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 1 of college football action:
QB Shedeur Sanders – Colorado (Jackson State)
Sanders completed 38 of 47 passes for 510 yards and four touchdowns during a 45-42 victory at TCU.
QB Brennan Armstrong – NC State (Virginia)
Armstrong completed 17 of 26 passes for 155 yards and rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries during a 24-14 victory over UConn.
QB Cade McNamara – Iowa (Michigan)
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McNamara completed 17 of 30 passes for 191 yards and two touchdowns during a 24-14 victory over Utah State.
QB Sam Hartman – Notre Dame (Wake Forest)
Hartman completed 14 of 17 passes for 194 yards and two touchdowns, and had a rushing touchdown, during a 56-3 victory over Tennessee State.
QB Mikey Keene – Fresno State (UCF)
Keene completed 31 of 44 passes for 366 yards, four touchdowns and 1 interception during a 39-35 victory at Purdue.
QB Hudson Card – Purdue (Texas)
Card completed 17 of 30 passes for 254 yards and two touchdowns during a 39-35 loss to Fresno State. He also added 29 yards rushing.
QB Jack Plummer – Louisville (Cal)
Plummer completed 18 of 31 passes for 247 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 39-34 victory at Georgia Tech. He also rushed for 51 yards on nine carries.
QB Emory Jones – Cincinnati (Arizona State)
Jones completed 19 of 23 passes for 345 yards and five touchdowns, and rushed for 26 yards and two touchdowns, during a 66-13 victory over Eastern Kentucky.
QB Devin Leary – Kentucky (NC State)
Leary completed 18 of 31 passes for 241 yards, one touchdown and one interception during a 44-14 victory over Ball State.
QB TJ Finley – Texas State (Auburn)
Finley completed 22 of 30 passes for 298 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for 18 yards and one touchdown, during a 42-31 victory at Baylor.
QB Donovan Smith – Houston (Texas Tech)
Smith completed 22 of 34 passes for 233 yards and two touchdowns during a 17-14 victory over UTSA. He also rushed for 31 yards.
QB DJ Uiagalelei – Oregon State (Clemson)
Uiagalelei completed 20 of 25 passes for 239 yards and three touchdowns during a 42-17 victory San Jose State. He also had two rushing touchdowns during the victory.
QB Billy Wiles – Southern Miss (Clemson)
Wiles completed 21 of 28 passes for 267 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 40-14 victory over Alcorn State.
QB Graham Mertz – Florida (Wisconsin)
During a 24-11 loss at Utah, Mertz completed 31 of 44 passes for 333 yards, one touchdown and one interception.
QB Casey Thompson – FAU (Nebraska)
Thompson completed 20 of 25 passes for 280 yards, five touchdowns and one interception during a 42-20 victory over Monmouth.
QB Phil Jurkovec – Pittsburgh (Boston College)
Jurkovec completed 17 of 23 passes for 214 yards and one touchdown, and rushed for 41 yards and one touchdown, during a 45-7 victory over Wofford.
QB Ben Finley – Cal (NC State)
Finley completed 24 of 34 passes for 279 yards, one touchdown and one interception during a 58-21 victory over North Texas.
QB Haynes King – Georgia Tech (Texas A&M)
King completed 19 of 32 passes for 313 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 39-34 loss to Louisville. He also rushed for a team-high 53 yards on 10 carries.
QB Davis Brin – Georgia Southern (Tulsa)
Brin completed 27 of 36 passes for 244 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during a 34-0 victory over The Citadel.
QB Luke Altmyer – Illinois (Ole Miss)
Altmyer completed 18 of 26 passes for 211 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during a 30-28 victory over Toledo. He also rushed for 69 yards on nine carries.
QB Hank Bachmeier – Louisiana Tech (Boise State)
Bachmeier completed 21 of 33 passes for 241 yards, one touchdown and one interception during a 38-14 loss to SMU.
QB Logan Smothers – Jacksonville State (Nebraska)
Smothers completed 13 of 17 passes for 127 yards and one touchdown, and rushed for 40 yards and two touchdowns, during a 49-3 victory over East Tennessee State.
ATH Travis Hunter – Colorado (Jackson State)
Hunter had 11 receptions for 119 yards on offense and three tackles, one pass breakup and one interception on defense during a 45-42 victory over TCU.
RB Nathan Carter – Michigan State (UConn)
Carter rushed for 113 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries during a 31-7 victory over Central Michigan.
RB MarShawn Lloyd – USC (South Carolina)
Lloyd rushed for 76 yards and one touchdown on seven carries and had two receptions for 59 yards during a 66-14 victory over Nevada.
RB Re’Mahn Davis – Kentucky (Vanderbilt)
Davis rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries during a 44-14 victory over Ball State.
RB Cameron Skattebo – Arizona State (Sacramento State)
Skattebo rushed for 71 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries and had four receptions for 41 yards during a 24-21 victory over Southern Utah.
RB LJ Johnson Jr. – SMU (Texas A&M)
Johnson rushed for 128 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries during a 38-14 victory over Louisiana Tech.
RB Trey Sanders – TCU (Alabama)
Sanders rushed for 46 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries during a 45-42 loss to Colorado.
RB Trevion Cooley – Georgia Tech (Louisville)
Cooley rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries during a 39-34 loss to Louisville.
RB Carson Steele – UCLA (Ball State)
Steele rushed for 76 yards on 13 carries and had four receptions for 20 yards and one touchdown during a 27-13 victory over Coastal Carolina.
RB Isaiah Ifanse – Cal (San Jose State)
Ifanse rushed for 54 yards and three touchdowns on 10 carries during a 58-21 victory over North Texas.
RB Malik Jackson – Jacksonville State (Louisiana-Monroe)
Jackson rushed for 100 yards and one touchdown on 12 carries during a 49-3 victory over East Tennessee State.
RB Nay’Quan Wright – USF (Florida)
Wright rushed for 111 yards on 17 carries, and had two receptions for 10 yards, during a 41-24 loss to Western Kentucky.
WR Keon Coleman – Florida State (Michigan State)
Coleman had nine receptions for 122 yards and three touchdowns during a 45-24 victory over LSU.
WR Tre Harris – Ole Miss (Louisiana Tech)
Harris finished with six receptions for 133 yards and four touchdowns during a 73-7 victory over Mercer.
WR Jamari Thrash – Louisville (Georgia State)
Thrash had a team-high seven receptions for 88 yards and two touchdowns during a 39-34 victory at Georgia Tech.
WR J. Michael Sturdivant – UCLA (Cal)
Sturdivant finished with five receptions for 136 yards and one touchdown during a 27-13 victory over Coastal Carolina.
WR Xzavier Henderson – Cincinnati (Florida)
Henderson had seven receptions for 149 yards and one touchdown during a 66-13 victory over Eastern Kentucky.
WR Ali Jennings – Virginia Tech (Old Dominion)
Jennings finished with a team-high five receptions for 72 yards and two touchdowns during a 36-17 victory over Old Dominion.
WR Jaylin Lane – Virginia Tech (Middle Tennessee State)
Lane had four receptions for 69 yards and one touchdown during a 36-17 victory over Old Dominion.
WR Gary Bryant Jr. – Oregon (USC)
Bryant finished with seven receptions for 100 yards and two touchdowns during an 81-7 victory over Portland State.
WR Kevin Coleman – Louisville (Jackson State)
Coleman finished with three receptions for 66 yards and one touchdown during a 39-34 victory over Georgia Tech.
WR Xavier Guillory – Arizona State (Idaho State)
Guillory had five receptions for 73 yards and one touchdown during a 24-21 victory over Southern Utah.
WR Jaelen Gill – Fresno State (Boston College)
Gill had eight receptions for 65 yards and one touchdown during a 39-35 victory at Purdue.
WR Jordan Hudson – SMU (TCU)
Hudson finished with two receptions for 72 yards and one touchdown during a 38-14 victory over Louisiana Tech.
WR Corey Crooms – Minnesota (Western Michigan)
Crooms had seven receptions for 63 yards during a 13-10 victory over Nebraska.
WR Anthony Simpson – UMass (Arizona)
Simpson finished with four receptions for 89 yards and one touchdown during a 59-14 loss at Auburn.
WR Josh Kelly – Washington State (Fresno State)
Kelly had seven receptions for 97 yards and one touchdown during a 50-24 victory over Colorado State.
WR Joey Hobert – Texas State (Utah Tech)
Hobert had six receptions for 105 yards and one touchdown during a 42-31 victory at Baylor.
WR Ty Robinson – Ball State (Colorado)
Robinson finished with five receptions for 90 yards and one touchdown during a 44-14 loss at Kentucky.
WR Devin Carter – West Virginia (NC State)
Carter finished with six receptions for 90 yards during a 38-15 loss at Penn State.
WR Gage Larvadain – Miami-Ohio (Southeastern Louisiana)
Larvadain finished with eight receptions for 80 yards during a 38-3 loss at Miami-Florida
WR Demeer Blankumsee – Memphis (Toledo)
Blankumsee finished with six receptions for 98 yards and one touchdown during a 56-14 victory over Bethune-Cookman.
WR Chase Lane – Georgia Tech (Texas A&M)
Lane had three receptions for 69 yards and one touchdown during a 39-34 loss to Louisville.
WR Andrew Armstrong – Arkansas (Texas A&M-Commerce)
Armstrong had five receptions for 78 yards and one touchdown during a 56-13 victory over Western Carolina.
WR Issac TeSlaa – Arkansas (D2 Hillsdale)
TeSlaa had three receptions for 66 yards and one touchdown during a 56-13 victory over Western Carolina.
WR Malik McClain – Penn State (Florida State)
McClain finished with four receptions for 58 yards and one touchdown during a 38-15 victory over West Virginia.
TE Jaheim Bell – Florida State (South Carolina)
Bell had two receptions for 49 yards and one touchdown, and added a rushing touchdown, during a 45-24 victory over LSU.
TE Cade Conley – Marshall (Central Michigan)
Conley had seven receptions for 79 yards during a 21-17 victory over Albany.
DL Ben Kopenski – Tulsa (Oklahoma State)
Kopenski finished with 10 tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and two sacks during a 42-7 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
DL Elijah Roberts – SMU (Miami-Florida)
Roberts finished with four tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack during a 38-14 victory over Louisiana Tech.
DL Antwaun Powell-Ryland – Virginia Tech (Florida)
Powell-Ryland had a team-high six tackles, two tackles for a loss, two sacks and a forced fumble during a 36-17 victory over Old Dominion.
DL Daniel Grzesiak – Cincinnati (Utah State)
Grzesiak finished with a team-high seven tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack during a 66-13 victory over Eastern Kentucky.
DL Kevin Swint – Georgia State (Clemson)
Swint had four tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and 1 sack during a 42-35 victory over Rhode Island.
DL Andres Fox – Memphis (Fresno State)
Fox finished with five tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss, one sack and one pass breakup during a 56-14 victory over Bethune-Cookman.
LB Levani Damuni – Utah (Stanford)
Damuni had eight tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 24-11 victory over Florida.
LB Jacob Roberts – Wake Forest (North Carolina A&T)
Roberts finished with seven tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and one sack during a 37-17 victory over Elon.
LB Francisco Mauigoa – Miami-Florida (Washington State)
Mauigoa had a team-high five tackles, along with one tackle for a loss, during a 38-3 victory over Miami-Ohio.
LB Jackson Bratton – UAB (Alabama)
Bratton finished with a team-high 12 tackles, to go along with two tackles for a loss and two sacks, during a 35-6 victory over North Carolina A&T.
LB Jaheim Thomas – Arkansas (Cincinnati)
Thomas finished with a team-high eight tackles, along with 1.5 tackles for a loss and one pass breakup, during a 56-13 victory over Western Carolina.
LB Omar Speights – LSU (Oregon State)
Speights finished with eight tackles during a 45-24 loss to Florida State.
LB Ja’Terious Evans – Louisiana-Monroe (Stephen F. Austin)
Evans had a team-high eight tackles and two tackles for a loss during a 17-14 victory over Army.
LB Devin Richardson – Washington State (Texas)
Richardson finished with a team-high 11 tackles, and added one tackle for a loss, during a 50-24 victory over Colorado State.
LB Tate Romney – Arizona State (BYU)
Romney had eight tackles during a 24-21 victory over Southern Utah.
LB Jackson Woodard – UNLV (Arkansas)
Woodard had a team-high nine tackles during a 44-14 victory over Bryant.
LB Devin Nicholson – Kent State (Missouri)
Nicholson totaled 13 tackles and two tackles for a loss during a 56-6 loss at UCF.
LB Ernest Hausmann – Michigan (Nebrask)
Hausmann had a team-high six tackles, plus one tackle for a loss, during a 30-3 victory over East Carolina.
LB Nikhai Hill-Green – Charlotte (Michigan)
Hill-Green finished with seven tackles, one tackle for a loss and one pass breakup during a 24-3 victory over South Carolina State.
DB Clayton Isbell – Coastal Carolina (Utah)
Isbell finished with a team-high nine tackles and three interceptions during a 27-13 loss at UCLA.
DB Josh DeBerry – Texas A&M (Boston College)
DeBerry had a team-leading 10 tackles, to go along with 1.5 tackles for a loss, one sack, one interception and one pass breakup, during a 52-10 victory over New Mexico.
DB Tre’Von Jones – Minnesota (Elon)
Jones finished with a team-high nine tackles, and added one interception and one pass breakup, during a 13-10 victory over Nebraska.
DB Shilo Sanders – Colorado (Jackson State)
Sanders finished with a team-high 10 tackles during a 45-42 victory at TCU.
DB DeJordan Mask – UCF (Texas State)
Mask finished with two tackles and one interception during a 56-6 victory over Kent State.
DB Demarcus Rankins – Wake Forest (Notre Dame College)
Rankin had two tackles and one interception during a 37-17 victory over Elon.
DB Jaylen Key – Alabama (UAB)
Key finished with four tackles and one interception during a 56-7 victory over Middle Tennessee State.
DB Beanie Bishop – West Virginia (Minnesota)
Bishop finished with seven tackles, one tackle for a loss and one pass breakup during a 38-15 loss at Penn State.
DB Dean Clark – Fresno State (Kent State)
Clark finished with a team-high seven tackles and added a pass breakup during a 39-35 victory at Purdue.
DB Jaheim Singletary – Arkansas (Georgia)
Singletary finished with six tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 56-13 victory over Western Carolina.
