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 7 of college football action:
WR Devontez Walker – North Carolina (Kent State)
Walker finished with six receptions for 132 yards and three touchdowns during a 41-31 victory over Miami-Florida. He also had two carries for 19 yards.
WR Keon Coleman – Florida State (Michigan State)
Coleman finished with nine receptions for 140 yards and one touchdown during a 41-3 victory over Syracuse.
WR Jamari Thrash – Louisville (Georgia State)
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Thrash finished with a team-high nine receptions for 120 yards during a 38-21 loss at Pittsburgh.
WR Xavier Weaver – Colorado (USF)
Weaver finished with seven receptions for 124 yards and two touchdowns during a 46-43 double overtime loss to Stanford.
WR Jaylin Lane – Virginia Tech (Middle Tennessee State)
Lane finished with three receptions for 102 yards and two touchdowns during a 30-13 victory over Wake Forest.
WR Dominic Lovett – Georgia (Missouri)
Lovett had a team-high nine receptions for 72 yards and one touchdown during a 37-20 victory at Vanderbilt.
WR John Paul Richardson – TCU (Oklahoma State)
Richardson finished with six receptions for 104 yards and one touchdown during a 44-11 victory over BYU.
WR Devin Carter – West Virginia (NC State)
Carter finished with five receptions for 116 yards during a 41-39 loss at Houston.
WR Jayden Higgins – Iowa State (Eastern Kentucky)
Higgins finished with six receptions for 172 yards during a 30-10 victory at Cincinnati.
WR Stephon Johnson – Houston (Oklahoma State)
Johnson had four receptions for 96 yards and two touchdowns during a 41-39 victory against West Virginia.
WR Demeer Blankumsee – Memphis (Toledo)
Blankumsee finished with six receptions for 108 yards and one touchdown during a 31-21 loss at Tulane.
WR Theo Wease – Missouri (Oklahoma)
Wease finished with a team-high six receptions for 58 yards and one touchdown during a 38-21 victory at Kentucky.
WR Holden Willis – Middle Tennessee State (USF)
Willis finished with four receptions for 103 yards and one touchdown during a 31-23 victory over Louisiana Tech.
WR Elijah Sarratt – James Madison (St. Francis (PA)
Sarratt finished with five receptions for 105 yards and one touchdown during a 41-13 victory at Georgia Southern.
WR Chase Sowell – East Carolina (Colorado)
Sowell had seven receptions for 120 yards during a 31-10 loss to SMU.
WR Steven McBride – Hawaii (Kansas)
McBride had 157 yards on five receptions during a 41-34 loss to San Diego State.
WR Joey Hobert – Texas State (Utah Tech)
Hobert had a team-high 10 receptions for 110 yards and two touchdowns during a 21-20 victory over Louisiana-Monroe.
QB DJ Uiagalelei – Oregon State (Clemson)
Uiagalelei completed 14 of 24 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns during a 36-24 victory over UCLA.
QB Alan Bowman – Oklahoma State (Michigan)
Bowman completed 28 of 41 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns during a 39-32 victory over Kansas.
QB Donovan Smith – Houston (Texas Tech)
Smith completed 21 of 27 passes for 253 yards and four touchdowns, including a last-play hail mary, during a 41-39 victory over West Virginia. He also rushed for a touchdown.
QB Shedeur Sanders – Colorado (Jackson State)
Sanders completed 33 of 47 passes for 400 yards, five touchdowns and one interception and rushed for a team-high 37 yards during a 46-43 double overtime loss to Stanford.
QB Graham Mertz – Florida (Wisconsin)
Mertz completed 30 of 48 passes for 423 yards and three touchdowns during a 41-39 victory at South Carolina.
QB Chandler Rogers – North Texas (Louisiana-Monroe)
Rogers completed 25 of 39 passes for 307 yards and four touchdowns during a 45-14 victory over Temple.
QB Luke Altmyer – Illinois (Ole Miss)
Altmyer completed 16 of 28 passes for 206 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during a 27-24 victory at Maryland. He also rushed for 29 yards.
QB Kyron Drones – Virginia Tech (Baylor)
Drones completed 20 of 29 passes for 321 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a team-high 59 yards during a 30-13 victory over Wake Forest.
QB Brendon Lewis – Nevada (Colorado)
Lewis completed 16 of 31 passes for 287 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions and had a team-high 115 yards rushing and one touchdown on 15 carries during a 45-27 loss to UNLV.
RB Dillon Johnson – Washington (Mississippi State)
Johnson rushed for 100 yards and one touchdown on 20 carries during a 36-33 victory over Oregon.
RB Logan Diggs – LSU (Notre Dame)
Diggs rushed for 97 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries during a 48-18 victory over Auburn.
RB Ray Davis – Kentucky (Vanderbilt)
Davis rushed for 128 yards on 20 carries and had two receptions for 11 yards and one touchdown during a 38-21 loss to Missouri.
RB Carson Steele – UCLA (Ball State)
Steele rushed 110 yards and one touchdown on 22 carries during a 36-24 loss at Oregon State.
RB Quinton Cooley – Liberty (Wake Forest)
Cooley rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries during a 31-13 victory over Jacksonville State.
RB Treshaun Ward – Kansas State (Florida State)
Ward rushed for 118 yards on 15 carries during a 38-21 victory over Texas Tech.
RB Nay’Quan Wright – USF (Florida)
Wright rushed for 106 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries during a 56-14 loss to Florida Atlantic.
RB Donavyn Lester – UNLV (William & Mary)
Lester rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns on 10 carries during a 45-27 victory at Nevada.
RB Quali Conley – San Jose State (Utah Tech)
Conley rushed for 123 yards and one touchdown on 10 carries during a 52-24 victory at New Mexico. He also had one reception for 61 yards.
RB Mario Anderson – South Carolina (D2 Newberry)
Anderson rushed for 98 yards on 20 carries during a 41-39 loss to Florida. He also had two receptions for 23 yards and one touchdown.
ATH Travis Hunter – Colorado (Jackson State)
Hunter had 13 receptions for 140 yards and two touchdowns on offense and five tackles on defense during a 46-43 double overtime loss to Stanford.
TE Dallin Holker – Colorado State (BYU)
Holker had seven receptions for 85 yards and one touchdown during a 31-30 victory over Boise State.
TE Kole Taylor – West Virginia (LSU)
Taylor finished with five receptions for 62 yards during a 41-39 loss at Houston.
TE Trey Knox – South Carolina (Arkansas)
Knox had eight receptions for 50 yards and one touchdown during a 41-39 loss to Florida.
TE Jaheim Bell – Florida State (South Carolina)
Bell finished with four receptions for 87 yards during a 41-3 victory over Syracuse.
DL Austin Booker – Kansas (Minnesota)
Booker finished with nine tackles during a 39-32 loss at Oklahoma State.
DL Michael Mason – Coastal Carolina (Wofford)
Mason finished with a team-leading eight tackles during a 27-24 victory at Appalachian State.
DL Paris Shand – LSU (Arizona)
Shand finished with six tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and one pass breakup during a 48-18 victory over Auburn.
DL Kevin Swint – Georgia State (Clemson)
Swint finished with six tackles, three tackles for a loss and two sacks during a 41-24 victory over Marshall.
DL Antwaun Powell-Ryland – Virginia Tech (Florida)
Powell-Ryland finished with six tackles, 4.5 tackles for a loss and four sacks during a 30-13 victory over Wake Forest.
DL Daniel Grzesiak – Cincinnati (Utah State)
Grzesiak finished with seven tackles, two tackles for a loss and two sacks during a 30-10 loss to Iowa State.
LB Jaheim Thomas – Arkansas (Cincinnati)
Thomas finished with 10 tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack during a 24-21 loss to Alabama.
LB Calvin Hart – Oregon State (Illinois)
Hart finished with nine tackles, two tackles for a loss and two sacks during a 36-24 victory over UCLA.
LB Daveren Rayner – Kentucky (Northern Illinois)
Rayner finished with a team-high 10 tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 38-21 loss to Missouri.
LB Zach Zimos – Louisiana Tech (Arkansas)
Zimos finished with a team-high 14 tackles during a 31-23 loss to Middle Tennessee State.
LB Gaethan Bernadel – Stanford (Florida International)
Bernadel had a team-high nine tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 46-43 double overtime victory at Colorado.
LB K.J. Cloyd – Miami-Florida (Louisville)
Cloyd finished with six tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack during a 41-31 loss at North Carolina.
LB Francisco Mauigoa – Miami-Florida (Washington State)
Mauigoa finished with six tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and one sack during a 41-31 loss at North Carolina.
LB Max Harris – Louisiana-Monroe (Incarnate Word)
Harris finished with a team-high 12 tackles during a 21-20 loss to Texas State.
LB Chandler Martin – Memphis (East Tennessee State)
Martin finished with a team-high 11 tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 31-21 loss at Tulane.
DB Jaylen Key – Alabama (UAB)
Key had a team-leading seven tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss during a 24-21 victory over Arkansas.
DB J.J. Roberts – Marshall (Wake Forest)
Roberts finished with 15 tackles and one forced fumble during a 41-24 loss at Georgia State.
DB TyGee Leach – Georgia State (Lehigh)
Leach finished with seven tackles and two tackles for a loss during a 41-24 victory over Marshall.
DB Gavin Pringle – Georgia State (Bucknell)
Pringle finished with seven tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss during a 41-24 victory over Marshall.
DB Tyrell Raby – Middle Tennessee State (Memphis)
Raby finished with four tackles and three pass breakups during a 31-23 victory over Louisiana Tech.
DB Jonathan McGill – SMU (Stanford)
McGill finished with three tackles and one interception, which was returned for a touchdown, during a 31-10 victory over East Carolina.
DB AJ Haulcy – Houston (New Mexico)
Haulcy had a team-high 15 tackles, one tackle for a loss and one pass breakup during a 41-39 victory over West Virginia.
DB Myles Rowser – New Mexico State (Campbell)
Rowser finished with a team-high 10 tackles during a 27-13 victory over Sam Houston.
DB Rodrick Ward – Colorado (Southern Utah)
Ward had a team-high nine tackles and one pass breakup during a 46-43 double overtime loss to Stanford.
DB Zy Alexander – LSU (Southeastern Louisiana)
Alexander had a team-high nine tackles and two pass breakups during a 48-18 victory over Auburn.
