2026 NC Football Transfers (Seven FBS Teams):
Enrollees/Signees/Commitments
(Incoming)

By David Glenn
North Carolina Sports Network
(last updated Jan. 31, 2026)

(Details on the 2026 OUTGOING transfers from North Carolina’s seven FBS programs can be found HERE.)

Thanks to the NCAA’s creation of the transfer portal in 2018, then the organization’s revolutionary 2021 rule change that allowed first-time transfers to be immediately eligible at their new school, the manner in which college football teams are built and sustained has changed dramatically.

Just on Jan. 2, the first day of the shortened (Jan. 2-16) 2025-26 transfer window, more than 4,000 players at the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) levels entered the portal. That action enabled other schools to initiate official contact and for players to arrange one or more official campus visit, if desired.

Last year, during the 2024-25 cycle, more than 8,000 FBS/FCS players entered the portal. That marked another new record, as did the numbers from 2022-23 and 2023-24 at the time they occurred.

Meanwhile, all across college football, the percentage of players who joined their program as a major college transfer (rather than straight from the high school ranks) has reached unprecedented levels. Accordingly, the percentage of transfers on all-conference squads has never been higher.

In the Atlantic Coast Conference, for example, roughly half of the first-team All-ACC selections from the 2024 and 2025 seasons were transfers.

Among the 13 offensive players on the 2025 All-ACC first team, nine were major college transfers: Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King (Texas A&M), NC State running back Hollywood Smothers (Oklahoma), Virginia running back J’Mari Taylor (NC Central), Florida State wide receiver Duce Robinson (Southern Cal), NC State tight end Justin Joly (UConn), Cal all-purpose back Jacob De Jesus (UNLV), Georgia Tech guard Keylan Rutledge (Middle Tennessee), SMU guard Logan Parr (Texas) and Florida State center Luke Petitbon (Wake Forest).

NCAA rules previously provided for two transfer windows in football each year. For the 2024-25 cycle, the early window ran from Dec. 9-28. (The Dec. 28 deadline was simply for portal entry; the timeline for selecting a new school — then and now — is tied more practically to universities’ spring semesters, which typically begin in mid-January.) The late window, designed to follow spring practice, ran from April 16-25. Both windows were shortened from those in the 2023-24 transfer cycle.

Reminder: The incoming transfers below are listed with their class/eligibility for the upcoming (2026) season. Under recently revised NCAA rules, virtually all major college transfers are immediately eligible at their new school.

2026 NC Transfer Commitments/Signees
(Enrolled/Incoming)

Appalachian State (35)

NC Central/FCS S Eric Adams, r-Jr. (starter; 54 career tackles, 1 TFL, 9 PD, 5 INT, 2 FF; 6-1, 205 pounds; from East Wilkes HS near Boone)
SE Missouri State/FCS DT Jehchys Brown, r-Jr. (backup; 34 career tackles, 4.5 TFL, 3 sacks; 6-2, 290 pounds)
Houston RB J’Marion Burnette, Jr. (backup; 71 career carries, 264 yards, 1 TD; 6-2, 225 pounds; 4-star AL HS prospect)
Towson/FCS DT Aaron Clark, r-So. (starter; 36 career tackles, 7 TFL, 1 sack; 6-0, 300 pounds)
North Carolina CB Khalil Conley, r-So. (backup; 2 tackles; 5-11, 185 pounds; top-40 HS prospect from Asheville)
Florida State TE Luke Douglas, r-So. (backup/walk-on; 6-5, 210 pounds; star QB as FL HS prospect)
Arkansas State P Jaxson Dunn, r-So. (backup; 2024 redshirt; 6-1, 190 pounds)
Boston College WR Semaj Fleming, r-Fr. (redshirt; 5-8, 170 pounds; 3-star FL HS prospect)
Lindenwood/FCS TE Darrin Fugitt, r-Sr. (HM All-OVC/Big South; 62 career catches, 697 yards, 5 TD; 6-5, 240 pounds)
Charlotte S Cary Grant, r-Sr. (starter; 45 tackles, 2.5 TFL; 2024 redshirt; 6-2, 180 pounds; ex-juco)
Kansas OT Greydon Grimes, r-So. (backup; 6-6, 285 pounds; 3-star TX HS prospect)
UCF S Jakob Gude, r-Fr. (backup/injured 2025; redshirt 2024; 5-11, 175 pounds; 4-star GA HS prospect)
ETSU/FCS DT Ki’Shawn Harvey, r-Jr. (backup; 14 career tackles, 3 TFL; 6-1, 310 pounds; Knightdale HS in NC; ex-WKU)
UCLA QB Henry Hasselbeck, r-So. (DNP 2025; redshirt 2024; 6-3, 180 pounds; son of ex-NFL QB Matt Hasselbeck)
Liberty S Devin Henderson, r-So. (backup; 20 career tackles, 1 PD; 5-10, 200 pounds; 3-star GA HS prospect)
UCF CB Ja’Cari Henderson, r-Sr. (backup; 30 career tackles, 2 PD; 6-0, 165 pounds; 3-star FL HS prospect)
Findlay/D2 LB Kevin Henderson, Jr. (1st-team All-GMAC; 115 career tackles, 19.5 TFL, 4 sacks, 8 PD, 1 INT, 1 FF; 5-11, 210 pounds)
Cal WR Dazmin James, r-Jr. (DNP 2025; 3 career catches, 137 yards, 1 TD at Arkansas; 6-2, 195 pounds; from Clayton HS in NC)
Gardner-Webb/FCS WR Chris Lofton, r-Jr. (1st-team All-Big South/OVC; 56 catches, 934 yards, 5 TD; 6-0, 185 pounds; ex-JMU)
Pitt PK James London, r-Jr. (redshirt; 1st-team All-MVFC at Murray State/FCS in 2024; 16-22 FG, long 55; 25-25 PAT)
Florida OT Devon Manuel, r-Sr. (backup; 2023 part-time starter at Arkansas; 6th-year senior; 6-7, 305 pounds)
Middle Tennessee LB Alex Mitchell, r-Sr. (starter/redshirt; 2-year starter at Chattanooga/FCS; 162 career tackles, 10 TFL, 4 FF)
Samford/FCS WR Sam Pickett III, So. (part-time starter; 33 career catches, 450 yards, 2 TD; 6-0, 185 pounds)
Tennessee Tech/FCS S Kaleb Purdy, r-Sr. (part-time starter; 35 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sack, 1 INT; ex-Kansas)
Virginia Tech CB Joe Reddish, r-Jr. (backup; 2024 Wingate/D2 starter; 49 tackles, 4 TFL, 11 PD, 4 INT)
Purdue QB Malachi Singleton, r-Jr. (backup; 59-92 career passing, 797 yards, 6 TD, 2 INT; 6-1, 235 pounds; ex-Arkansas)
Samford/FCS LB Carson Sloan, Jr. (starter; 54 career tackles, 6 TFL, 1 sack, 5 PD, 1 FF; 6-2, 225 pounds)
Tulsa LS Parker Stone, r-Sr. (redshirt; 2024 starter; 6-4, 215 pounds; ex-Quincy/juco)
Arkansas WR Zachary Taylor, r-So. (backup; 2024 redshirt; 6-4, 170 pounds; 3-star TX HS prospect)
Old Dominion LB Keshawn Thomas, Sr. (backup; 37 tackles, 5 TFL, 3 sacks, 1 PD in 2025; 6-1, 230 pounds; ex-juco)
Kennesaw State QB Tommy Ulatowski, r-Sr. (backup; 150-312 career passing, 2,201 yards, 23 TD, 10 INT; ex-Kent State)
Virginia CB Dre Walker, r-So. (3 career starts; DNP 2025; 18 career tackles, 5 PD, 1 INT; 6-2, 195 pounds; top-40 NC HS prospect)
South Carolina OG Mac Walters, r-Sr. (backup/walk-on; 6-6, 290 pounds)
Florida RB Treyaun Webb, r-So. (DNP 2025; backup/injured 2024; 47 career carries, 256 yards, 3 TD; 4-star FL HS prospect)
Dayton/FCS CB Josh Williams, r-Jr. (HM All-PFL; 41 career tackles, 5 TFL, 10 PD, 6 INT, 2 FF, 2 FR)

Charlotte (21)

App State RB/KR Khamani Alexander, r-So. (backup; 12 career carries, 50 yards; 18 KR, 359 yards)
North Carolina DT Devin Ancrum, r-Fr. (backup/redshirt; 6-2, 295 pounds; 3-star GA HS prospect)
App State WR/PR Jaden Barnes, Sr. (starter, 55 catches, 608 yards, 7 TD; 5-8, 162 pounds; ex-Austin Peay)
NC State WR Tank Boston, r-So. (backup; 2 career catches, 11 yards; 5-11, 195 pounds; 3-star SC HS prospect)
Bryant/FCS WR Zyheem Collick, r-So. (starter; 35 career catches, 670 yards, 4 TD; 5-11, 172 pounds)
Kansas CB/KR Jameel Croft Jr., r-Jr. (backup; 6-0, 195 pounds; 3-star MI HS prospect)
Maine/FCS OC Nicolas Cruji, r-Sr. (3-year starter; 6-4, 305 pounds)
Pitt QB Cole Gonzales, r-Sr. (backup/redshirt; 2-year starter at Western Carolina/FCS; 522-825 career passing, 6,800 yards, 52 TD, 23 INT)
Hutchinson CC DT Elijah Jackson, Jr. (backup; 13 career tackles, 2 TFL, 0.5 sacks; 3-star FL HS prospect)
McNeese State/FCS TE Logan Mauldin, r-Sr. (2-year starter; 43 career catches, 538 yards, 3 TD; Charlotte Myers Park HS)
Maryland S Shamar McIntosh, r-So. (backup; 6-0, 198 pounds; 3-star DC HS prospect)
Virginia Union/D2 OT Mathias Nielsen, Sr. (HBCU A-A; 3x All-CIAA; 6-5, 295 pounds; from Denmark)
SE Missouri State/FCS WR Cam Pedro, r-Sr. (2x All-Big South/OVC; 107 career catches, 1,264 yards, 4 TD; 6-0, 182 pounds; ex-Marshall)
Coastal Carolina RB D’Mariun Perteet, r-Jr. (DNP 2025; 2024 1st-team NJCAA A-A, 257-1,360 rushing at NW Mississippi CC)
Wyoming OC Luke Sandy, r-Jr. (backup; injured 2024; 6-2, 304 pounds)
Drake/FCS DE Shaku Sangarie, r-Jr. (starter; 36 career tackles, 5 TFL, 2.5 sacks; 6-2, 250 pounds)
Pitt LS Henry Searcy, r-Fr. (walk-on backup/redshirt; 6-3, 185 pounds; 2-star FL HS prospect)
Georgia State TE Lane Wadle, Jr. (backup; 9 career catches, 92 yards, 0 TD; 6-5, 245 pounds; 3-star IN HS prospect)
Catawba/D2 DT D’Nas White, r-So. (backup; 11 career tackles; 6-4, 335 pounds; from Robinson HS near Charlotte; ex-Florida State)
Cincinnati RB Chance Williams, r-Sr. (backup; 2023 2nd-team All-SWAC at Grambling/FCS; 5-8, 190 pounds)
Penn State OL J’ven Williams, r-So. (injured 2025; backup 2024; 6-5, 319 pounds; 4-star PA HS prospect)

Duke (17)

Rutgers RB CJ Campbell Jr., r-Sr. (injured 2025; 2024 3rd-team All-AAC at FAU; 212 career carries, 1,144 yards, 17 TD; ex-Florida State)
Yale/FCS RB Billy Daal, r-Sr. (backup; 98 career carries, 523 yards, 3 TD; 6-1, 221 pounds)
Coastal Carolina LT Nick Del Grande, r-Sr. (2x HM All-Sun Belt; 3-year starter; 6-4, 302 pounds)
San Jose State QB Walker Eget, Gr. (HM All-MWC; 421-730 career passing, 5,563 yards, 30 TD, 19 INT; 6-3, 225 pounds)
Western Kentucky CB Dylan Flowers, Gr. (part-time starter; 6th-year senior; ex-juco/BYU/Southern Utah)
Louisville TE Nate Kurisky, r-Sr. (2023 starter; 16 career starts, 50 catches, 410 yards, 7 TD)
Montana/FCS CB Kyon Loud, Jr. (starter; 43 career tackles, 2 TFL, 6 PD; 6-2, 175 pounds)
Cal OT Braden Miller, r-Sr. (part-time starter; 6 career starts; 6-6, 315 pounds; ex-Michigan State)
UConn LB Jon Morris, r-So. (backup; 8 career tackles; 6-2, 200 pounds; 3-star CT HS prospect)
Charlotte WR Javen Nicholas, r-Sr. (starter; 64 career catches, 766 yards, 5 TD; ex-LSU walk-on)
Stanford S Che Ojarikre, r-So. (part-time starter; injured 2024; 6 career starts, 34 tackles, 2 PD, 1 INT; 6-2, 180 pounds)
North Alabama/FCS QB Ari Patu, Gr. (part-time starter; 49-95 passing, 5 TD, 4 INT; 6-4, 220 pounds; ex-Stanford)
Dartmouth/FCS DT Dakota Quinonez, r-Sr. (1st-team All-Ivy; 50 career tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1 sack, 1 FF; 6-1, 285 pounds)
Penn/FCS WR Jared Richardson, r-Sr. (3x All-Ivy; 193 career catches, 2,505 yards, 27 TD; 6-2, 220 pounds)
Northwestern CB Evan Smith, r-Sr. (backup; 4 career starts, 42 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 4 PD, 1 INT; 5-10, 185 pounds)
North Texas S Patrick Smith-Young, r-Sr. (3-year starter at ODU/UNT; 194 career tackles, 4.5 TFL, 5 PD, 1 INT, 2 FF)
Penn State DT Owen Wafle, r-So. (backup; 4 career tackles; 6-2, 292 pounds; ex-Michigan)

East Carolina (22)

Marshall RB Michael Allen, r-Sr. (part-time starter; 201 career carries, 1,012 yards, 7 TD; Greenville Rose HS; ex-NC State/UNLV)
Kennesaw State OG Brandon Best, r-Sr. (1st-team All-CUSA; 6-4, 313 pounds; ex-Georgia Tech)
Minnesota CB Jaylen Bowden, r-Jr. (backup/redshirt; 2024 NC Central starter; 26 career tackles, 8 PD, 1 INT)
Southern Miss OT Hayes Creel, r-Sr. (3-year starter at Southern Miss/McNeese State-FCS; 6-7, 320 pounds)
UTRGV/FCS TE Ismael Flores, r-Jr. (starter; 20 career catches, 244 yards, 6 TD; 6-5, 255 pounds; ex-Nebraska)
App State S Zyeir Gamble, r-Jr. (starter; 14 career starts, 100 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 8 PD, 3 INT, 2 FF; 5-10, 195 pounds)
North Texas RB Ashton Gray, r-So. (backup; 58 career carries, 377 yards, 5 TD; 6-0, 208 pounds)
Texas Tech QB Mitch Griffis, Gr. (backup; 2023 Wake Forest starter; 183-299 career passing, 2,314 yards, 17 TD, 8 INT)
Furman/FCS WR Ja’Keith Hamilton, r-Jr. (starter; 49 career catches, 588 yards, 5 TD; 6-2, 206 pounds)
App State TE Kanen Hamlett, r-Sr. (part-time starter; 17 career catches, 177 yards, 4 TD; 6-4, 235 pounds)
St. Thomas/FCS P Elliot Huether, Sr. (1st-team All-PFL; 3-year starter; 47-yard average in 2025; 6-3, 211 pounds)
Miami WR/KR/PR Ray Ray Joseph Jr., r-Jr. (redshirt; 14 career catches, 135 yards, 20-167 punt returns)
Northern Arizona/FCS OG Ethan Kramer, r-Sr. (2nd-team All-Big Sky; 2-year starter; ex-Northern Colorado)
Memphis LB Cade Law, r-Sr. (redshirt; 3 career tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sack; 6-1, 225 pounds; 3-star TN HS prospect; ex-UNC)
Memphis LB Crews Law, r-So. (backup; 25 career tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks, 1 FF; 6-1, 225 pounds; 3-star TN HS prospect; ex-UNC)
FIU CB Ashton Levells-Mitchell, r-Sr. (part-time starter; 6th-year senior; 63 career tackles; ex-juco/UTPB)
Wake Forest WR Jeremiah Melvin, r-So. (backup; 3 career catches, 39 yards, 1 TD; 6-4, 195 pounds; 3-star NC HS prospect)
Louisville CB Rae’mon Mosby, r-So. (backup; 8 career tackles; 6-0, 190 pounds; 3-star GA HS prospect)
UCF CB Christian Peterson, Jr. (backup; 19 GP, mostly on special teams; 5-10, 185 pounds)
Memphis S Myles Pollard, r-Sr. (injured 2025; 2 career tackles; 6-2, 190 pounds; 3-star TN HS prospect; ex-Michigan)
North Texas WR/PR Landon Sides, Sr. (starter; 17 career starts, 88 catches, 1,092 yards, 6 TD; 5-11, 190 pounds)
Miami QB Emory Williams, r-Jr. (backup; 73-116 career passing, 813 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT; 6-5, 225 pounds; 3-star FL HS prospect)

North Carolina (19)

Florida DE Tarvorise Brown, r-Jr. (backup; 6-7, 296 pounds; ex-juco)
LSU PK Aeron Burrell, Jr. (2024 2nd-team All-SEC; 2-year starter as kickoff specialist; 6-2, 190 pounds)
Clemson OL Rowan Byrne, r-Fr. (redshirt; 6-5, 295 pounds; 3-star NY HS prospect)
Wisconsin QB Billy Edwards Jr., Gr. (injured 2025; 6th-year senior; 16 career starts, 318-512 passing, 3,435 yards, 19 TD, 10 INT; also WFU/Maryland)
Penn State DE Jaylen Harvey, r-So. (backup; 1 career start, 10 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1 sack)
Richmond/FCS DE Donovan Hoilette Jr., r-Sr. (1st-team All-Patriot; 103 career tackles, 22 TFL, 12.5 sacks, 2 FF; 6-4, 245 pounds)
West Virginia OL Brandon Homady, So. (backup; 6-3, 298 pounds; 3-star OH HS prospect)
Lehigh/FCS WR Mason Humphrey, Sr. (2-year starter; 90 career catches, 1,423 yards, 10 TD; 6-4, 215 pounds)
LSU RB Kaleb Jackson, r-Jr. (backup/redshirt; 82 career carries, 331 yards, 4 TD; 6-0, 234 pounds; 4-star LA HS prospect)
Wisconsin WR/KR Trech Kekahuna, r-Jr. (part-time starter; 55 career catches, 614 yards, 3 TD)
Syracuse LB Derek McDonald, Gr. (3-year starter; 2025 redshirt; 26 career starts, 173 tackles, 7 TFL, 3.5 sacks, 2 FF, 1 INT)
Arkansas OT Shaq McRoy, r-So. (backup; 1 career start; 6-8, 344 pounds; 4-star AL HS prospect; ex-Oregon)
Texas A&M QB Miles O’Neill, r-So. (backup; 12-20 career passing, 171 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT; 6-5, 220 pounds; 4-star MA HS prospect)
Richmond/FCS LB Peyton Seelmann, Jr. (1st-team All-Patriot; 129 career tackles, 4.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 7 PD, 2 INT, 1 FF; 6-1, 225 pounds)
Charleston Southern/FCS OL Andrew Threatt, Sr. (1st-team All-OVC/Big South; 3-year starter at LG/RT; 6-3, 315 pounds)
Ohio State TE Jelani Thurman, r-Jr. (backup; 13 career catches, 144 yards, 2 TD; 6-6, 250 pounds; 4-star GA HS prospect)
Colorado State TE Jaxxon Warren, r-So. (starter/injured; 24 career catches, 403 yards, 3 TD; 6-8, 245 pounds; ex-juco/North Texas)
Texas TE Jordan Washington, r-So. (part-time starter; 7 career catches, 109 yards, 1 TD; 6-4, 264 pounds; 4-star TX HS prospect)
Michigan State CB Ade Willie, r-Sr. (starter/injured; 7 career starts, 34 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 PD; 6-1, 190 pounds)

NC State (18)

Miami LB Raul Aguirre Jr., Sr. (backup; 2 career starts, 77 tackles, 4 TFL, 1 sack; 6-2, 240 pounds; 4-star GA HS prospect)
Texas OC/OG Daniel Cruz, r-So. (backup; 6-3, 312 pounds; 4-star TX HS prospect)
App State WR Davion Dozier, r-Jr. (7 starts in 2025; 20 catches, 448 yards, 5 TD; 6-4, 205 pounds; ex-Arkansas)
Tulane DE Harvey Dyson III, r-Sr. (3rd-team All-AAC; 53 career tackles, 15 TFL, 10.5 sacks; 6-3, 250 pounds; ex-Texas Tech)
Marshall DT KaTron Evans, r-Sr. (part-time starter; 34 career tackles, 5.5 TFL; 6-3, 336 pounds; ex-Jackson State/Charlotte)
Georgia CB Ondre Evans, r-So. (DNP-injured/ACL 2025; 2024 redshirt; 4-star TN HS prospect)
North Carolina RB Davion Gause, Jr. (backup; 1 career start; 128 career carries, 585 yards, 7 TD; 5-11, 215 pounds)
Penn State S/KR King Mack, Sr. (HM All-Big Ten; 75 career tackles, 1 TFL, 3 PD, 1 INT; ex-Alabama)
East Carolina LT Jimarion McCrimon, r-Jr. (1st-team All-AAC; 2-year starter; 6-5, 307 pounds)
Penn State LB/S DaKaari Nelson, r-Jr. (backup; 10 career tackles; 6-3, 220 pounds; 4-star AL HS prospect)
Oregon TE Vander Ploog, r-Fr. (redshirt; 6-6, 242 pounds; 4-star CA HS prospect)
Montana State/FCS TE Hunter Provience, Jr. (part-time starter; 19 career catches, 253 yards, 2 TD; 6-5, 250 pounds)
Miami WR Chance Robinson, r-So. (backup; injured 2024; 6-2, 205 pounds; 4-star FL HS prospect)
Buffalo WR Victor Snow, r-Sr. (1st-team All-MAC; 119 career catches, 1,479 yards, 18 TD; ex-Nevada)
Miami WR Jojo Trader, Jr. (backup; 4 career starts, 19 catches, 269 yards, 2 TD; 4-star FL HS prospect)
Arkansas State P Jackson Waller, r-So. (starter; 41-yard average, 40-yard net; ex-SMU)
Alcorn State/FCS WR Tyran Warren, r-Jr. (starter; 35 career catches, 785 yards, 8 TD; 6-3, 185 pounds)
North Carolina DB Ty White, r-So. (backup/redshirt; 6 career tackles; 5-10, 185 pounds; 4-star GA HS prospect)

Wake Forest (25)

Oregon State OG Ryan Berger, r-Jr. (part-time starter; 7 career starts; 6-4, 318 pounds)
FIU CB Brian Blades II, r-Sr. (HM All-CUSA; 3-year starter; 103 career tackles, 3 TFL, 20 PD, 2 INT, 2 FR)
LSU OT Ethan Calloway, r-So. (backup; 6-7, 305 pounds; 4-star HS prospect from Lake Norman HS near Charlotte)
Miami WR Ny Carr, r-So. (backup; 4 career catches, 53 yards, 0 TD; 6-0, 185 pounds; 4-star GA HS prospect)
Georgia State CB Bernard Causey III, r-So. (starter; 19 career tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack, 6 PD, 1 FF; ex-LSU)
Florida RB Kahnen Daniels, r-So. (backup; 39 career carries, 197 yards, 2 TD; 4-star MS HS prospect)
UTEP WR Wondame Davis Jr., r-So. (CUSA All-Freshman; 27 career catches, 617 yards, 6 TD; 6-1, 180 pounds; 3-star TX HS prospect)
Rice WR Drayden Dickmann, r-Jr. (starter; 48 career catches, 402 yards, 4 TD; 5-11, 181 pounds; 3-star TX HS prospect)
Dayton/FCS S Vincent Firenze, r-Jr. (1st-team All-PFL; 107 career tackles, 5 TFL,1 sack, 12 PD, 3 INT, 1 FF, 3 BLK)
Rice LS Wyatt Freeman, Sr. (3-year starter as snapper for kicks and punts; 5-10, 201 pounds)
Weber State/FCS DT Matt Herron, r-Sr. (starter; 92 career tackles, 20 TFL, 6.5 sacks, 2 BLK, 1 FF; 6-3, 280 pounds)
Cal LB Buom Jock, r-Jr. (2025 redshirt; 2024 2nd-team All-MWC at Colorado State; 136 career tackles, 3 TFL, 1 INT, 3 PD, 1 FF)
New Hampshire/FCS DE DJ Johnson, r-So. (starter; 43 career tackles, 4.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 1 FF; 6-4, 248 pounds)
North Carolina QB Gio Lopez, r-Jr. (starter; 23 career starts, 417-634 passing, 4,781 yards, 32 TD, 12 INT; ex-USA)
UAB LB Tylan McNichols, Jr. (starter; 58 career tackles, 1.5 TFL; 6-0, 220 pounds; 3-star MS HS prospect)
Louisville WR Antonio Meeks, r-Sr. (backup; 20 catches, 231 yards, 2 TD for Cardinals; 2-year Tuskegee/D2 starter; 6-2, 190 pounds)
LSU DT Sydir Mitchell, r-Jr. (DNP 2025; 2024 backup; 7 career tackles; 6-6, 355 pounds; 4-star NJ HS prospect; ex-Texas)
Cal TE Landon Morris, r-Sr. (backup; 23 career catches, 345 yards, 3 TD; ex-Utah/Temple)
Bucknell/FCS OC John Ohnegian, Gr. (2x 2nd-team All-Ivy; 3-year starter; 5th-year senior; 6-2, 304 pounds)
New Hampshire/FCS OT Tolu Olajide, Gr. (1st-team All-CAA; 2-year starter; 6-5, 300 pounds; ex-Stonehill)
Iowa State S Josh Patterson, r-Fr. (backup/redshirt; brother of Wake CB Davaughn Patterson)
North Dakota/FCS RB/KR Sawyer Seidl, r-Jr. (2nd-team All-MVFC; 295 career carries, 1,475 yards, 21 total TD)
Arkansas WR/PR Kam Shanks, r-Jr. (backup; 71 career catches, 757 yards, 9 TD; 2024 3rd-team All-AAC WR at UAB; 5-9. 169 pounds)
Duke WR Chase Tyler, r-So. (backup; 5 career catches, 121 yards, 0 TD; 4-star GA HS prospect)
Weber State/FCS OC Will Way, r-Jr. (backup; 6-3, 290 pounds)

NOTE1: Eligibility listed is for upcoming (2026) season.
NOTE2: References to high school recruiting rankings from 247 Sports Composite.