Vanderbilt outfielder JD Rogers enters NCAA transfer portal

Vanderbilt outfielder JD Rogers has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. He does so after spending four seasons with the ‘Dores.

Rogers played in 19 games for Vanderbilt during the 2025 season. He had 18 at-bats and managed to knock out two doubles and a home run. He also collected two RBI. Rogers had fewer opportunities in the years leading up to this season, seeing 15 at-bats in 2024 and six at-bats in 2023. He has averaged .256 during his career with the Commodores.

JD Rogers isn’t the only Vanderbilt player to enter the transfer portal this cycle. Tim Corbin‘s squad has seen a number of exits in recent days.

JD Rogers, Jayden Davis headed out

Along with JD Rogers, Vanderbilt infielder Jayden Davis has entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. He joined the program ahead of the 2024 season, following his freshman season with Samford.

Davis starred with the Bulldogs in 2023, hitting .358 and accounting for a team-high 26 multi-hit games. That helped garner him 2023 All-SoCon first team honors, along with being named to the 2023 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America and receiving the 2023 SoCon Media Freshman of the Year Award.

He was more than solid during his first season with the Commodores in 2024, batting .315 and driving in 36 runs. However, 2025 was a bit of a struggle for him. He hit .203 in his 64 at-bats. That’s a number he’ll certainly hope is an outlier at his next stop.

Regardless, Davis is now the latest loss for the program to the transfer portal. OF Koby Kropf (Winthrop), as well as Matthew Polk, RJ Hamilton, and Ethan McElvain have also entered their names. That’s following the disappointing end to the season over this past weekend as the Commodores, the No. 1 overall seed in the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament, lost in the Nashville Regional.

On3’s Steve Samra also contributed to this report.