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Football Transfers

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From the Standard Examiner, WSU players putting their name in the portal:

QUARTERBACKS​

Jackson Gilkey (So.): 693 passing yards, four touchdowns, nine interceptions, broke his leg in the fifth game.
Dijon Jennings (Jr.): 831 passing yards, four touchdowns, five interceptions in seven games.

RUNNING BACKS​

Davion Godley (So.): 512 rushing yards, four touchdowns in seven games; finished season injured.
Chauncey Sylvester (R-Fr.): 305 rushing yards, four touchdowns in five games; finished the season injured.

OFFENSIVE LINE​

Zoom Esplin (So.): Esplin started 11 games in 2024 but appeared in just one in 2025 due to injury.
Cole Millward (So.): Roy High alum played in 23 games over two seasons and was a starter in 2025.
Vae Soifua (Jr.): The oft-injured lineman started six games in 2024 and played in six more in 2025.
Will Way (So.): After appearing in four games in 2024, he played 10 games this season, including some as a starter at center.
Ethen Erickson (Jr.): Erickson, a junior college transfer, did not play in 2025.

RECEIVERS​

AJ Jayroe (So.): A Louisiana transfer, the 6-foot-4 receiver missed all but the 2024 opener with an arm injury and caught five passes for 55 yards and one touchdown in 2025.
Maurice Savage (Jr.): The junior college transfer did not appear in any games in his one season at WSU.

DEFENSIVE LINE​

Matt Herron (Jr.): Herron played 35 games over three seasons at defensive tackle; in 2025, his 46 tackles (nine for loss) and 3.5 sacks got him All-Big Sky second team honors.
Keahnist Thompson (Jr.): The defensive end transferred from UCF and played 28 games over three seasons; in 2025, he totaled 27 tackles (10.5 for loss) and four sacks.
Dante Bond (R-Fr.): Bond did not appear in any games in two seasons at WSU.

LINEBACKERS​

Sione Hala (Jr.): A Boston College transfer, Hala had 64 tackles (second on the team), eight for loss, and one interception in his one WSU season.
Mayson Hitchens (Jr.): Having played 28 games over three seasons, Hitchens’ 91 tackles led WSU in 2025.
Aizik Mahuka (So.): The Hawaii native totaled 35 tackles (four for loss) in 24 games over two seasons.

DEFENSIVE BACKS​

Ishaan Daniels (So.): A two-year starter at cornerback, Daniels totaled 41 tackles and two interceptions in 2025.
Logan Mackey (So.): Mackey totaled 16 tackles and eight pass breakups as a cornerback in 2025.
Davonta Morgan-Collins (Fr.): At safety, Morgan-Collins totaled 13 tackles and three pass breakups in his one WSU season.
Tre Parks-Vinson (Jr.): Parks-Vinson missed 2024 with a health concern and returned in 2025 to play six games, totaling nine tackles and two pass breakups.

SPECIAL TEAMS​

Thien Hoang (Jr.): The D3 Lewis & Clark College transfer kicker did not appear in any games in his one season at WSU.
Caden Kellow (Jr.): The Utah State transfer longsnapper snapped in all 12 games in his lone WSU season.
Justin Lutz (Jr.): The junior college transfer did not appear in any games in his lone WSU season.
 
If these all don't return WSU has some giant holes to fill.

Quarterbacks - Late season starter Kingston Tisdell is not on the transfer list as well as Cash McCollum, both were freshmen last year. Tisdell showed a lot of promise and poise for a freshmen. I think many are hoping Isaac Wilson will follow his high school coach to WSU.

Running Backs - Butler, Hrbacek and May are graduating, Godley and Sylvester in the portal, Major Givens and Spencer Ferguson returning. I really liked what I saw from Ferguson, especially late in the season.

O-line - will lose a lot of experience and depth but hopefully next man up. Ortega was the only BSC first team offense player, he's graduating

Receivers - doesn't look like we lose much to transfer here but losing Record, Ford, Bennee and Beck to graduation

D-Line - this sucks if Thompson and Herron transfer, those are two huge losses. Lots of players returning though

Linebackers - super sucks losing Hala and Hitchens

DBs - losing all 4 of those players will hurt, that's almost all the experience at the position. Monte Pate looks like he's returning, he was the only BSC first team defensive player from WSU

I know Kjar plans to make Utah the focus of recruiting which has its pros and cons, but I hope we are able to get some difference makers from the portal.
 
To my thinking, the biggest loses are on the defensive side of the ball. That would be, most likely, due to the coaching changes and some of them looking for a bigger payday. We will certainly be looking for a number of transfers for defense.
 
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