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 2 of college football action:
QB Shadeur Sanders – Colorado (Jackson State)
Sanders completed 31 of 42 passes for 393 yards and two touchdowns, and added a rushing touchdown, during a 36-14 victory over Nebraska.
QB Tayven Jackson – Indiana (Tennessee)
Jackson completed 18 of 21 passes for 236 yards, and added a rushing touchdown, during a 41-7 victory over Indiana State.
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QB Sam Hartman – Notre Dame (Wake Forest)
Hartman completed 15 of 24 passes for 286 yards and four touchdowns during a 45-24 victory at NC State.
QB Thomas Castellanos – Boston College (UCF)
Castellanos completed 17 of 23 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed for 69 yards, during a 31-28 victory over Holy Cross.
QB Kedon Slovis – BYU (Pittsburgh)
Slovis completed 22 of 32 passes for 348 yards, four touchdowns and one interception during a 41-16 victory over Southern Utah. He also had a six-yard touchdown run.
QB Hudson Card – Purdue (Texas)
Card completed 23 of 34 passes for 248 yards and had a rushing touchdown during a 24-17 victory at Virginia Tech.
QB Devin Leary – Kentucky (NC State)
Leary completed 24 of 38 passes for 299 yards, four touchdowns and one interception during a 28-17 victory over Eastern Kentucky.
QB Donovan Smith – Houston (Texas Tech)
Smith completed 24 of 42 passes for 260 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, while rushing for 57 yards and three touchdowns, during a 43-41 double overtime loss to Rice.
QB Graham Mertz – Florida (Wisconsin)
Mertz completed 14 of 17 passes for 193 yards and one touchdown, while also rushing for a touchdown, during a 49-7 victory over McNeese State.
QB Haynes King – Georgia Tech (Texas A&M)
King completed 21 of 29 passes for 290 yards and four touchdowns during a 48-13 victory over South Carolina State.
QB Connor Bazelak – Bowling Green (Indiana)
Bazelak completed 23 of 28 passes for 319 yards and three touchdowns during a 38-15 victory over Eastern Illinois.
QB Dylan Hopkins – New Mexico (UAB)
Hopkins completed 13 of 17 passes for 273 yards, four touchdowns and one interception during a 56-10 victory over Tennessee Tech.
QB Carlos Davis – UMass (Western Carolina)
Davis completed 22 of 32 passes for 244 yards and three touchdowns during a 41-28 loss to Miami-Ohio.
QB JT Daniels – Rice (West Virginia)
Daniels completed 28 of 42 passes for 401 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 43-41 double overtime victory over Houston.
QB Davis Brin – Georgia Southern (Tulsa)
Brin completed 38 of 47 passes for 318 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during a 49-35 victory over UAB.
QB Chandler Rogers – North Texas (Louisiana-Monroe)
Rogers completed 11 of 15 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 49 yards and one touchdown during a 46-39 loss to Florida International.
ATH Travis Hunter – Colorado (Jackson State)
Hunter had 3 receptions for 73 yards on offense and four tackles and one pass breakup on defense during a 36-14 victory over Nebraska.
RB Isaac Guerendo – Louisville (Wisconsin)
Guerendo rushed for 63 yards and one touchdown on 11 carries and added four receptions for 47 yards during a 56-0 victory over Murray State.
RB Logan Diggs – LSU (Notre Dame)
Diggs rushed for 115 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries during a 72-10 victory over Grambling.
RB Ty Son Lawton – James Madison (Stony Brook)
Lawton rushed for 79 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries during a 36-35 victory over Virginia.
RB Nathan Carter – Michigan State (UConn)
Carter rushed for 111 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries during a 45-14 victory over Richmond.
RB Quali Conley – San Jose State (Utah Tech)
Conley rushed for 60 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries during a 59-3 victory over Cal Poly.
RB Shomari Lawrence – Florida International (South Dakota)
Lawrence rushed for 89 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries during a 46-39 victory over North Texas. He also had one reception for 17 yards.
RB Isaiah Woullard – Louisiana-Monroe (Ole Miss)
Woullard rushed for 113 yards on 14 carries during a 24-14 victory over Lamar.
RB Trevion Cooley – Georgia Tech (Louisville)
Cooley rushed for 93 yards and one touchdown on 10 carries, and had two receptions for 61 yards and one touchdown, during a 48-13 victory over South Carolina State.
RB Kentrel Bullock – South Alabama (Ole Miss)
Bullock rushed for 82 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries during a 35-17 victory over Southeastern Louisiana.
RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt – New Mexico (Alabama State)
Croskey-Merritt rushed for 162 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries during a 56-10 victory over Tennessee Tech.
RB Quinton Cooley – Liberty (Wake Forest)
Cooley rushed for 106 yards on 20 carries during a 33-17 victory over New Mexico State.
RB Carson Steele – UCLA (Ball State)
Steele rushed for 84 yards and one touchdown on 12 carries during a 35-10 victory over San Diego State. He also had one reception for five yards.
WR Adonai Mitchell – Texas (Georgia)
Mitchell had three receptions for 78 yards and two touchdowns during a 34-24 victory at Alabama.
WR Jamari Thrash – Louisville (Georgia State)
Thrash finished with three receptions for 82 yards and one touchdown, and rushed 12 yards for a second touchdown, during a 56-0 victory over Murray State.
WR Xavier Weaver – Colorado (USF)
Weaver had 10 receptions for 170 yards and one touchdown during a 36-14 victory over Nebraska.
WR Tar’Varish Dawson – Colorado (Auburn)
Dawson had three receptions for 41 yards and one touchdown and one carry for eight yards and a touchdown during a 36-14 victory over Nebraska.
WR Kaden Prather – Maryland (West Virginia)
Prather had four receptions for 80 yards and one touchdown during a 38-20 victory over Charlotte.
WR De’Zhaun Stribling – Oklahoma State (Washington State)
Stribling had seven receptions for 65 yards and one touchdown during a 27-15 victory at Arizona State.
WR Warren Thompson – TCU (Arkansas)
Thompson finished with eight receptions for 92 yards during a 41-6 victory over Nicholls State.
WR Steven McBride – Hawaii (Kansas)
McBride finished with seven receptions for 72 yards and two touchdowns during a 31-20 victory over Albany.
WR Malik Washington – Virginia (Northwestern)
Washington had five receptions for 119 yards and one touchdown during a 36-35 loss to James Madison.
WR Jayden Higgins – Iowa State (Eastern Kentucky)
Higgins had eight receptions for 95 yards and one touchdown during a 20-13 loss to Iowa.
WR Mark Pope – UMass (Jackson State)
Pope had four receptions for 70 yards and one touchdown during a 41-28 loss to Miami-Ohio.
WR Ayir Asante – Wyoming (Holy Cross)
Asante had two receptions for 78 yards and two touchdowns during a 31-17 victory over Portland State.
WR Naiem Simmons – USF (Wagner)
Simmons had three receptions for 59 yards and one touchdown during a 38-24 victory over Florida A&M.
WR Darius Lassiter – BYU (Eastern Michigan)
Lassiter had five receptions for 73 yards and one touchdown during a 41-16 victory over Southern Utah.
WR Andrew Armstrong – Arkansas (Texas A&M-Commerce)
Armstrong only had four receptions for 21 yards, but he scored two touchdowns during a 28-6 victory over Kent State.
WR Brett Buckman – UConn (Delaware)
Buckman had nine receptions for 93 yards and one touchdown during a 35-14 loss to Georgia State.
WR Gage Larvadain – Miami-Ohio (Southeastern Louisiana)
Larvadain finished with eight receptions for 273 yards and three touchdowns during a 41-28 victory over UMass.
WR JaQuae Jackson – Rutgers (D2 Cal University of Pennsylvania)
Jackson had four receptions for 95 yards during a 36-7 victory over Temple.
TE Rivaldo Fairweather – Auburn (Florida International)
Fairweather had three receptions for 39 yards and one touchdown during a 14-10 victory at Cal.
DL Andre Carter – Indiana (Western Michigan)
Carter finished with four tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack during a 41-7 victory over Indiana State.
DL Isaac Ukwu – Ole Miss (James Madison)
Ukwu finished with six tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack during a 37-20 victory over Tulane.
DL Jordan Domineck – Colorado (Arkansas)
Domineck finished with four tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and a fumble recovery during a 36-14 victory over Nebraska.
DL Isaiah Nichols – Purdue (Arkansas)
Nichols finished with four tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack during a 24-17 victory at Virginia Tech.
DL Eddie Kelly – Georgia Tech (USF)
Kelly finished with a team-high nine tackles during a 48-13 victory over South Carolina State.
DL Adin Huntington – Louisiana-Monroe (Kent State)
Huntington finished with a team-high 14 tackles, as well as one tackle for a loss and one sack during a 24-14 victory over Lamar.
LB JB Brown – Kansas (Bowling Green)
Brown finished with six tackles, two tackles for a loss, one sack and one pass breakup during a 34-23 victory over Illinois.
LB Trezman Marshall – Alabama (Georgia)
Marshall finished with 10 tackles during a 34-24 loss to Texas.
LB Levani Damuni – Utah (Stanford)
Damuni had team-high nine tackles during a 20-13 victory at Baylor.
LB Nick Jackson – Iowa (Virginia)
Jackson finished with nine tackles during a 20-13 victory over Iowa State.
LB Ahmad Walker – SMU (Liberty)
Walker finished with a team-high 10 tackles, and added a tackle for a loss and one pass breakup, during a 28-11 loss to Oklahoma.
LB Tyler Grubbs – Tulane (Louisiana Tech)
Grubbs finished with a team-high nine tackles during a 37-20 loss to Ole Miss.
LB Chandler Martin – Memphis (East Tennessee State)
Martin finished with seven tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss during a 37-3 victory over Arkansas State.
LB Jacob Roberts – Wake Forest (North Carolina A&T)
Roberts finished with 11 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss and one sack during a 36-20 victory over Vanderbilt.
LB Noah Plack – UConn (Delaware)
Plack totaled 13 tackles and two tackles for a loss during a 35-14 loss to UConn.
LB Jaheim Thomas – Arkansas (Cincinnati)
Thomas finished with a team-high 12 tackles, along with 2 tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks, during a 28-6 victory over Kent State.
LB Justin Flowe – Arizona (Oregon)
Flowe finished with 12 tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 31-24 overtime loss to Mississippi State.
DB Devin Neal – Louisville (Baylor)
Neal finished with five tackles, one interception, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup during a 56-0 victory over Murray State.
DB Jalen Catalon – Texas (Arkansas)
Catalon finished with a team-high seven tackles, and added on tackle for a loss, during a 34-24 victory at Alabama.
DB Flip Dixon – Rutgers (Minnesota)
Dixon finished with seven tackles, one tackle for a loss and two pass breakups during a 36-7 victory over Temple.
DB Jabbar Muhammad – Washington (Oklahoma State)
Muhammad finished with four tackles, one tackle for a loss, one sack and one pass breakup during a 43-10 victory over Tulsa.
DB Thomas Harper – Notre Dame (Oklahoma State)
Harper had a team-high seven tackles and two pass breakups during a 45-24 victory at NC State.
DB Tysheem Johnson – Oregon (Ole Miss)
Johnson finished with eight tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack during a 38-30 victory at Texas Tech.
DB Zy Alexander – LSU (Southeastern Louisiana)
Alexander had a team-high six tackles and two pass breakups during a 72-10 victory over Grambling.
DB Jonathan McGill – SMU (Stanford)
McGill finished with nine tackles, one tackle for a loss and one pass breakup during a 28-11 loss to Oklahoma.
DB Tywan Francis – Temple (Colorado State)
Francis finished with a team-high 11 tackles, and added on tackle for a loss and one pass breakup, during a 36-7 loss at Rutgers.
DB Shamari Simmons – Arizona State (Austin Peay)
Simmons finished with a team-high 10 tackles and added one tackle for a loss during a 27-15 loss to Oklahoma State.
DB Jaden Davis – Miami-Florida (Oklahoma)
Davis finished with eight tackles, two tackles for a loss and one pass breakup during a 48-33 victory over Texas A&M.
DB Myles Heard – Louisiana Tech (Stephen F. Austin)
Heard finished with 15 tackles and 2.5 tackles for a loss during a 51-21 victory over Northwestern State.
