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 9 of college football action:
WR Keon Coleman – Florida State (Michigan State)
Coleman finished with seven receptions for 66 yards and two touchdowns during a 41-16 victory over Wake Forest.
WR Malik Washington – Virginia (Northwestern)
Washington finished with 12 receptions for 152 yards during a 29-26 loss at Miami-Florida.
WR Adonai Mitchell – Texas (Georgia)
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Mitchell finished with three receptions for 59 yards and two touchdowns during a 35-6 victory over BYU.
WR Xavier Weaver – Colorado (USF)
Weaver finished with five receptions for 86 yards during a 28-16 loss at UCLA.
WR Elijah Sarratt – James Madison (St. Francis-PA)
Sarratt finished with eight receptions for 139 yards and one touchdown during a 30-27 victory over Old Dominion.
WR DeQuece Carter – Indiana (Fordham)
Carter finished with three receptions for 103 yards and one touchdown during a 33-24 loss at Penn State.
WR Kyle Williams – Washington State (UNLV)
Williams finished with eight receptions for 77 yards during a 38-27 loss at Arizona State.
WR Da’Quan Felton – Virginia Tech (Norfolk State)
Felton finished with three receptions for 80 yards and two touchdowns during a 38-10 victory over Syracuse.
WR Jayden Higgins – Iowa State (Eastern Kentucky)
Higgins finished with five receptions for 74 yards and one touchdown during a 30-18 victory at Baylor.
WR Leon Johnson – Oklahoma State (DIII George Fox)
Johnson finished with five receptions for 139 yards during a 45-13 victory over Cincinnati.
WR Jeremiah Hixon – New Mexico (Alabama State)
Hixon finished with four receptions for 116 yards and one touchdown during a 34-24 loss to Nevada.
ATH Travis Hunter – Colorado (Jackson State)
Defensively, Hunter finished with four tackles and two interceptions, while on offense he had three receptions for seven yards, during a 28-16 loss at UCLA.
QB Haynes King – Georgia Tech (Texas A&M)
King completed 23 of 30 passes for 287 yards and four touchdowns during a 46-42 victory over North Carolina. He also rushed for 90 yards on eight carries.
QB Thomas Castellanos – Boston College (UCF)
Castellanos completed 16 of 24 passes for 151 yards and one touchdown, while rushing for 45 yards on 14 carries, during a 21-14 victory over UConn.
QB Payton Thorne – Auburn (Michigan State)
Thorne completed 20 of 26 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns during a 27-13 victory over Mississippi State. He also rushed for 38 yards on eight carries.
QB Kyron Drones – Virginia Tech (Baylor)
Drones completed 15 of 24 passes for 194 yards and one touchdown during a 38-10 victory over Syracuse. He also rushed for 56 yards.
QB Hank Bachmeier – Louisiana Tech (Boise State)
Bachmeier completed 20 of 27 passes for 238 yards and one touchdown, while also rushing for two touchdowns during a 27-24 loss to New Mexico State.
QB Graham Mertz – Florida (Wisconsin)
In a 43-20 loss to Georgia, Mertz completed 25 of 34 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns. He also had a rushing touchdown.
QB Grant Wilson – Old Dominion (Fordham)
Wilson completed 26 of 36 passes for 277 yards and two touchdowns during a 30-27 loss to James Madison.
QB Chandler Rogers – North Texas (Louisiana-Monroe)
Rogers completed 32 of 49 passes for 411 yards and five touchdowns during a 45-42 loss to Memphis.
QB Devin Leary – Kentucky (NC State)
Leary completed 28 of 39 passes for 372 yards and two touchdowns during a 33-27 loss to Tennessee. He also had five carries for 21 yards.
QB Mikey Keene – Fresno State
Keene completed 27 of 41 passes for 256 yards and four touchdowns during a 31-24 victory over UNLV.
RB Blake Watson – Memphis (Old Dominion)
Watson rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries and had five receptions for 100 yards during a 45-42 victory at North Texas.
RB Dillon Johnson – Washington (Mississippi State
Johnson rushed for 84 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries during a 43-33 victory over Stanford.
RB MarShawn Lloyd – USC (South Carolina)
Lloyd rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries during a 50-49 victory at Cal. He also had three receptions for 72 yards.
RB Bhayshul Tuten – Virginia Tech (North Carolina A&T)
Tuten finished with 118 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries during a 38-10 victory over Syracuse.
RB Cameron Skattebo – Arizona State (Sacramento State)
Skattebo rushed for 121 yards and one touchdown on 11 carries during a 38-27 victory over Washington State. He also had one reception for three yards.
RB DeCarlos Brooks – Arizona State (Cal)
Brooks rushed for 67 yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries during a 38-27 victory over Washington State. He also had two receptions for 12 yards.
RB Rashad Amos – Miami-Ohio (South Carolina)
Amos rushed for 163 yards and one touchdown on 21 carries during a 30-16 victory over Ohio.
RB Ismail Mahdi – Texas State (Houston Christian)
Mahdi rushed for 128 yards on 20 carries and had four receptions for 32 yards during a 31-13 loss to Troy.
RB Quali Conley – San Jose State (Utah Tech)
Conley rushed for 73 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries during a 35-0 victory at Hawaii. He also had four receptions for 48 yards.
DL Antwaun Powell-Ryland – Virginia Tech (Florida)
Powell-Ryland finished with four tackles, two tackles for a loss and two sacks during a 38-10 victory over Syracuse.
DL Jared Ivey – Ole Miss (Georgia Tech)
Ivey finished with five tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and 2.5 sacks during a 33-7 victory over Vanderbilt.
DL Jordan Domineck – Colorado (Arkansas)
Domineck finished with nine tackles, two tackles for a loss and two sacks during a 28-16 loss at UCLA.
LB Dasan McCullough – Oklahoma (Indiana)
McCullough finished with six tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 38-33 loss at Kansas.
LB LaVonta Bentley – Colorado (Clemson)
Bentley finished with eight tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack during a 28-16 loss at UCLA.
LB Mason Cobb – USC (Oklahoma State)
Cobb finished with a game-high 15 tackles and two tackles for a loss during a 50-49 victory at Cal.
LB Jackson Woodard – UNLV (Arkansas)
Woodard finished with 10 tackles during a 31-24 loss at Fresno State.
LB Levani Damuni – Utah (Stanford)
Damuni had a team-high 11 tackles during a 35-6 loss to Oregon.
LB Calvin Hart Jr. – Oregon State (Illinois)
Hart finished with six tackles, one tackle for a loss and one sack during a 27-24 loss at Arizona.
LB Chandler Martin – Memphis (East Tennessee State)
Martin finished with a team-high six tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack during a 45-42 victory at North Texas.
LB Francisco Mauigoa – Miami-Florida (Washington State)
Mauigoa finished with six tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks during a 29-26 victory over Virginia.
DB Jabbar Muhammad – Washington (Oklahoma State)
Muhammad finished with eight tackles, one tackle for a loss, one sack and one pass breakup during a 42-33 victory over Stanford.
DB Thomas Harper – Notre Dame (Oklahoma State)
Harper finished with five tackles and two tackles for a loss during a 58-7 victory over Pittsburgh.
DB Cam’Ron Kelly – Louisville (Virginia)
Kelly finished with a team-high seven tackles and one pass breakup during a 23-0 victory over Duke.
DB Khyree Jackson – Oregon (Alabama)
Jackson finished with five tackles, two tackles for a loss and one sack during a 35-6 victory at Utah.
DB Tysheem Johnson – Oregon (Ole Miss)
Johnson finished with two tackles and two interceptions during a 35-6 victory at Utah
DB Donovan McMillion – Pittsburgh (Florida)
McMillion finished with a team-high eight tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 58-7 loss at Notre Dame.
DB Clayton Isbell – Coastal Carolina (Utah)
Isbell finished with a team-high eight tackles during a 34-6 victory over Marshall.
DB Myles Rowser – New Mexico State (Campbell)
Rowser finished with a team-high nine tackles and one pass breakup during a 27-24 victory over Louisiana Tech.
DB Myles Heard – Louisiana Tech (Stephen F. Austin)
Heard finished with a team-high 10 tackles and one pass breakup during a 27-24 loss to New Mexico State.
DB Marques Sigle – Kansas State (North Dakota State)
Sigle finished with a team-high seven tackles and one tackle for a loss during a 41-0 victory over Houston.
DB Beanie Bishop – West Virginia (Minnesota)
Bishop finished with four tackles, two interceptions and one pass breakup during a 41-28 victory at UCF.
DB DJ Harvey – San Jose State (Virginia Tech)
Harvey finished with four tackles and two pass breakups during a 35-0 victory at Hawaii.
