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Wednesday, January 14: Iowa St. Head Coach Jimmy Rogers keeps adding in the portal and has found a young DE who will fight for playing time. Jareb Ramos is a 6 foot 4, 287 pound defensive lineman who played for Montana. For the Grizzlies, the Redshirt Junior had 31 tackles and 2 sacks in the 2025 season. He will have one season of eligibility remaining.
Rogers also went back to his old school at Washington St. and plucked another player — DB Tyrone Cotton III who is from the Chicago area will play closer to home at Ames. Cotton did not appear in a game this past season so he still has all 4 years of eligibility remaining. Cotton was a three-star prospect and ranked #40 in Illinois prospect rankings in 2025.
Tuesday, January 13: Iowa has landed a new running back — L.J. Phillips Jr. will be leaving South Dakota to play for the Hawkeyes and has two years of eligibility remaining. Phillips ran for 1,920 yards for the Coyotes this past season and 19 TD plus 28 receptions for 195 yards and another score. He is only 5 foot 9 and 225 pounds so the bigger schools probably overlooked him in the initial recruiting process. Phillips will fight for his carries next fall — Iowa did lose Jaziun Patterson and Terrell Washington Jr. to the transfer portal but leading rusher Kamari Moulton returns along with promising sophomores Nathan McNeil and Xavier Williams.
Tuesday, January 13: Missouri has two new quarterbacks. The Tigers have added former Ole Miss QB Austin Simmons and former UConn QB Nick Evers. Simmons would be the favorite to be the starter after losing the job at Ole Miss to Trinidad Chambliss. Ironically, Chambliss looks like he will now be heading to the NFL Draft after the NCAA denied him an extra year of eligibility although he plans on challenging that decision. Evers was the back up this past season with the Huskies is now on his 4th college team after brief stops at Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Beau Pribula was the Tigers starter last year but went into the portal and announced he is transferring to Virginia.
Monday, January 12: Former Nebraska QB Dylan Raiola is going west to play for the Oregon Ducks. Current starting quarterback Dante Moore has not made his final decision on whether he will go to the NFL or whether he will return. If Moore does decide to come back, Raiola could redshirt and then return to start for Oregon the following season. Raiola is recovering from a broken right fibula that he suffered against USC on November 1. Oregon has lost two other quarterbacks to the transfer portal.
In other portal news on Monday, ESPN is reporting that LSU will sign QB Sam Leavitt, one of the most sought after players in the portal. Leavitt chose new Head Coach Lane Kiffin and the Tigers over reported visits to Miami, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Also, former Iowa St. WR Xavier Townsend has announced he will transfer to Purdue and former Iowa St. WR Kai Black will transfer to Northern Iowa.
Friday, January 9: Iowa has landed a huge defensive lineman in the portal. 6 foot 6, 255 pounder Lance Ingold from Northern Illinois will be coming to Iowa City. Ingold was a 3 star recruit out of high school and had 17 tackles, 1.5 sacks, and a forced fumble in just 6 games for the Huskies. He still has 3 years of eligibility remaining.
Thursday, January 8: Jimmy Rodgers continues to add players — 28 new players have committed to the Cyclones in the past week. Here some of the highlights:
WR Omari Hayes, Tulane
had 39 receptions for 515 yards and 1 TD for the Green Wave; had 4 catches for 52 yards in CFP first round game against Ole Miss; 5-9, 170 pounds from Sarasota, FL; has two seasons of eligibility remaining
WR Carter Pabst, Washington St.
rejoins Coach Rodgers after little playing time with Cougars; 9 receptions for 168 yards and 1 TD in 2025; 6-1, 194 pounds from Wichita, Kansas and has three seasons of eligibility remaining
OL Jake Taylor, Oklahoma
6-6, 315 pounds; did not play in any games for the Sooners in 2025 and was limited to just 4 games in 2024 because of injuries; from Las Vegas, NV; has one season of eligibility remaining; 247 sports projects Taylor to start at tackle for the Cyclones
OL Gavin Broscius, Michigan St.
6-4, 308 pounds, played all 12 games for the Spartans in 2025, starting in 4 games at left guard; one season of eligibility left
OL DeAndre Carter, Auburn
Played in all 12 games this past season but mostly on special teams; Outstanding offensive line prospect who was a three-year starter at left tackle for Mater Dei High in Temecula, CA; 6-4, 345 pounds, has three seasons of eligibility remaining
DL Caden Crawford, South Dakota
6-4, 265 pound edge rusher; started his college career at Iowa before transferring to USD; was 2nd team all conference in 2025; had 78 tackles for Coyotes, 10.5 TFL, 5 sacks; has one season of eligibility remaining
DL Bryson Lamb, Washington St.
6-2, 301 pounds; Started all 12 games in 2025 for Cougars and made 25 tackles with 3.5 tackles-for-loss including 1.5 sacks…made one fumble recovery, batted down two passes, blocked one kick and recorded three quarterback hurries; from Bellingham, Washington; has one year of eligibility remaining
DT Max Baloun, Washington St.
Named team captain; 6-6, 285 pounds; also played for Coach Rodgers at South Dakota St.; one season of eligibility remaining
DT Donovan Fitzmaurice, Washington St.
6-3, 283 pounds; Appeared in nine games…recorded 10 tackles with one sack…played 128 snaps on defense…named WSU Scout Team Defensive Lineman of the Week against Idaho; from St. Louis, Missouri; still has 3 seasons of eligibility remaining
LB Sullivan Schlimgen, Washington St.
6-1, 220 pounds from Sioux Falls, SD (O’Gorman HS); Appeared in all 13 games, started final five games…made 49 tackles with 1.5 for loss…made four tackles at North Texas…made season-high nine tackles at No. 4 Ole Miss; still has 3 seasons of eligibility remaining
DB Trillion Sorrell, Washington St.
6-1, 170 pounds from Bloomington, Minnesota; Appeared in five games…redshirt season…made four tackles and one pass breakup; four full seasons of eligibility remaining
Wednesday, January 7: One day after losing a QB, Nebraska found another one. UNLV transfer Anthony Colandrea has committed to the Huskers according to a report from ESPN. Colandrea was the Mountain West Player of the Year for the Rebels with 3,459 passing yards and 649 rushing yards which ranked 5th in the country in total offense. UNLV won 10 games this past season but lost to Ohio in the Frisco Bowl. Colandrea will have one year of eligibility remaining.
Tuesday, January 6: Iowa has landed a DL from FCS power Holy Cross. Brice Stevenson is a 6-2 300 pound interior lineman who had 37 tackles and 3.5 TFL this past season. The Hawkeyes are losing 4 seniors on their defensive front so Stevenson will offset that and provide immediate help. He will have one year of eligibility remaining.
Tuesday, January 6: In a strange twist, former Notre Dame QB Kenny Minchey has withdrawn his commitment to Nebraska and will instead go to Kentucky. The redshirt sophomore will have two years of eligibility remaining and replaces QB Cutter Boley who is headed to Arizona St.
Monday, January 5: The top quarterbacks in the portal are Josh Hoover from TCU; Brendan Sorsby from Cincinnati and Sam Leavitt from Arizona St. Hoover committed to Indiana over the weekend. Sorsby this morning has committed to Texas Tech. Leavitt is still undecided.
Monday, January 5: The transfer portal is 4 days old and there has already been some significant movement. 14 former Iowa St. Cyclones are joining their former Head Coach Matt Campbell at Penn St. Those players are:
QB Rocco Becht
QB Alex Manske
RB Carson Hansen
WR Brett Eskidsen
WR Karon Brookins
TE Gabe Burkle
OL Trevor Buhr
OL Kuol Kuol II
OL Will Tompkins
DL Aljiah Carnell
LB Caleb Bacon
LB Cael Brezina
LB Kooper Ebel
DB Marcus Neal
Three other players have left ISU for other schools: RB Abu Sama II has transferred to Wisconsin, OL Sione Perkins to Northern Arizaona and DB Jontez Williams to USC.
Head Coach Jimmy Rodgers has added six players in the portal for Iowa St.:
QB Jaylen Raynor, Arkansas St.
Led the Sun Belt in pass completions and passing yards; rushed for 423 yards and 7 TD and led Red Wolves to XBox Bowl victory over Missouri St.; from Kernersville, NC; followed his offensive coordinator Keith Keckendorf who is now the QB Coach at Iowa St.
WR Cody Jackson, Tarleton St.
Jackson also had stops at Oklahoma and Houston; new Cyclones WR Coach Derrick Sherman coached Jackson at Houston; had 53 catches for 799 yards and 6 TD for Texans in 2025; chose ISU over Cincinnati
OL Maasi King, Akron
Was rated as a top five OL in the Mid American Conference by Pro Football Network; 6-4, 305 pounds from Camden, NJ; started all 11 games for Zips in 2025; has one season of eligibility left
OL Gavin Proudfoot, Northern Iowa
6-7, 300 pounder from Dresbach, Minnesota; has one season of eligibility left; MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll in 2024
LB Montreze Smith Jr., Austin Peay
5-11, 204 pounds from Carrollton, Georgia; 74 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 4 QB sacks for the Governors; Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman Player of the Year; briefly spent time with Duke and Western Kentucky but never got on the field; still has three years of eligibility remaining
DB Keyon Washington, Bowling Green
6-1, 185 pounds from Waldorf, MD; spent time briefly with West Virginia and redshirted the 2024 season; started in 7 games and appearing in all 10 games for Falcons; Totaled 37 tackles, two TFLs, a sack and three PBUs on the season
