waylee rushed for 191 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries during a 35-26 victory over New Mexico.
RB Bhayshul Tuten – Virginia Tech (North Carolina A&T)
Tuten rushed for 109 yards on 24 carries during a 38-21 victory over Pittsburgh.
RB Mario Anderson – South Carolina (D2 Newberry)
Anderson rushed for a team-high 101 yards and one touchdown on 10 carries during a 41-20 loss at Tennessee.
RB Donavyn Lester – UNLV (William & Mary)
Lester finished with a team-high 98 yards and one touchdown on 12 carries during a 44-20 victory over Hawaii.
QB Mikey Keene – Fresno State (UCF)
Keene completed 26 of 34 passes for 269 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions during a 27-9 victory over Nevada.
QB Shedeur Sanders – Colorado (Jackson State)
Sanders completed 30 of 45 passes for 371 yards, four touchdowns and one interception during a 48-41 loss to USC. He also rushed for 50 yards and one touchdown.
QB TJ Finley – Texas State (Auburn)
Finley completed 19 of 24 passes for 338 yards and two touchdowns during a 50-36 victory over Southern Miss.
QB Thomas Castellanos – Boston College (UCF)
Castellanos completed 16 of 26 passes for 183 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions during a 27-24 victory over Virginia. He also rushed for 78 yards on 16 carries.
QB Graham Mertz – Florida (Wisconsin)
Mertz completed 25 of 30 passes for 244 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during a 33-14 loss at Kentucky.
QB Hudson Card – Purdue (Texas)
Card completed 18 of 26 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns during a 44-19 victory over Illinois.
QB Connor Bazelak – Bowling Green (Indiana)
Bazelak completed 21 of 32 passes for 263 yards and one touchdown during a 38-27 victory at Georgia Tech. He also had a rushing touchdown.
QB Haynes King – Georgia Tech (Texas A&M)
King completed 23 of 37 passes for 348 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions during a 38-27 loss to Bowling Green.
QB Kyron Drones – Virginia Tech (Baylor)
Drones completed 12 of 19 passes for 228 yards and three touchdowns during a 38-21 victory over Pittsburgh. He also rushed for 41 yards and two touchdowns.
QB Davis Brin – Georgia Southern (Tulsa)
Brin completed 34 of 56 passes for 322 yards and three touchdowns during a 38-28 victory over Coastal Carolina.
QB Logan Smothers – Jacksonville State (Nebraska)
Smothers completed 16 of 28 passes for 197 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 37 yards and another touchdown during a 35-28 victory over Sam Houston.
QB Chandler Rogers – North Texas (Louisiana-Monroe)
Rogers completed 23 of 36 passes for 321 yards and three touchdowns during a 45-31 victory over Abilene Christian. He also rushed for 29 yards and a touchdown.
QB Emory Jones – Cincinnati (Arizona State)
Jones completed 23 of 37 passes for 256 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, while also rushing for a team-high 94 yards during a 35-27 loss at BYU.
QB Tony Muskett – Virginia (Monmouth)
Muskett completed 22 of 34 passes for 247 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 27-24 loss at Boston College.
QB Taisun Phommachanh – UMass (Georgia Tech)
Phommachanh completed 29 of 38 passes for 269 yards, one touchdown and one interception during a 52-28 loss to Arkansas State.
WR Jimmy Horn Jr. – Colorado (USF)
Horn finished with seven receptions for 84 yards and two touchdowns during a 48-41 loss to USC.
WR Germie Bernard – Washington (Michigan State)
Bernard had a team-high eight receptions for 98 yards and added 12 rushing yards and a touchdown on the ground during a 31-24 victory at Arizona.
WR Tre Harris – Ole Miss (Louisiana Tech)
Harris had a team-high eight receptions for 153 yards and one touchdown during a 55-49 victory over LSU.
WR Adonai Mitchell – Texas (Georgia)
Mitchell finished with 10 receptions for 141 yards and one touchdown during a 40-14 victory over Kansas.
WR Jaelen Gill – Fresno State (Boston College)
Gill finished with a team-high eight receptions for 126 yards and two touchdowns during a 27-9 victory over Nevada.
WR Andrew Armstrong – Arkansas (Texas A&M-Commerce)
Armstrong finished with three receptions for 78 yards and one touchdown during a 34-22 loss to Texas A&M.
WR Jayden Higgins – Iowa State (Eastern Kentucky)
Higgins had three receptions for a team-high 91 yards and one touchdown during a 50-20 loss to Oklahoma.
WR Steven McBride – Hawaii (Kansas)
McBride finished with six receptions for 180 yards and one touchdown during a 44-20 loss at UNLV.
WR Theo Wease – Missouri (Oklahoma)
Wease finished with 10 receptions for 118 yards and one touchdown during a 38-21 victory over Vanderbilt.
WR John Paul Richardson – TCU (Oklahoma State)
Richardson had three receptions for 87 yards and one touchdown during a 24-21 loss to West Virginia.
WR Jack Hestera – Charlotte (Colorado)
Hestera had a team-high seven receptions for 81 yards and one touchdown during a 34-16 loss at SMU.
WR Dominick Blaylock – Georgia Tech (Georgia)
Blaylock finished with seven receptions for 131 yards during a 38-27 loss to Bowling Green.
WR Da’Quan Felton – Virginia Tech (Norfolk State)
Felton finished with four receptions for 81 yards and one touchdown during a 38-21 victory over Pittsburgh.
WR Elijah Sarratt – James Madison (St. Francis-PA)
Sarratt had five receptions for 92 yards and one touchdown during a 31-23 victory over South Alabama.
WR Demeer Blankumsee – Memphis (Toledo)
Blankumsee finished with four receptions for 83 yards and one touchdown during a 35-32 victory over Boise State.
WR Chase Sowell – East Carolina (Colorado)
Sowell finished with a team-high seven receptions for 88 yards during a 24-17 loss at Rice.
WR Joey Hobert – Texas State (Utah Tech)
Hobert had 10 receptions for 126 yards and one touchdown during a 50-36 victory over Southern Miss.
WR Malik Washington – Virginia (Northwestern)
Washington finished with nine receptions for 97 yards and one touchdown during a 27-24 loss at Boston College.
TE Trey Knox – South Carolina (Arkansas)
Knox had a team-high seven receptions for 51 yards during a 41-20 loss at Tennessee.
TE Erick All – Iowa (Michigan)
All had a team-high four receptions for 67 yards and one touchdown during a 26-16 victory over Michigan State.
TE Dallin Holker – Colorado State (BYU)
Holker had four receptions for 94 yards and one touchdown during a 41-20 victory over Utah Tech.
DL George Rooks – Boston College (Michigan)
Rooks finished with five tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks during a 27-24 victory over Virginia.
DL Josaiah Stewart – Michigan (Coastal Carolina)
Stewart finished with five tackles, two tackles for a loss and two sacks during a 45-7 victory at Nebraska.
DL Coleman Coco – Rice (Colgate)
Coco finished with eight tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss during a 24-17 victory over East Carolina.
DL Eyabi Okie-Anoma – Charlotte (Michigan)
Okie-Anoma finished with four tackles, two tackles for a loss and two sacks during a 34-16 loss at SMU.
LB Nick Jackson – Iowa (Virginia)
Jackson finished with 10 tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 26-16 victory over Michigan State.
LB Nikhai Hill-Green – Charlotte (Michigan)
Hill-Green finished with a team-high 11 tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 34-16 loss at SMU.
LB Harrison Taggart – BYU (Oregon)
Taggart finished with 10 tackles during a 35-27 victory over Cincinnati.
LB Larry Nixon III – Auburn (North Texas)
Nixon finished with a team-high eight tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 27-20 loss to Georgia.
LB Andrew Mata’afa – USF (Utah)
Mata’afa finished with 10 tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack during a 44-30 victory over Navy.
LB Quae Drake – Jacksonville State (Louisiana-Monroe)
Drake finished with 10 tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and two pass breakups during a 35-28 victory over Sam Houston.
LB Kobe Wilson – SMU (Temple)
Wilson had a team-high 10 tackles during a 34-16 victory over Charlotte.
LB Donald Willis – Western Michigan (Minnesota)
Willis finished with seven tackles, two tackles for a loss and two sacks during a 42-24 victory over Ball State.
LB Chandler Martin – Memphis (East Tennessee State)
Martin finished with a team-high nine tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack during a 35-32 victory over Boise State.
LB Mason Cobb – USC (Oklahoma State)
Cobb had a team-high 13 tackles, two tackles for a loss and one pass breakup during a 48-41 victory over Colorado.
LB Joe Andreessen – Buffalo (Bryant)
Andreessen finished with nine tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 13-10 victory over Akron.
LB AJ Vongphachanh – BYU (Utah State)
Vongphachanh finished with 10 tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 35-28 victory over Cincinnati.
DB Myles Heard – Louisiana Tech (Stephen F. Austin)
Heard finished with a team-high 10 tackles and three pass breakups during a 24-10 victory over UTEP.
DB Shamari Simmons – Arizona State (Austin Peay)
Simmons had a team-high 11 tackles during a 24-21 loss to Cal.
DB Jeremiah Lewis – Duke (Northwestern)
Lewis finished with 10 tackles and one pass breakup during a 21-14 victory at Duke.
DB Jack Henderson – Minnesota (Southeastern Louisiana)
Henderson finished with a team-high seven tackles, one tackle for a loss and one interception during a 35-24 victory over Louisiana.
DB Donovan McMillon – Pittsburgh (Florida)
McMillon had a team-high 12 tackles during a 38-21 loss at Virginia Tech.
DB Clayton Isbell – Coastal Carolina (Utah)
Isbell had five tackles and three pass breakups during a 38-28 loss to Georgia Southern.
DB Juan Powell – Coastal Carolina (East Carolina)
Powell had a team-leading 10 tackles, one tackle for a loss and one pass breakup during a 38-28 loss to Georgia Southern.
DB Beanie Bishop – West Virginia (Minnesota)
Bishop finished with nine tackles and two pass breakups during a 24-21 victory at TCU.
DB Evan Williams – Oregon (Fresno State)
Williams finished with seven tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack during a 42-6 victory at Stanford.
DB Andre Sam – LSU (Tulane)
Sam finished with a team-high 14 tackles during a 55-48 loss at Ole Miss.
