Transfer portal breakdown: On3 transfer power rankings after Week 8

Here is our eighth set of rankings of college football’s most impactful transfers. This considers all four-year transfers, not just those who changed teams this offseason.

This is not simply a list of the most talented players out of the transfer portal. Talent and potential certainly are considered. But so is past performance and, especially, current production.

First is an overall transfer ranking; following that are position-by-position breakdowns. These rankings fluctuate weekly.

Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker remains No. 1 in the rankings. He threw for 276 yards and three TDs in the Vols’ it-was-sort-of-like-an-intrasquad-scrimmage 65-24 win over UT-Martin.

Among the big movers this week:

+ UCLA WR Jake Bobo: The Bruins lost to Oregon, their first setback of the season, but Bobo continued his strong play. He had eight receptions for 101 yards and a touchdown in a 45-30 loss. Bobo has 17 catches, 265 yards and five TDs in the past three games. He led Duke with 74 receptions last season, but while he’s not going to match that total this fall, he already has doubled the number of TD receptions he had in four seasons at Duke (six to three).

+ LSU QB Jayden Daniels: After a somewhat inconsistent start to the season, Daniels has put up big numbers two weeks in a row. He threw for 248 yards and two TDs and rushed for 121 and three more scores as LSU pounded previously unbeaten Ole Miss 45-20. That’s 369 yards of offense and five TDs. The week before, he accounted for 393 yards and six TDs in a 45-35 win over Florida. He has had six games this season with at least 300 yards of total offense and now has rushed for nine touchdowns in eight games. In his three seasons at Arizona State, he had 13 total rushing TDs and accounted for 300 yards of offense nine times.

+ Marshall RB Khalan Laborn: Despite winning at Notre Dame in Game Two, Marshall has struggled this season. But Laborn keeps on producing. He rushed for 151 yards and two TDs as the Herd upset James Madison 26-12; it was Marshall’s first win over a FBS school since beating the Irish. It was his fourth 150-yard game of the season, and he has reached the 100-yard plateau in all seven. Saturday’s performance put him at 1,002 yards for the season; he’s one of only two players (Illinois’ Chase Brown is the other) who already has rushed for 1,000 yards. Laborn transferred from Florida State in the offseason after not playing at all last fall.

+ Oregon QB Bo Nix: Nix’s career renaissance has been startling. He and the Ducks’ offense basically were unstoppable in the 45-30 win over UCLA. Oregon scored on its first seven possessions and punted just once, on its final possession. Nix, who transferred from Auburn in the offseason, had 334 yards of total offense and accounted for five TDs. He finished 22-of-28 for 283 yards and five TDs, and also rushed for 51 yards. It was his second game this season with five TD passes and his fourth game in a row with 300 yards of total offense. He never had more than two games in a row with 300 yards of offense in his three seasons at Auburn. In addition, Nix has completed at least 72 percent of his passes in five of the Ducks’ seven games this season after not doing that in more than three games in any season at Auburn.

On to the rankings.

TOP 25 TRANSFERS

Player, school	Former school
1. QB Hendon Hooker, Tennessee	Virginia Tech (left after 2020 season)
2. QB Caleb Williams, USC	Oklahoma
3. RB Chase Brown, Illinois	Western Michigan (2018)
4. RB Zach Charbonnet, UCLA	Michigan (2020)
5. QB Michael Penix Jr., Washington	Indiana (2021)
6. QB Bo Nix, Oregon	Auburn (2021)
7. WR Charlie Jones, Purdue	Iowa (2021)
8. RB Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama	Georgia Tech (2021)
9. C Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan	Virginia (2021)
10. QB Jayden Daniels, LSU	Arizona State (2021)
11. WR Jacob Cowing, Arizona	UTEP (2021)
12. QB Will Levis, Kentucky	Penn State (2020)
13. WR Trey Palmer, Nebraska	LSU (2021)
14. WR Jordan Addison, USC	Pitt (2021)
15. QB Cameron Rising, Utah	Texas (2018)
16. QB Garrett Shrader, Syracuse	Mississippi State (2020)
17. LB Henry To’oTo’o, Alabama	Tennessee (2020)
18. LB Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati	Miami of Ohio (2021)
19. RB Khalan Laborn, Marshall	Florida State (2021)
20. RB Travis Dye, USC	Oregon (2021)
21. TE Dalton Kincaid, Utah	San Diego (2019)
22. G O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida	Louisiana (2021)
23. WR Jake Bobo, UCLA	Duke (2021)
24. LB Eric Gentry, USC	Arizona State (2021)
25. LB Daiyan Henley, Washington State	Nevada (2021)

QUARTERBACKS

Player, school	Former school
1. Hendon Hooker, Tennessee	Virginia Tech (2020)
2. Caleb Williams, USC	Oklahoma (2021)
3. Michael Penix Jr., Washington	Indiana (2021)
4. Bo Nix, Oregon	Auburn (2021)
5. Jayden Daniels, LSU	Arizona State (2021)
6. Will Levis, Kentucky	Penn State (2020)
7. Cameron Rising, Utah	Texas (2018)
8. Garrett Shrader, Syracuse	Mississippi State (2020)
9. Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma	UCF (2021)
10. Quinn Ewers, Texas	Ohio State (2021)
11. Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland	Alabama (2019)
12. Jayden de Laura, Arizona	Washington State (2021)
13. Todd Centeio, James Madison	Colorado State (2021)
14. Tanner Mordecai, SMU	Oklahoma (2020)
15. Jordan Travis, Florida State	Louisville (2018)
16. John Rhys Plumlee, UCF	Ole Miss (2021)
17. Adrian Martinez, Kansas State	Nebraska (2021)
18. Cameron Ward, Washington State	Incarnate Word (2021)
19. Kyle Vantrease, Georgia Southern	Buffalo (2021)
20. Austin Reed, Western Kentucky	West Florida (2021)

RUNNING BACKS

Player, school	Former school
1. Chase Brown, Illinois	Western Michigan (2018)
2. Zach Charbonnet, UCLA	Michigan (2020)
3. Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama	Georgia Tech (2021)
4. Khalan Laborn, Marshall	Florida State (2021)
5. Travis Dye, USC	Oregon (2021)
6. Zach Evans, Ole Miss	TCU (2021)
7. Xazavian Valladay, Arizona State	Wyoming (2021)
8. Eric Gray, Oklahoma	Tennessee (2020)
9. Dae Dae Hunter, Liberty	Hawaii (2021)
10. Mar’Keise “Bucky” Irving, Oregon	Minnesota (2021)
11. Montrell Johnson, Florida	Louisiana (2021)
12. Tavion Thomas, Utah	Cincinnati (2019)
13. Samson Evans, Eastern Michigan	Iowa (2019)
14. Calvin Tyler Jr., Utah State	Oregon State (2020)
15. Re’Mahn Davis, Vanderbilt	Temple (2020)

WIDE RECEIVERS

Player, school	Former school
1. Charlie Jones, Purdue	Iowa (2021)
2. Jacob Cowing, Arizona	UTEP (2021)
3. Trey Palmer, Nebraska	LSU (2021)
4. Jordan Addison, USC	Pitt (2021)
5. Jake Bobo, UCLA	Duke (2021)
6. Ali Jennings, Old Dominion	West Virginia (2020)
7. Isaiah Winstead, East Carolina	Toledo (2021)
8. Keytaon Thompson, Virginia	Mississippi State (2019)
9. Daewood Davis, Western Kentucky	Oregon (2019)
10. Tayvion Robinson, Kentucky	Virginia Tech (2021)
11. Antwane Wells Jr., South Carolina	James Madison (2021)
12. Shocky Jacques-Louis, Akron	Pitt (2021)
13. Kris Thornton, James Madison	VMI (2018)
14. Jeremy Singleton, Georgia Southern	Houston (2021)
15. Grant Dubose, Charlotte	Miles College (2020)

TIGHT ENDS

Player, school	Former school
1. Dalton Kincaid, Utah	San Diego (2019)
2. Ryan Jones, East Carolina	Oklahoma (2019 – as LB)
3. Tanner McLachlan, Arizona	Southern Utah (2021)
4. George Takacs, Boston College	Notre Dame (2021)
5. Caleb Phillips, Hawaii	Stanford (2020 – as LB)

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN

Player, school	Former school
1. C Olusegun Oluwatimi, Michigan	Virginia (2021)
2. G O’Cyrus Torrence, Florida	Louisiana (2021)
3. C Jacob Gall, Baylor	Buffalo (2020)
4. T Raiqwon O’Neal, UCLA	Rutgers (2021)
5. T Gerald Mincey, Tennessee	Florida (2021)
6. T Tyler Steen, Alabama	Vanderbilt (2021)
7. C Alan Ali, TCU	SMU (2021)
8. C Mike Novitsky, Kansas	Buffalo (2020)
9. G Marcus Minor, Pitt	Maryland (2020)
10. G Chuck Filiaga, Minnesota	Michigan (2021)
11. G Dillan Gibbons, Florida State	Notre Dame (2020)
12. G Doug Nester, West Virginia	Virginia Tech (2020)
13. G McKade Mettauer, Oklahoma	California (2021)
14. C Bryan Hudson, Louisville	Virginia Tech (2020)
15. T Ryan Swoboda, UCF	Virginia (2021)

EDGE RUSHERS

Player, school	Former school
1. Jared Verse, Florida State	Albany (2021)
2. Jacoby Windmon, Michigan State	UNLV (2021)
3. Laiatu Latu, UCLA	Washington (2021)
4. Jeremiah Martin, Washington	Texas A&M (2020)
5. Lonnie Phelps, Kansas	Miami of Ohio (2021)
6. Hunter Echols, Arizona	USC (2021)
7. Ochaun Mathis, Nebraska	TCU (2021)
8. Thomas Incoom, Central Michigan	Valdosta State (2019)
9. Brenton Cox, Florida	Georgia (2018)
10. George Tarlas, Boise State	Weber State (2021)

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Player, school	Former school
1. Siaki Ika, Baylor	LSU (2020)
2. Kobie Turner, Wake Forest	Richmond (2021)
3. Mekhi Wingo, LSU	Missouri (2021)
4. Jowon Briggs, Cincinnati	Virginia (2020)
5. Akheem Mesidor, Miami	West Virginia (2021)
6. Cory Durden, NC State	Florida State (2020)
7. Nesta Jade Silvera, Arizona State	Miami (2021)
8. Kyler Baugh, Minnesota	Houston Baptist (2021)
9. Ja’Mion Franklin, Duke	Notre Dame (2019)
10. Dennis Osagiede, Liberty	Stephen F. Austin (2021)

LINEBACKERS

Player, school	Former school
1. Henry To’oTo’o, Alabama	Tennessee (2020)
2. Ivan Pace Jr., Cincinnati	Miami of Ohio (2021)
3. Eric Gentry, USC	Arizona State (2021)
4. Daiyan Henley, Washington State	Nevada (2021)
5. Drew Sanders, Arkansas	Alabama (2021)
6. Ayinde Eley, Georgia Tech	Maryland (2020)
7. Troy Brown, Ole Miss	Central Michigan (2021)
8. Shane Lee, USC	Alabama (2021)
9. Tatum Bethune, Florida State	UCF (2021)
10. Jackson Sirmon, California	Washington (2021)
11. Darius Muasau, UCLA	Hawaii (2021)
12. Ty’Ron Hopper, Missouri	Florida (2021)
13. Johnny Hodges, TCU	Navy (2021)
14. Rich Miller, Kansas	Buffalo (2020)
15. Dallas Gant, Toledo	Ohio State (2021)

DEFENSIVE BACKS

Player, school	Former school
1. S Jammie Robinson, Florida State	South Carolina (2020)
2. CB Mekhi Blackmon, USC	Colorado (2021)
3. CB Christian Gonzalez, Oregon	Colorado (2021)
4. S Brandon Joseph, Notre Dame	Northwestern (2021)
5. CB Dwight McGlothern, Arkansas	LSU (2021)
6. S Mark Perry, TCU	Colorado (2021)
7. CB Keidron Smith, Kentucky	Ole Miss (2021)
8. S Darius Joiner, Duke	Western Illinois (2021)
9. CB Anthony Johnson, Virginia	Louisville (2020)
10. S Michael Dowell, Miami (Ohio)	Michigan State (2021)
11. CB Alex Hogan, Houston	Texas Tech (2020)
12. S Greg Brooks Jr., LSU	Arkansas (2021)
13. S Marquis Waters, Texas Tech	Duke (2020)
14. S Bentlee Sanders, Nevada	USF (2020)
15. S Kobe Hylton, UTEP	Louisiana (2021)