SMU WR Ashton Cozart signs with Kentucky from NCAA Transfer Portal

SMU WR Ashton Cozart has signed with Kentucky from the NCAA Transfer Portal. That comes per On3’s Pete Nakos on Tuesday.

Cozart has spent a pair of collegiate seasons with Oregon and SMU. He didn’t play for the Ducks in redshirting during his lone season in Eugene before appearing in four games this past season for the Mustangs with one catch made for 24 yards in their home opener. He would not be listed on the roster for Southern Methodist, though, coming into the spring with him entering the transfer portal for the second time in as many offseasons on April 16th during the spring cycle.

A native of Flower Mound, Texas, Cozart went to Marcus where he was the No. 215 overall recruit as a four-star in the 2023 cycle. He also rated as the No. 30 wide receiver in the class and a Top-40 prospect out of the state of Texas. That’s according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. That made him one of the ten-best signees for the Ducks during that recruiting cycle in a top-ten class, which was their first one rated that highly under Dan Lanning.

Now, in a consecutive transfer, Cozart was a decently-rated receiver in the portal. He, per the latest update to On3’s Industry Ranking of 2025’s Top Transfer Portal Players, is in the Top-2,500 overall as a Top-350 WR.

Kentucky was reportedly involved in the portal recruitment last year for Cozart. They now earn his commitment the second time around in adding him to a Top-15 portal class with 23 commitments according to the latest update to On3’s 2025 Team Transfer Portal Rankings. Wide receiver is a position that involved the portal among the most for the Wildcats with Barion Brown (LSU), Dane Key (Nebraska), Anthony Brown-Stephens (Tulane), and Brandon White (Hawaii) departing while Cozart along with Kendrick Law (Alabama), Troy Stellato (Clemson), JJ Hester (Oklahoma), and Tru Edwards (Louisiana Tech), as well as a return by Hardley Gilmore, coming to Lexington.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. 

The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.

Kentucky’s 2025 Transfer Portal Class

Player	Position	Former School	Year
Sam Greene	EDGE (6-2, 248)	USC	Redshirt Sophomore
Landyn Watson	LB (6-1, 245)	TCU/Marshall	Redshirt Senior
Joshua Braun	iOL (6-6, 342)	Florida/Arkansas	Super Senior
Alex Wollschlaeger	T (6-7, 310)	Bowling Green	Super Senior
J.J. Hester	WR (6-5, 201)	Missouri/Oklahoma	Super Senior
Zach Calzada	QB (6-4, 230)	Texas A&M/Auburn/Incarnate Word	Super Senior
Henry Boyer	TE (6-6, 265)	Illinois	Redshirt Junior
Kendrick Law	WR (6-0, 203)	Alabama	Senior
Dante Dowdell	RB (6-2, 227)	Oregon/Nebraska	Junior
Jaden Williams	iDL (6-4, 291)	Wyoming	Redshirt Junior
Kevis Thomas	CB (6-0, 181)	Maryland	Junior
Evan Wibberley	iOL (6-5, 301)	WKU	Redshirt Junior
Kam Olds	EDGE (6-4, 252)	Buffalo/Kent State	Senior
David Gusta	iDL (6-3, 316)	Washington State	Redshirt Senior
Troy Stellato	WR (6-1, 178)	Clemson	Redshirt Senior
Mi’Quise Humphrey-Grace	DL (6-4, 265)	South Dakota	Redshirt Junior
Shiyazh Pete	T (6-8, 321)	New Mexico State	Redshirt Senior
Hardley Gilmore IV	WR (6-1, 165)	Nebraska	Sophomore
Lorenzo Cowan	EDGE (6-3, 247)	USC	Redshirt Freshman
Seth McGowan	RB (6-1, 220)	Oklahoma/JUCO/New Mexico State	Redshirt Senior
Elijah Brown	TE (6-6, 250)	Alabama/Florida Atlantic/UCF	Redshirt Junior
Rob Fogler	T (6-7, 304)	Ball State	Redshirt Sophomore
Ashton Cozart	WR (6-3, 195)	Oregon/SMU	Redshirt Sophomore