Texas A&M receiver Ernest Campbell enters NCAA transfer portal

Texas A&M receiver Ernest Campbell has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. He spent just one year in College Station.

Campbell had a minor impact during his lone season with the Aggies. He appeared on special teams in the team’s win over McNeese, but did not make any other appearances.

Ernest Campbell failed to record any stats. Still, there’s plenty of potential.

Prior to enrolling at Texas A&M, Ernest Campbell was ranked as a three-star prospect and the No. 496 overall recruit in the 2024 recruiting class, according to the On3 Industry Rankings. He also checked in as the No. 78 receiver in the class and the No. 83 overall player from the state of Texas, hailing from Refugio (TX) Refugio.

Texas A&M loses another receiver to the portal

Ernest Campbell isn’t the only receiver Texas A&M has lost to the transfer portal this offseason. Fellow wideout Micah Hudson has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3’s Pete Nakos confirmed. It’s not too surprising, as it was revealed by coach Mike Elko that Hudson was no longer with the program earlier this offseason.

Hudson never played a down for the Aggies after transferring from Texas Tech. He appeared in eight games for the Red Raiders in 2024 to finish with eight catches for 123 yards. He was limited due to injury.

“The injury affected him to where, going through camp, of like how he was progressing and getting caught up and then he really got to where we were like ‘OK, he’s really got his legs beneath him, here we go’ and then he gets hurt again,” Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire said of Hudson in December. “And then there’s little things. We’re a play away from him, he’s wide-open if we hit him in the endzone, he catches the game-winner against TCU.

“Does everybody feel the same and everything like that? I do wish, when you go back…that he comes in healthy, that he hadn’t been playing high school football with that kind of knee injury and it would have already been done and he would have been back quicker and stuff like that and I think that would have changed some stuff.”

Nakos reported earlier this offseason that a return to Texas Tech is a possibility for Hudson. We’ve seen players leave their original school and then have a change of heart before, such as when Kadyn Proctor left Alabama for Iowa before returning to the Crimson Tide in the spring of 2024.

Moreover, Hudson was considered one of the top players to enter the portal this past season, ranking as the No. 10 overall player and No. 5 according to On3’s transfer portal rankings. He spent most of his true freshman season in Lubbock as a backup, but did start in one game.

On3’s Steve Samra also contributed to this report.