The transfer portal is off and running this offseason with plenty of players looking to find a new home in 2023.
Last year for the 2022 season, around 190 FCS players transferred to the FBS. We will do our best again this year to track FCS-to-FBS, FCS-to-FCS, and FBS-to-FCS transfers.
Here are the 2023 FCS-to-FBS transfers.
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Recently Added:
Grant Tisdale (QB) Southeastern Louisiana to TCU
DaRon Gilbert (DB) Lafayette to Northern Illinois
Ahmir McGee (RB) Portland State to Colorado
Preston Harris (DB) Incarnate Word to Louisiana-Monroe
Kamari Stephens (DL): Florida A&M to Jacksonville State
Da’Raun McKinney (DB) South Dakota to Central Michigan
Justin Sambu (DL) Maine to Baylor
Colby Sessums (K/P) Lamar to Sam Houston
Please DM Sam Herder if you see any missing FCS-to-FBS transfers or decommitments.
2023 FCS-to-FBS Transfers
| Name (Pos.) | FCS Team | FBS Team |
| Chike Nwankwo (LB) | Abilene Christian | Liberty |
| Tyrin Bradley (DL) | Abilene Christian | West Virginia |
| Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim (WR) | Alabama A&M | Bowling Green |
| Taurrian Stafford (OL) | Alabama State | New Mexico |
| Jeremiah Hixon (WR) | Alabama State | New Mexico |
| Jacory Merritt (RB) | Alabama State | New Mexico |
| Irshaad Davis (DB) | Alabama State | Troy |
| Jackson Ambush (LB) | Albany | FAU |
| Brendan Durkin (LS) | Albany | New Mexico |
| Shamari Simmons (DB) | Austin Peay | Arizona State |
| Demetries Ford (DB) | Austin Peay | Arizona State |
| Josh Rudolph (LB) | Austin Peay | Indiana |
| Kellen Stewart (WR) | Austin Peay | Middle TN State |
| Kwame Sutton (DL) | Austin Peay | Ohio |
| Matt Rigney (P) | Austin Peay | Oregon |
| Drae McCray (WR) | Austin Peay | Texas Tech |
| Will Spain (LS) | Austin Peay | Troy |
| James Burns (WR) | Austin Peay | UConn |
| Alex Whitmore (DL) | Austin Peay | UNLV |
| Jalon Jones (QB) | Bethune-Cookman | Charlotte |
| Jayden Loving (DL) | Bethune-Cookman | Western Kentucky |
| Sean Kelly (DL) | Brown | Duke |
| Hayes Sutton (WR) | Brown | Duke |
| Allan Houston III (WR) | Brown | Louisville |
| Chris Boyle (TE) | Brown | Vanderbilt |
| Joe Andreessen (LB) | Bryant | Buffalo |
| J.T. Anderson (DB) | Bryant | FIU |
| Jack Daly (DL) | Bryant | FIU |
| Gavin Pringle (DB) | Bucknell | Georgia State |
| Dylan Wyatt (DB) | Cal Poly | Arizona |
| Thomas Lee (P) | Cal Poly | Cal |
| Ryan Rivera (TE) | Cal Poly | Louisiana Tech |
| Jay’Vion Cole (DB) | Cal Poly | San Jose State |
| Josh Cuevas (TE) | Cal Poly | Washington |
| Myles Rowser (DB) | Campbell | New Mexico State |
| Jeremiah McClendon (DB) | Charleston Southern | FIU |
| Seth Anderson (WR) | Charleston Southern | Iowa |
| Jared Moorer (DB) | Charleston Southern | Tulane |
| Tucker Dunn (LS) | Colgate | Ball State |
| Coleman Coco (DL) | Colgate | Rice |
| Alex Felkins (K) | Columbia | Penn State |
| Demetrius Harris (DB) | Cornell | Buffalo |
| Zion Carter (TE) | Dartmouth | Buffalo |
| Shane Cokes (DL) | Dartmouth | Colorado |
| Michael Flores (OL) | Dartmouth | Old Dominion |
| Shane Hamm (QB) | Dayton | Kentucky |
| Brian Stevens (OL) | Dayton | Virginia |
| Amonte’ Strothers (DB) | Delaware | Buffalo |
| Noah Plack (DB) | Delaware | UConn |
| Brett Buckman (WR) | Delaware | UConn |
| Marcus Winfield (DL) | Delaware State | Kent State |
| Tanner Pollock (LB) | Drake | Iowa |
| Abdul Janneh (WR) | Duquesne | Georgia Tech |
| Billy Lucas (RB) | Duquesne | Liberty |
| Vincent Lumia (OL) | Duquesne | Louisville |
| Todd Hill (LB) | Duquesne | Pitt |
| Dom Shoffner (QB) | Eastern Illinois | Charlotte |
| Jordan Vincent (DB) | Eastern Illinois | New Mexico State |
| Jayden Higgins (WR) | Eastern Kentucky | Iowa State |
| John Blunt Jr. (DB) | Eastern Kentucky | Texas State |
| Joshua Jerome (DL) | Eastern Washington | Hawaii |
| Freddie Roberson (WR) | Eastern Washington | Mississippi State |
| Tre Weed (DB) | Eastern Washington | Nevada |
| Omar Rogers (DB) | Elon | East Carolina |
| Michael Purcell (OL) | Elon | Maryland |
| Tre’Von Jones (DB) | Elon | Minnesota |
| Jeff Yurk (P) | Elon | Pitt |
| Tyler Keltner (K) | ETSU | Florida State |
| Chandler Martin (LB) | ETSU | Memphis |
| Alijah Huzzie (DB) | ETSU | North Carolina |
| Davion Hood (LB) | ETSU | Temple |
| Blake Austin (OL) | ETSU | Troy |
| Tavon Matthews (OL) | ETSU | Troy |
| Kamari Stephens (DL) | Florida A&M | Jacksonville State |
| Dequece Carter (WR) | Fordham | Indiana |
| Grant Wilson (QB) | Fordham | Old Dominion |
| Tom Callahan (LS) | Fordham | Syracuse |
| Evan Jumper (OL) | Furman | Coastal Carolina |
| Dominic Morris (DB) | Furman | Colorado State |
| Travis Burke (OL) | Gardner-Webb | FIU |
| Clayton Frady (OL) | Gardner-Webb | Virginia Tech |
| Phaizon Wilson (WR) | Grambling | Akron |
| Tyler Thomas (OL) | Grambling | Charlotte |
| Chris Chernak Jr. (OL) | Grambling | Old Dominion |
| Brandon Richards (LS) | Hampton | Old Dominion |
| Alex Washington (DB) | Harvard | Boston College |
| Alec Bank (OL) | Harvard | Stanford |
| Mason Williams (OL) | Harvard | Western Kentucky |
| Jack Coulson (WR) | Holy Cross | Kent State |
| Walter Reynolds (DB) | Holy Cross | Ohio |
| Ayir Asante (WR) | Holy Cross | Wyoming |
| Ismail Mahdi (RB) | Houston Christian | Texas State |
| Brett Tommasini (LB) | Idaho | Boise State |
| Kemari Munier-Bailey (DL) | Idaho | Fresno State |
| Paul Moala (LB) | Idaho | Georgia Tech |
| Devante Keys (DL) | Idaho | Louisiana-Monroe |
| CJ Jordan (QB) | Idaho | Northern Illinois |
| Xavier Guillory (WR) | Idaho State | Arizona State |
| Sam Benjamin (DL) | Idaho State | Arizona State |
| Myles Amey (DL) | Idaho State | Arizona State |
| Ian Hershey (K) | Idaho State | Arizona State |
| Jude Okolo (DL) | Illinois State | FAU |
| J’Kalon Carter (WR) | Illinois State | North Texas |
| Donte Thompson (DB) | Incarnate Word | Arkansas State |
| Preston Harris (DB) | Incarnate Word | Louisiana-Monroe |
| Tah Mac Bright (LB) | Incarnate Word | Marshall |
| Nash Jones (OL) | Incarnate Word | Texas State |
| Caleb Johnson (OL) | Incarnate Word | Texas State |
| Jimeto Obigbo (OL) | Incarnate Word | Texas State |
| Dorion Strawn (OL) | Incarnate Word | Texas State |
| Kaleb Culp (DB) | Incarnate Word | Texas State |
| Emeka Obigbo (OL) | Incarnate Word | Texas State |
| Kole Wilson (WR) | Incarnate Word | Texas State |
| Shawn Holton (DB) | Incarnate Word | Texas State |
| Sam Latham (DL) | Incarnate Word | Texas State |
| Brian Mayes (DB) | Incarnate Word | UAB |
| Isaiah Paul (LB) | Incarnate Word | UCF |
| Elliott Davison (DB) | Incarnate Word | UTSA |
| Bilhal Kone (DB) | Indiana State | Western Michigan |
| Shane Hooks (WR) | Jackson State | Auburn |
| Katron Evans (DL) | Jackson State | Charlotte |
| Shedeur Sanders (QB) | Jackson State | Colorado |
| Travis Hunter (DB) | Jackson State | Colorado |
| Tyler Brown (OL) | Jackson State | Colorado |
| Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig (DB) | Jackson State | Colorado |
| Alejandro Mata (K) | Jackson State | Colorado |
| Jeremiah Brown (LB) | Jackson State | Colorado |
| Jacob Politte (LS) | Jackson State | Colorado |
| Willie Gaines (WR) | Jackson State | Colorado |
| Shilo Sanders (DB) | Jackson State | Colorado |
| Sy’veon Wilkerson (RB) | Jackson State | Colorado |
| Kevin Coleman Jr. (WR) | Jackson State | Louisville |
| Devin Hayes (OL) | Jackson State | Middle TN State |
| Nyles Gaddy (DL) | Jackson State | Missouri |
| John Huggins (DB) | Jackson State | New Mexico State |
| Willis Patrick (OL) | Jackson State | TCU |
| Jurriente Davis (LB) | Jackson State | Texas A&M |
| Mark Pope (WR) | Jackson State | UMass |
| Jyaire Stevens (LB) | Lafayette | Buffalo |
| DaRon Gilbert (DB) | Lafayette | Northern Illinois |
| Jacob Bayer (OL) | Lamar | Arkansas State |
| Drew Moss (OL) | Lamar | Colorado State |
| Austin Goffney (DB) | Lamar | Louisiana-Monroe |
| Tyler Jackson (LB) | Lamar | Northern Illinois |
| Colby Sessums (K/P) | Lamar | Sam Houston |
| Mikhari Sibblis (DL) | Lehigh | Ball State |
| TyGee Leach (DB) | Lehigh | Georgia State |
| Victor Nelson Jr. (DB) | LIU | Boston College |
| Tedi Kushi (OL) | LIU | Western Michigan |
| Justin Sambu (DL) | Maine | Baylor |
| Khairi Manns (DL) | Maine | Colorado |
| Freddie Brock (RB) | Maine | Georgia State |
| Austin Ambush (DB) | Maine | Jacksonville State |
| Charles Eberle (LS) | Maine | New Mexico State |
| Shawn Bowman (TE) | Maine | Rutgers |
| Joe Fagnano (QB) | Maine | UConn |
| Amir Proctor (DB) | Marist | Buffalo |
| Bryce Sisak (DL) | Marist | Kent State |
| Koby Duru (WR) | McNeese | Louisiana Tech |
| Mason Pierce (WR) | McNeese | Marshall |
| Trey Turk (K/P) | Mercer | Middle TN State |
| Nigajuan Mansell (OL) | Mercer | South Carolina |
| Jacari Carter (WR) | Merrimack | Georgia State |
| Logan Ridolph (OL) | Missouri State | App State |
| Ian Fitzgerald (OL) | Missouri State | BYU |
| Landon Bebee (OL) | Missouri State | Colorado |
| Tico Brown (DL) | Missouri State | TCU |
| Jose Pizano (K) | Missouri State | UNLV |
| Oliver Jervis (OL) | Monmouth | Colorado State |
| Tony Muskett (QB) | Monmouth | Virginia |
| Isaiah Ifanse (RB) | Montana State | Cal |
| Blake Glessner (K) | Montana State | UCLA |
| Colin Parachek (QB) | Morehead State | Marshall |
| Kinney Dozier (LS) | Norfolk State | FAU |
| Lamar Robinson (OL) | Norfolk State | Georgia State |
| Ademola Faleye (TE) | Norfolk State | Michigan State |
| Da’Quan Felton (WR) | Norfolk State | Virginia Tech |
| Micah Bland (DL) | North Alabama | Arkansas State |
| Sterling Berkhalter (WR) | North Carolina A&T | Cincinnati |
| Tyquan King (LB) | North Carolina A&T | East Carolina |
| Bhayshul Tuten (RB) | North Carolina A&T | Virginia Tech |
| Jacob Roberts (LB) | North Carolina A&T | Wake Forest |
| Corey Bullock (OL) | North Carolina Central | Maryland |
| Courtney Eubanks (DB) | North Dakota State | Coastal Carolina |
| Dom Jones (DB) | North Dakota State | Colorado State |
| Kobe Johnson (RB) | North Dakota State | Colorado State |
| Tony Pierce (DL) | North Dakota State | Colorado State |
| Phoenix Sproles (WR) | North Dakota State | James Madison |
| Marques Sigle (DB) | North Dakota State | Kansas State |
| Dominic Gonnella (RB) | North Dakota State | USF |
| Max Rader (OL) | North Dakota State | Wisconsin |
| CJ Flores (DB) | Northern Arizona | Arizona |
| RJ Martinez (QB) | Northern Arizona | Baylor |
| Sheldon Newton (DL) | Northern Arizona | Boise State |
| Devin Bale (P) | Northern Colorado | Arkansas |
| Elijah Anderson-Taylor (LB) | Northern Colorado | FIU |
| Salem Wahab (LS) | Northern Colorado | UCLA |
| Javon Antonio (WR) | Northwestern State | Colorado |
| Shemar Bartholomew (DB) | Northwestern State | Georgia Southern |
| Trevor Radosevich (OL) | Penn | Cincinnati |
| Ben Krimm (P) | Penn | Notre Dame |
| Trevor Mayberry (OL) | Penn | Stanford |
| Jake Heimlicher (DL) | Penn | UCLA |
| Ben Hoitink (OL) | Penn | Duke |
| Ahmir McGee (RB) | Portland State | Colorado |
| Connor Scaglione (OL) | Princeton | Georgia Tech |
| Cole Aubrey (LB) | Princeton | Notre Dame |
| Ryan Butler (RB) | Princeton | Stanford |
| Will Powers (P) | Princeton | UCLA |
| James Makszin (DL) | Rhode Island | Ball State |
| Matt Thomas (DL) | Rhode Island | Colorado State |
| Dylan Brown (DL) | Rhode Island | Florida State |
| Antonio Carter II (DB) | Rhode Island | Notre Dame |
| Ajani Cornelius (OL) | Rhode Island | Oregon |
| Tyrek Funderburk (DB) | Richmond | App State |
| Jake Larson (K) | Richmond | Charlotte |
| Joe More (OL) | Richmond | Syracuse |
| Derek Ferraro (OL) | Richmond | Texas A&M |
| Ray Eldridge (DL) | Richmond | UConn |
| Tristan Marois (DE) | Robert Morris | Colorado |
| Cameron Skattebo (RB) | Sac State | Arizona State |
| Jon Mucciolo (OL) | Sacred Heart | Ball State |
| Kenneth Womack (WR) | Sacred Heart | Western Michigan |
| Makai Jackson (WR) | Saint Francis | App State |
| Al-Ma’Hi Ali (DB) | Saint Francis | Charlotte |
| Breon Noel (DB) | Saint Francis | Charlotte |
| Elijah Sarratt (WR) | Saint Francis | James Madison |
| Donnell Brown (DL) | Saint Francis | Maryland |
| Sebastian Benjamin (LB) | Saint Francis | Western Kentucky |
| Seth Morgan (K) | Sam Houston | Memphis |
| Kameryn Alexander (DB) | Sam Houston | UTSA |
| Xavier Van (WR) | San Diego | New Mexico |
| CJ Ogbonna (QB) | SEMO | Buffalo |
| Phillip Wilder (OL) | SEMO | Cincinnati |
| Tyler Nelome (DB) | SEMO | Kansas State |
| Zach Haynes (P) | SEMO | New Mexico State |
| Bryson Boone (DL) | South Carolina State | Coastal Carolina |
| BJ Davis (LB) | South Carolina State | East Carolina |
| Da’Raun McKinney (DB) | South Dakota | Central Michigan |
| Andrew Jacobs (WR) | South Dakota | Charlotte |
| Shomari Lawrence (RB) | South Dakota | FIU |
| Dominic Serapiglia lll (OL) | Southeastern Louisiana | Central Michigan |
| Zy Alexander (DB) | Southeastern Louisiana | LSU |
| Gage Larvadain (WR) | Southeastern Louisiana | Miami (OH) |
| Jack Henderson (DB) | Southeastern Louisiana | Minnesota |
| Grant Tisdale (QB) | Southeastern Louisiana | TCU |
| Bryce Cage (DL) | Southeastern Louisiana | Texas State |
| Trey Laing (LB) | Southern | Indiana |
| Glenn Brown (DB) | Southern | Louisiana |
| Clayton Bush (DB) | Southern Illinois | Illinois |
| Richie Hagarty (DL) | Southern Illinois | Northwestern |
| Wyatt Dawe (DL) | Southern Utah | BYU |
| Dylan Flowers (DB) | Southern Utah | BYU |
| Mata’ava Ta’ase (TE) | Southern Utah | BYU |
| Rodrick Ward (DB) | Southern Utah | Colorado |
| Damaje Yancey (DB) | Southern Utah | Troy |
| Torion White (DB) | Southern Utah | UConn |
| Christy Nkanu (OL) | Southern Utah | Washington State |
| Myles Heard (DB) | Stephen F. Austin | Louisiana Tech |
| Brevin Randle (LB) | Stephen F. Austin | Louisiana Tech |
| Ja’Terious Evans (DB) | Stephen F. Austin | Louisiana-Monroe |
| Darryle Simmons (WR) | Stephen F. Austin | Marshall |
| Quinton Lane (WR) | Stetson | Jacksonville State |
| Jordan Jackson (DB) | Stony Brook | Bowling Green |
| Ty Son Lawton (RB) | Stony Brook | James Madison |
| Tyler Devera (TE) | Stony Brook | New Mexico State |
| Jackson Jones (DB) | Stony Brook | Ole Miss |
| Shawn Harris Jr. (WR) | Stony Brook | UMass |
| Jake Walrath (P) | Tarleton | Central Michigan |
| Beau Allen (QB) | Tarleton | Georgia Southern |
| Javier Duran (DL) | Tarleton | Kent State |
| Terray Jones (DL) | Tennessee State | Akron |
| Kendall Johnson (LB) | Tennessee State | UAB |
| Davoan Hawkins (DL) | Tennessee State | West Virginia |
| Andrew Armstrong (WR) | Texas A&M-Commerce | Arkansas |
| Isaiah Hamilton (DB) | Texas Southern | Houston |
| Christian Hilton (WR) | The Citadel | Ohio |
| Riley Williams (P) | Towson | Missouri |
| Luke Hamilton (FB) | Towson | West Virginia |
| McCallan Castles (TE) | UC Davis | Tennessee |
| Tyler Larco (K) | UT Martin | Arkansas |
| Zak Wallace (RB) | UT Martin | Arkansas State |
| Elijah Smoot (WR) | UT Martin | Liberty |
| Kenyonte Davis (DL) | UT Martin | Western Kentucky |
| Tyrell Grayson (DB) | Utah Tech | Colorado State |
| Mackavelli Malotumau (DL) | Utah Tech | Nevada |
| Justin Kirkland (DL) | Utah Tech | Oklahoma State |
| Quali Conley (RB) | Utah Tech | San Jose State |
| Joey Hobert (WR) | Utah Tech | Texas State |
| Dominic Grguric (WR) | Valpo | Bowling Green |
| Bryce Ganious (DL) | Villanova | Wake Forest |
| Aljareek Malry (DB) | VMI | Ball State |
| Eric Weaver (DL) | VMI | Kent State |
| Stone Snyder (LB) | VMI | Virginia Tech |
| Leroy Thomas (WR) | VMI | Western Michigan |
| Brylan Noonan (LS) | Wagner | Temple |
| Naiem Simmons (WR) | Wagner | USF |
| Eddie Heckard (DB) | Weber State | BYU |
| Nuuletau Sellesin (DL) | Weber State | BYU |
| Jake Eichorn (OL) | Weber State | BYU |
| Kamden Garrett (DB) | Weber State | BYU |
| Dontae McMillan (RB) | Weber State | Eastern Michigan |
| Bronson Barron (QB) | Weber State | Western Kentucky |
| Raphael Williams (WR) | Western Carolina | San Diego State |
| Carlos Davis (QB) | Western Carolina | UMass |
| Tyler Keinath (OL) | Western Illinois | Boise State |
| Naseim Brantley (WR) | Western Illinois | Rutgers |
| Sidney Fugar (OL) | Western Illinois | South Carolina |
| Ethan Chang (K) | William & Mary | Mississippi State |
| Donavyn Lester (RB) | William & Mary | UNLV |
| Micheal Mason (DL) | Wofford | Coastal Carolina |
| Landon Parker (WR) | Wofford | Troy |
| Tahir Annoor (DB) | Wofford | Tulane |
| Nick Gargiulo (OL) | Yale | South Carolina |
