The transfer portal is officially open and Gophers Nation is ready to provide Minnesota Golden Gophers fans with the latest up-to-date information. The Gophers are expected to lose a quality amount of players to the portal this offseason but are also looking to add anywhere between 10 and 15 transfers according to head coach P.J. Fleck.
Notably, the current transfer portal window will be open from December 9 through December 28. Through this period, players must enter the portal but do not have to sign with another program by December 28.
STORIES
- CB Craig McDonald enters transfer portal
- Walk-on DB Jordan Greenhow enters transfer portal
- LS Ryan Algrim enters transfer portal
- DT Luther McCoy enters transfer portal
- DE Hayden Schwartz enters transfer portal
- DE Jack Hawkinson hits transfer portal
- RB Sieh Bangura enters the transfer portal
- RB Jordan Nubin enters the transfer portal
- LB Tyler Stolsky enters trasnfer protal
- Minnesota extends offer to Purdue WR transfer Jaron Tibbs
- Michigan RB transfer Cole Cabana set to visit Minnesota
- Minnesota makes several offers on first day of transfer portal opening
- Minnesota to host Stony Brook DL Rushawn Lawrence on visit
- Minnesota set to host Miami (OH) wide receiver transfer Javon Tracy
- Illinois State DE Steven Curtis to visit Minnesota
- Minnesota adds Purdue TE transfer Drew Biber to roster
- Minnesota lands Georgia Tech QB transfer QB Zach Pyron
- Transfer Outlook: QB Zach Pyron
- Gophers set for busy weekend of transfer visits
- Minnesota Football hosting Washington transfer OT Kahlee Tafai
- Illinois State DE Steven Curtis commits to Minnesota
- NC Central DB Jaylen Bowden commits to Minnesota
- Marshall RB transfer AJ Turner commits to Minnesota
- Minnesota lands Washington RB transfer Cameron Davis
- Miami (OH) transfer WR Javon Tracy commits to Minnesota
- Minnesota lands Michigan transfer RB Cole Cabana
- Stony Brook DL Rushawn Lawrence commits to Minnesota
- Minnesota OL Phillip Daniels enters transfer portal
- UCF OL transfer Marcellus Marshall on visit to Minnesota
- Minnesota hosting Coastal Carolina DE transfer Clev Lubin
- Former Gopher Tyler Stolsky finds new home at FAU
- Former Gopher Jordan Nubin reunites with former Minnesota RB coach
- Minnesota WR Kristen Hoskins enters transfer portal
INCOMING
The Gophers are working hard to bring in numerous players from the transfer portal this offseason. Be sure to stay tuned here on our tracker and also on our Inside Gophers Nation board to stay up to date with the latest ongoing in the portal.
Pyron will come to Minneapolis with two years of eligibility remaining after appearing in 19 games for Georgia Tech in the last three seasons including 10 games in 2024. In his 19 career games, Pyron was 88-for-155, throwing for 995 yards and five touchdowns. He also had 271 rushing yards and six touchdowns.
Biber will come to Minneapolis after four seasons with the Boilermakers. After making just two receptions in his first three seasons, playing in 25 games, Biber had a bigger season in 2024 with 13 receptions for 113 yards. His biggest game of the season came against Nebraska in September, recording three receptions for 24 yards.
The West Palm Beach, Florida native comes to Minneapolis after a career with Illinois State that saw him play in 25 games, totaling 54 tackles, eight tackles for loss, and five sacks for the Redbirds. This fall, Curtis had a breakout campaign with 50 tackles, seven tackles for loss, and five sacks. He also had two forced fumbles.
Tracy is coming off his best season as a college athlete in 2024, hauling in 57 receptions for 818 yards and seven touchdowns.He will have three years of eligibility remaining after redshirting during his freshman season in 2022. In 2023, Tracy appeared in 14 games for Miami (OH) while catching 22 passes for 348 yards and two scores before his breakout season this year.
Turner in 2024 had a breakout, junior campaign, averaging 8.3 yards per carry and totaling 864 rushing yards on the season. His notable performances included 177 yard performance against Georgia State in October.
Cabana joins Minnesota with three years of eligibility after redshirting his first season at Michigan in 2023 after appearing in one game, where he carried the ball twice for six yards in a win over Bowling Green.
Lawrence was one of the highest rated defensive linemen in the entire FCS this season according to Pro Football Focus with an overall defensive grade of 86.8. He played both defensive tackle and defensive end for Stony Brook, though much of his time came at defensive tackle. In 12 games played, PFF credits Lawrence with 24 total quarterback pressures including 14 quarterback hurries.
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Bowden just finished up his sophomore season at NC Central. After a true freshman season in which he played in 10 games record in four tackles Bowden had 19 tackles eight past deflections, add one interception this fall in 10 games played.
This upcoming season will be the 7th for Davis, who spent six seasons as a Huskie while compiling 1,093 yards rushing with 15 touchdowns, along with 14 receptions for 156 yards in his college football career.
Denaburg comes to Minneapolis after going 13-for-22 during his time at Syracuse.
A highly experienced player, Marshall brings 42 career games played and 35 career starts to Minneapolis, and nearly 2,500 career snaps.
Marshall this season with 782 snaps over 13 games played, had a PFF grade of 57.0 including a pass-blocking grade of 74.0 and a run-blocking grade of 51.5. On 356 pass-blocking snaps, Marshall allowed 12 pressures and three sacks. For his career, he's allowed just four sacks on over 1,100 career pass blocking snaps.
OUTGOING:
McDonald appeared in seven games for the Gophers over two seaosns with a total of two tackles before re-entering the portal yet again.
Greenhow came to Minneapolis as a walk-on as part of the Gophers 2022 recruiting class. He did not see any action in the 2022 or 2023 seasons as a true or redshirt freshman and has not played for the Gophers in 2024.
Algrim was passed up on the Gophers' long-snapping depth chart this fall by true freshman Alan Soukup who was the nation's No. 1 long snapper according to Kohl's Professional Camps as part of their 2024 recruiting class.
McCoy according to Pro Football Focus played 13 total snaps for Minnesota over his four seasons with 10 coming this season against Rhode Island. McCoy was originally a member of Minnesota's
In his three seasons with the Gophers, Schwartz played in two games and did not record any stats. He notably missed the back half of the 2023 season with an injury after not playing in the program's first seven games.
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A former walk-on, the Frankfort, Illinois native spent four years with the Golden Gophers, appearing in seven games over the past two seasons. The only stats he recorded as a Gopher were a pair of quarterback hurries against Rhode Island.
Bangura finished the 2024 season with the fifth most carries by a running back for the Gophers with Darius Taylor, Marcus Major, Jordan Nubin, and Jaren Mangham all receiving more carries.
In his four seasons with the program, Nubin played in 34 games recording 147 carries for 604 yards and three touchdowns. The younger brother of former Gopher Tyler Nubin, Jordan was an integral part of the Gophers' running back in 2023 when they suffered a wrath of injuries. He would end up playing in all 13 games, totaling 127 snaps for 559 yards and three touchdowns.
In his three seasons with the Gophers, Stolsky played in 23 games including 10 this season, recording 32 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and one sack. In 2024, Stolsky was kept just to six tackles including one tackle for loss. However, of his 10 games played, he only appeared in four on defense, being kept to 14 snaps.
The Cincinnati, Ohio native enters the portal after playing in all 12 games for the Gophers this regular season including making four starts at right tackle.
During his three years with the Gophers, Hoskins played a total of four snaps on offense including two snaps this season against Maryland. During his three years with the Gophers, Hoskins played a total of four snaps on offense including two snaps this season against Maryland.
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