If you’re at all connected to college football right now, the Transfer Portal is where you’ll find all the action. You never know when the latest five-star malcontent is going to drop a Portal Bomb and peace-out of a billion-dollar program. While such drama entertains the Twitter community, Coach Butch Jones and his staff have been dutifully rebuilding the team to Jones’ specs.
| Incoming | |||
| Player | Position | Former Program | 247 Ranking |
| King Mwikuta | LB | Alabama | 0.86 |
| Terion Sugick | DL | Vanderbilt | 0.858 |
| Eddie Smith | S | Illinois | 0.82 |
| Ja’Quez Cross | RB | Purdue | 0.84 |
| Blayne Toll | DL | Colorado | 0.82 |
| Jordan Carmouche | DE | Houston | 0.80* |
| Tharon Davis | RB | Memphis | 0.8214* |
| AJ Mayer | QB | Miami (OH) | 0.8165 |
| Jack Kristofek | QB | Miss. State | NA |
| Cruz Temple | LB | East Carolina | 0.8310 |
| Drew Rawls | DB | Utah | 0.8215* |
| Champ Flemings | WR | Oregon St. | 0.8122* |
| Jordan Rhodes | OL | Ole Miss | 0.8382* |
| *HS Prospect |
Jones is all in on defense, picking up some high-quality guys from some name-brand programs. Meanwhile, former Red Wolves testing the Potency of the Portal have met varying degrees of success so far.
| Outgoing | ||
| Player | Position | Destination |
| Layne Hatcher | QB | Texas State |
| Antonio Fletcher | S | SIU |
| Anthony Switzer | S | Utah State |
| Detravion Green | S | UCA |
| Blake Grupe | K | Notre Dame |
| Jarius Reimonenq | CB | JMU |
| Avery Demmons | OT | Idaho St. |
| Nason Simmons | OT | NA |
| Corbet Mims | DE | Memphis |
| Javan Hawes | WR | Southern Illinois |
| Akeem Hayes | WR | NA |
| Anthony Price | RB | NA |
| Amir Howard | CB | NA |
| Seth Hayes | WR | NA |
| Nick Lewis | OL | NA |
| Andre Harris | OL | Duke |
| Corey Rucker | WR | South Carolina |
| Vidal Scott | DL | Texas Tech |
| Terry Hampton | DL | Arkansas |
| Lincoln Pare | RB | Texas State |
| CJ Harris | LB | Kent State |
| Antwon Fegans Jr | S | NA |
| Quinton Lee | Edge | NA |
| Shai Kochav | LS | Louisville |
| Jalil Muhammad | IOL | NA |
| Jack Kristofek | QB | NA |
| King Mwikuta | LB | NA |
Nine former Red Wolves continue to seek gridiron employment from the NCAA, starting with massive offensive lineman Nick Lewis, who was first to Portal Pounce way back before the 2021 season started.
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