ESPN releases college football's Top 50 impact transfers

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The transfer portal has become one of the key ways that teams build rosters. It allows teams to flip rosters quickly and fill in places of need. So, ESPN decided to rank the Top 50 transfers in college football for the 2022 season.

Quarterback tends to be the position that most people think of in the transfer portal first. That makes sense because of the nature of how we think about quarterbacks. They play the most important position on the field and get a disproportionate amount of blame and credit for team success. However, quarterback isn’t the only position. So, ESPN made sure that every transfer player, regardless of position, could be ranked.

Importantly, ESPN isn’t only allowing players who transferred this season. Instead, they simply had to transfer at some point in their college career and be one of the best this season.

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ESPN’s Top 50 impact transfers

Here is the list of the Top 50 transfers in college football, according to ESPN:

  1. Hendon Hooker, Quarterback, Tennessee
  2. Caleb Williams, Quarterback, USC
  3. Ivan Pace Jr., Linebacker, Cincinnati
  4. Michael Penix, Quarterback, Washington
  5. Bo Nix, Quarterback, Oregon
  6. Khalan Laborn, Running Back, Marshall
  7. Jahmyr Gibbs, Running Back, Alabama
  8. Drew Sanders, Linebacker, Arkansas
  9. Jordan Addison, Wide Receiver, USC
  10. Charlie Jones, Wide Receiver, Purdue
  11. Daiyan Henley, Linebacker, Washington State
  12. Trey Palmer, Wide Receiver, Nebraska
  13. Jacob Cowing, Wide Receiver, Arizona
  14. O’Cyrus Torrence, Guard, Florida
  15. Olusegun Oluwatimi, Guard, Michigan
  16. Mekhi Garner, Cornerback, LSU
  17. Henry To’oTo’o, Linebacker, Alabama
  18. Eric Gentry, Linebacker, USC
  19. Laiatu Latu, Linebacker, UCLA
  20. Jayden Daniels, Quarterback, LSU
  21. Jacoby Windmon, Linebacker, Michigan State
  22. Jordan Domineck, Defensive Line, Arkansas
  23. Gerald Mincey, Tackle, Tennessee
  24. Jayden de Laura, Quarterback, Arizona
  25. Greg Brooks Jr., Safety, LSU
  26. Tommy DeVito, Quarterback, Illinois
  27. Dalton Kincaid, Tight End, Utah
  28. Dwight McGlothern, Defensive Back, Arkansas
  29. Cam Rising, Quarterback, Utah
  30. Kobe Hylton, Defensive Back, UTEP
  31. Dillon Gabriel, Quarterback, Oklahoma
  32. Mekhi Blackmon, Defensive Back, USC
  33. Will Levis, Quarterback, Kentucky
  34. Ryan Watts, Defensive Back, Texas
  35. Travis Dye, Running Back, USC
  36. Zach Evans, Running Back, Ole Miss
  37. Quinn Ewers, Quarterback, Texas
  38. Jackson Sirmon, Linebacker, California
  39. Akheem Mesidor, Defensive Line, Miami
  40. Isaiah Winstead, Wide Receiver, ECU
  41. Mario Williams, Wide Receiver, USC
  42. Johnny Wilson, Wide Receiver, Florida State
  43. Cameron Ward, Quarterback, Washington State
  44. Raiqwon O’Neal, Tackle, UCLA
  45. Kobie Turner, Defensive Line, Wake Forest
  46. Tyler Steen, Tackle, Alabama
  47. John Rhys Plumlee, Quarterback, UCF
  48. Tanner McLachlan, Tight End, Arizona
  49. Josh Newton, Defensive Back, TCU
  50. Adrian Martinez, Quarterback, Kansas State