A few years ago, college football teams would only take a handful of transfers. Developmental programs would take very few. But after the rise of NIL and the transfer portal, even the most steady programs are stocking up in the portal. More than half the Big 12 took at least 20 transfers, with five taking at least 30 in the 2025 cycle.
First-year staffs at West Virginia and UCF took 52 and 41, respectively. Oklahoma State also took 40 transfers to try and quickly turn around a flailing roster.
But while the transfer world has made the sport more complicated, it has also benefitted Big 12 teams greatly. Both of the conference’s Heisman contenders last season – Travis Hunter and Cam Skattebo – were transfers. Projected top quarterbacks in 2025 Sam Leavitt and Sawyer Robertson are too. Arizona State’s Big 12 title team was made up of a vast number of transfers over a two-year period.
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With that in mind, here are the top transfers in 2025 you need to pay attention to in the Big 12.
Frankly, the Red Raiders have several of the top transfers in the Big 12 after reeling in an unprecedented No. 2 national transfer class. OT Howard Sampson, EDGE…
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Author : Shehan Jeyarajah
Publish date : 2025-06-04 15:31:00
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