Transfer portal breakdown: The On3 transfers of the week from Week 11

Here are the On3 transfer players of the week for Week 11.

We pick a transfer of the week in each Power 5 conference as well as an overall Group of 5 transfer of the week. It’s not just transfers from this past offseason; all players who have transferred from other four-year schools are eligible to be selected

Everything being equal, more weight is given to big performances against “good” opponents.

ACC

QB Jordan Travis, Florida State
The buzz: Travis accounted for four TDs as the No. 23 Seminoles blasted Syracuse 38-3. Travis was 21-of-23 for 155 yards and three TDs and rushed for 21 yards and another score in FSU’s easy win. He now has 20 TD passes on the season; he’s the first Seminoles quarterback to reach that mark since Deondre Francois in 2016 (he had 20 that season). It’s his third game in a row with three TD passes; he had thrown three TD passes in a game just three times in his career before this current streak. Travis, who transferred from Louisville after the 2018 season, rushed for a score and threw a TD pass in the first period, and the rout was on.

Big Ten

EDGE Chop Robinson, Penn State
The buzz: Robinson showed his former school what could have been in Penn State’s rout of Maryland. He had a team-high two sacks as part of a dominant defensive effort in the Nittany Lions’ 30-0 victory over Maryland. Robinson, a Baltimore-area native, transferred from Maryland in the offseason. His strong performance helped Penn State limit the Terps to just 134 total yards – 291.4 yards below their season average. His first sack came late in the second quarter, while his second was midway through the third period. Penn State had seven sacks total and another six quarterback hurries.

Big 12

LB Johnny Hodges, TCU
The buzz: Hodges spurred a tremendous defensive effort as No. 4 TCU downed No. 18 Texas 17-10. The Horned Frogs limited the Longhorns to 199 total yards, including just 28 on the ground. Hodges, who transferred from Navy in the offseason, led TCU with 11 tackles and with 1.5 tackles for loss. TCU’s offense had a season-low 283 yards, but it didn’t matter because of the Horned Frogs’ swarming defense. He made his presence felt on Texas’ first possession, when he and Shadrach Banks teamed up to stop Texas RB Bijan Robinson for no gain on a fourth-and-1 at TCU’s 34. Hodges was a two-sport star (football and lacrosse) in high school in the Baltimore area – he was a teammate of the aforementioned Chop Robinson at Quince Orchard High in Gaithersburg. He went to Navy to play lacrosse, then switched to football as a sophomore in 2020

Pac-12

QB Jayden de Laura, Arizona
The buzz: De Laura, a third-year sophomore who transferred from Washington State in the offseason, played perhaps the best game of his career in leading the Wildcats to a 34-28 stunner over No. 12 UCLA. The Bruins were favored by 19.5 points. De Laura accounted for three touchdowns in spurring the upset. He was 22-of-28 for 315 yards and two touchdowns, and also scored on a 3-yard run late in the second quarter that gave Arizona a 21-14 halftime lead. De Laura threw a 17-yard TD pass to Tetairoa McMillan with 6:34 left that proved to be the game-winner. The pass came on fourth down, finished off an eight-play, 82-yard drive and gave the Wildcats a 31-28 lead. De Laura had a clutch 14-yard scramble on a third-and-18 play preceding the TD pass. The win snapped Arizona’s four-game losing streak; all four losses came to ranked teams.

SEC

QB Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
The buzz: One week after Tennessee’s offense was shut down in a loss to Georgia, Hooker led the Vols to the best single-game offensive performance in school history. No. 5 Tennessee rolled up 724 yards of offense in a 66-24 demolition of Missouri. Hooker accounted for 405 yards and four touchdowns – 355 and three TDs via the pass, 50 and a score on the ground. It was his third game this season with at least 400 yards; he hadn’t reached 300 yards in either of the past two games. Hooker had 286 yards of offense and two TDs in the first half, which ended with the Vols leading 28-17. Hooker, who transferred from Virginia Tech after the 2020 season, added 146 yards and two more TDs in the third period, when the Vols blew it open by outscoring Mizzou 21-7.

Group of 5

QB John Rhys Plumlee, UCF
The buzz: Plumlee, who missed last week’s win over Memphis after suffering a head injury in an October 29 victory over Cincinnati, put No. 22 UCF in the driver’s seat in the AAC with a big performance in a win against No. 17 Tulane. Plumlee, who transferred from Ole Miss in the offseason, rushed for 176 yards and two TDs and also threw for 132 and a score as the Knights fended off the Green Wave 31-24. Plumlee’s big day on the ground was part of a season-high 336-yard rushing effort by UCF; Tulane came in allowing just 127.0 rushing yards per game. UCF finished with 468 yards of offense – 161 more than Tulane had allowed per game. UCF is in a three-way tie for the AAC lead with Cincinnati and Tulane, but the Knights own the tiebreaker over both.