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Damien Martinez and D’Angelo Ponds headline top transfer performances from Week 9

Mark Pszonak| October 28, 2024 (Updated: July 24, 2025)
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With a full slate of games there were countless 2023/2024 transfers who shined. Here are some of the top performances of Week 9:

QB Taylen Green, Arkansas (Boise State)

Green completed 23 of 29 passes for 314 yards, five touchdowns and one interception during a 58-25 victory at Mississippi State. He also rushed for 79 yards and one touchdown on eight carries.

QB Max Brosmer, Minnesota (New Hampshire)

Brosmer completed 26 of 33 passes for 320 yards and four touchdowns during a 48-23 victory over Maryland.


Oct 26, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Golden Gophers quarterback Max Brosmer (16) looks to throw against the Maryland Terrapins during the first half at Huntington Bank Stadium.

QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon (Oklahoma)

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Gabriel completed 18 of 26 passes for 291 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 38-9 victory over Illinois. He also had a rushing touchdown.

QB Cooper Legas, Tulsa (Utah State)

Legas completed 16 of 31 passes for 333 yards and five touchdowns during a 46-45 victory over UTSA. He also rushed for a team-high 46 yards on 13 carries.

QB Chandler Morris, North Texas (TCU)

Morris completed 38 of 55 passes for 449 yards and three touchdowns during a 45-37 loss to Tulane. He also rushed for 20 yards and one touchdown on six carries.

QB Tyler Huff, Jacksonville State (Furman)

Huff completed 10 of 18 passes for 137 yards and one touchdown during a 42-20 victory over Middle Tennessee State. He also rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries.

QB Hajj-Malik Williams, UNLV (Campbell)

Williams completed 12 of 21 passes for 179 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during a 29-24 loss to Boise State. He also rushed for a team-leading 105 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries.

QB Jacolby Criswell, North Carolina (Arkansas)

Criswell completed 19 of 30 passes for 293 yards and two touchdowns during a 41-14 victory at Virginia. He also rushed for 27 yards on four carries.

QB Riley Leonard, Notre Dame (Duke)

Leonard completed 13 of 21 passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns during a 51-14 victory over Navy. He also rushed for 83 yards and one touchdown on 10 carries.

QB Katin Houser, East Carolina (Michigan State)

Houser completed 16 of 29 passes for 269 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions during a 56-34 victory over Temple.

QB Hank Bachmeier, Wake Forest (Louisiana Tech)

Bachmeier completed 20 of 31 passes for 245 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 27-24 victory at Stanford.

WR Coleman Owen, Ohio (Northern Arizona)

Owen finished with six receptions for 146 yards and two touchdowns during a 47-16 victory over Buffalo. He also had a rushing touchdown on a 22-yard run.

WR Demariyon Houston, Old Dominion (Missouri)

Houston finished with four receptions for 64 yards and two touchdowns during a 47-19 victory over Georgia Southern.

WR Ashton Allen, Temple (USC, track)

Allen finished with four receptions for 109 yards and two touchdowns during a 56-34 loss at East Carolina.

WR Dymere Miller, Rutgers (Monmouth)

Miller finished with 11 receptions for 131 yards during a 42-20 loss at USC.


Oct 25, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Rutgers Scarlet Knights wide receiver Dymere Miller (0) catches the ball against Southern California Trojans cornerback Prophet Brown (16) in the first half at United Airlines Field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

WR Ja’Corey Brooks, Louisville (Alabama)

Brooks finished with eight receptions for 120 yards during a 31-27 victory at Boston College.

WR DT Sheffield, North Texas (Washington State)

Sheffield finished with nine receptions for 125 yards and one touchdown during a 45-37 loss to Tulane.

WR Kevin Coleman Jr., Mississippi State (Louisville)

Coleman finished with eight receptions for 100 yards one touchdown during a 58-25 loss to Arkansas.

WR Jacoby Jones, UCF (Ohio)

Jones finished with six receptions for 116 yards and one touchdown during a 37-24 loss to BYU.

WR O’Mega Blake, Charlotte (South Carolina)

Blake finished with three receptions for 128 yards and one touchdown during a 33-28 loss at Memphis.

WR Omari Kelly, Middle Tennessee State (Auburn)

Kelly finished with eight receptions for 128 yards during a 42-20 loss at Jacksonville State.

WR Marcus Bellon, Nevada (UTEP)

Bellon finished with six receptions for 111 yards and two touchdowns during a 34-13 loss at Hawaii.

TE Pat Conroy, Old Dominion (Merrimack)

Conroy finished with three receptions for 83 yards and one touchdown during a 47-19 victory over Georgia Southern.

TE Bauer Sharp, Oklahoma (Southeastern Louisiana)

Sharp finished with eight receptions for 53 yards and one touchdown during a 26-14 loss at Ole Miss.

RB Damien Martinez, Miami-Florida (Oregon State)

Martinez rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries during a 36-14 victory over Florida State. He also had one reception for 21 yards.

RB Brashard Smith, SMU (Miami-Florida)

Smith rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries during a 28-27 overtime victory at Duke. He also had three receptions for 22 yards.


Oct 26, 2024; Durham, North Carolina, USA; Southern Methodist Mustangs running back Brashard Smith (1) is tackled by Duke Blue Devils safety Jaylen Stinson (2) and linebacker Ozzie Nicholas (45) but scores a touchdown during the first half of the game at Wallace Wade Stadium.

RB Jaden Nixon, Western Michigan (Oklahoma State)

Nixon rushed for 135 yards and one touchdown on only eight carries during a 52-21 victory over Kent State.

RB Tre Stewart, Jacksonville State (D2 Limestone)

Stewart rushed for 210 yards and one touchdown on 21 carries during a 42-20 victory over Middle Tennessee State.

RB Mario Anderson Jr., Memphis (South Carolina)

Anderson rushed for 141 yards and one touchdown on 32 carries during a 33-28 victory over Charlotte. He also had three receptions for 25 yards.

RB George Pettaway, James Madison (North Carolina)

Pettaway rushed for 119 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries during a 32-15 victory over Southern Miss. He also had two receptions for 34 yards.

RB Justice Ellison, Indiana (Wake Forest)

Ellison rushed for 123 yards and one touchdown on 29 carries during a 31-17 victory over Washington.

RB Jonah Coleman, Washington (Arizona)

Coleman rushed for 104 yards on 19 carries during a 31-17 loss at Indiana.

RB Gerald Green, Troy (East Carolina)

Green rushed for 113 yards and one touchdown on 20 carries during a 34-31 loss at Arkansas State.

RB Durrell Robinson, UConn (Charlotte)

Robinson rushed for 132 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries during a 17-10 victory over Rice.

RB Woody Marks, USC (Mississippi State)

Marks rushed for 94 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries during a 42-20 victory over Rutgers.

RB Jevon Jackson, UTEP (Austin Peay)

Jackson rushed for 112 yards on 22 carries during a 14-10 loss at Louisiana Tech.

DB D’Angelo Ponds, Indiana (James Madison)

Ponds finished with five tackles, .5 tackles for loss and two interceptions, one of which he returned 35 yards for a touchdown, during a 31-17 victory over Washington.


Indiana's D'Angelo Ponds (5) makes an interception and returns it for a touchdown during the Indiana versus Washington football game at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 26, 2024.

DB Jordan Vincent, Utah State (New Mexico State)

Vincent finished with a team-high 11 tackles, one pass breakup and one interception during a 27-25 victory at Wyoming.

DB Duce Chestnut, Syracuse (LSU)

Chestnut finished with six tackles, one tackle for loss and two pass breakups during a 41-13 loss at Pittsburgh.

DB Kory Chapman, UTEP (Austin Peay)

Chapman finished with a team-high eight tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and one sack during a 14-10 loss at Louisiana Tech.

LB Chris Paul Jr., Ole Miss (Arkansas)

Paul finished with a team-high 12 tackles and two tackles for loss during a 26-14 victory over Oklahoma.

LB Branson Combs, Wake Forest (Southern Illinois)

Combs finished with a team-high 12 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack during a 27-24 victory at Stanford.

LB Devean Deal, TCU (Tulane)

Deal finished with a team-high 10 tackles, one tackle for loss and one sack during a 35-34 victory over Texas Tech.

LB Xavian Sorey Jr., Arkansas (Georgia)

Sorey finished with 11 tackles, one interception and one pass breakup during a 58-25 victory at Mississippi State.

LB Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, USC (Oregon State)

Mascarenas-Arnold finished with a team-high 11 tackles and one tackle for loss during a 42-20 victory over Rutgers.

LB Jacob Dobbs, James Madison (Holy Cross)

Dobbs finished with a team-high 10 tackles, two tackles for loss and two sacks during a 32-15 victory over Southern Miss.

LB James Djonkam, Eastern Michigan (Arizona State)

Djonkam finished with a team-high 10 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss during a 25-21 loss at Akron.

LB Randolph Kpai, New Mexico (Nebraska)

Kpai finished with a team-high 11 tackles during a 17-6 loss at Colorado State.

LB Marvin Ham, Arkansas State (Colorado)

Ham finished with nine tackles and two tackles for loss during a 34-31 victory over Troy.

LB Brendan Jackson, Troy (Gardner-Webb)

Jackson finished with a team-high 10 tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack in a 34-31 loss to Arkansas State.

DL Daylan Dotson, UCF (Tennessee-Martin)

Dotson finished with a team-high eight tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks during a 37-24 loss to BYU.

DL T.J. Jackson, West Virginia (Troy)

Jackson finished with six tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack during a 31-26 victory at Arizona.

DL Kendy Charles, Duke (Liberty)

Charles finished with a team-high 11 tackles during a 28-27 overtime loss to SMU. 


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