Published Jan 8, 2024
Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Transfer Portal Tracker
Dylan Callaghan-Croley  •  Gophers Nation
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While the transfer portal doesn't open for all players until December 4th, college football has already seen a high volume of student-athletes announce their attentions to enter the transfer portal.

Currently, the transfer portal is open to graduate transfers and players whose head coaches left their programs during the season. It's also open to FCS players as well.

For Minnesota, it has already been quite active with four scholarship players already announcing their intentions to enter the transfer portal. The Gophers have also extended a few early offers in the process as well. Below you can find, who the Gophers have offered, who is committed to the program out of the transfer portal, and who has left the program.

Transferring out:

STORY: RB Marquese Williams and OL JJ Guedet enter transfer portal on Tuesday

Williams leaves the program after one season. He did not appear in any games for the Gophers as a true freshman. A three-star prospect, Williams chose the Gophers over offers from Iowa, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia among others.

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STORY: RB Marquese Williams and OL JJ Guedet enter transfer portal on Tuesday

The Illinois native transfers out with a year of eligibility remaining. He was never able to find firm playing time with the Gophers, appearing in just 10 games over his career. He did not appear in any games for the Gophers this season.

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STORY: Minnesota loses second quarterback of the day to transfer portal

After not appearing as a true freshman for Minnesota, Viotto is leaving the program. The former three-star prospect chose the Gophers over offers from Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Marshall, Maryland, and Syracuse.

Committed to Eastern Michigan - Dec. 10th

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STORY: Minnesota quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis enters transfer portal

Kaliakmanis is transferring out of the program after playing in 23 games over the last two seasons, completing 53.3% of his passes for 2,784 yards and 17 touchdowns to 13 interceptions.

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STORY: Minnesota RB Zach Evans enters transfer portal

The redshirt freshman appeared in six games during the 2023 season while dealing with injuries, rushing for 230 yards on 52 carries and one score. His best performance came against Louisiana on September 30th, where he rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries.

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Kaliakmanis didn't record a catch during his time with the Gophers. He was rated a 5.7, three-star prospect in Minnesota's 2021 recruiting class.

WHERE DID FORMER GOHPERS LAND?
POSNameDestination

QB

Athan Kaliakmanis

Rutgers

WR

Dino Kaliakmanis

Rutgers

RB

Marquese Williams

Akron

QB

Drew Viotto

Western Michigan

OL

JJ Guedet

Southern Illinois

TRANSFERRING IN:

STORY: MINNESOTA LANDS TALENTED QB TRANSFER FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE

Brosmer just finished up his junior season at New Hampshire where he completed 64% of his passes this season for 3,464 yards and 29 touchdowns with five interceptions. It was a strong follow-up to a good redshirt sophomore season for the Georgia native, who completed 63% of his passes for 3,154 yards and 27 touchdowns in 2022. He also has 263 career rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns on 191 career carries.

COMMITTED - DEC. 3RD

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STORY: MINNESOTA ADDS BUCKNELL TRANSFER CORNER

Robinson is coming off a season where he was named First-Team, All-Patriot League. In 31 career games, Robinson has recorded 154 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, five interceptions, 25 pass break-ups.

COMMITTED - DEC. 10TH

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STORY: Gophers pick up commitment from TCU transfer DB Jaionte McMillan

In his four seasons, McMillan played in 32 games for TCU, recording 15 tackles including two tackles for loss, one interception, and four pass deflections. In 2022, McMillan played a pivotal role in TCU's run to the national championship game on special teams, appearing in 14 of 15 games, totaling 10 tackles in the game.

COMMITTED - DEC. 17TH


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Driver comes to Minneapolis after two seasons with the Nittany Lions where he recorded one reception for eight yards. The son of former Green Bay Packers star wide receiver Donald Driver, the younger Driver started his career at Penn State as a defensive back before moving to wide receiver at the end of the 2022 season.

This past season, Driver spent the full year at wide receiver but only appeared in Penn State's matchups against Delaware and Illinois. A native of Argyle, Texas, Driver was a four-star recruit in the 2022 recruiting cycle out of Liberty Christian High School and was ranked as a top-15 athlete in the country in that cycle.


COMMITTED - JAN. 7TH


The 6-foot-0, 227-pound tailback is coming off the best season of his career with 78 carries for 308 yards and a score. He also had a career-high 12 receptions for 75 yards and one touchdown.

COMMITTED - JAN. 7TH


After redshirting in 2021, Varner was a starter for Emporia State in each of the last two seasons, playing in 23 games while recording 138 receptions for 1,549 yards and 22 touchdowns. This fall, the Missouri native recorded 90 receptions for 1,009 yards and 12 touchdowns.

COMMITTED - JAN. 8TH


OFFERED PROSPECTS

COMMITTED TO LOUISVILLE

COMMITTED TO USF

RETURNED TO INDIANA

COMMITTED TO INDIANA

COMMITTED TO VIRGINIA

COMMITTED TO WISCONSIN

COMMITTED TO COLORADO

COMMITTED TO VANDERBILT

COMMITTED TO COLORADO

COMMITTED TO MINNESOTA BEFORE DECOMMITTING

COMMITTED TO MINNESOTA BEFORE DECOMMITTING

COMMITTED TO SOUTH CAROLINA

COMMITTED TO OKLAHOMA