Big time names are flying in the transfer portal. Gonna try to keep this updated with impact players for each team in the MAC. Buckle up folks.

OHIO
Kadin Beler - QB (DNP)
Kylen McCracken - DL - (played in every game, 8 total tackles) --> MARSHALL
Denzel Daxon - DL (Played in 8 games this year, only 2 total tackles) --> ILLINOIS
Nathanial Vakos - K (3rd team Freshman All-American) --> WISCONSIN
Cannon Blauser - LB (116 career tackles, 1 sack) --> SOUTH DAKOTA
Kyle Kelly - LB (45 career tackles, .5 sacks)
Jamison Collier - S --> EAST TENNESSEE STATE
Tyler Mullins - S (Appeared in 5 games, 3 Total Tackles) --> UT MARTIN
CJ Hankins - LB (DNP) --> SIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY (NAIA)

Walter Reynolds - S - HOLY CROSS --> OHIO
Ches Jackson - OL - COLORADO STATE --> OHIO
Christian Hilton - WR (285 receiving yards, 2 TDs) - CITADEL --> OHIO
Jack Kenneally - TE - YOUNGSTOWN ST --> OHIO

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WESTERN MICHIGAN
Sean Tyler - Starting RB (lead team with 1,027 rush yards this season, 7 TDs) --> OKLAHOMA STATE
Corey Crooms - Starting WR (lead team with 814 receiving yards, 5 TDs) --> MINNESOTA
Ryan Selig - LB - 3rd Leading Tackler (73 tackles, 1.5 sacks) --> MINNESOTA
Andre Carter - DL - 4th Leading Tackler (67 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 1 INT, 2 FF) --> INDIANA
Braden Fiske - DL - (56 tackles, 4.5 sacks) --> FLORIDA STATE
Marshawn Kneeland - DE --> COLORADO

Tate Hallock - DB - MICHIGAN STATE --> WESTERN MICHIGAN
Chad Schuster - OT - SYRACUSE --> WESTERN MICHIGAN


BALL STATE
John Paddock - Starting QB (18 Passing TDs / 14 INTs) --> ILLINOIS
Carson Steele - Starting RB (Lead MAC in Rushing yards 1,556, 14 TDs) --> UCLA

Zavier Simpson - WR - WAKE FOREST --> BALL STATE
Luke Wiginton - OT - INDIANA --> BALL STATE


TOLEDO
Travion Ford - DL (4 Star recruit out of HS) MISSOURI --> TOLEDO
Shawn (Don) Munnerlyn - WR/TE - RUTGERS --> TOLEDO


NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Marques Cox - OL (33 career starts at LT) --> KENTUCKY
Eric Rogers - CB (18 tackles, 2 INTs, 4 PD) --> RUTGERS
Harrison Waylee - RB (899 Rush yards, 5 TDs this season) --> WYOMING

Gavin Williams - RB - IOWA --> NORTHERN ILLINOIS


CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Daniel Richardson - QB (Career: 5,391 Passing Yards, 43 TDs / 13 INTs) --> FAU

Stephan Bracey - WR - WISCONSIN --> CENTRAL MICHIGAN


EASTERN MICHIGAN
Marcellus Johnson - OL --> MISSOURI

Chris Mayo - OL - WEST VIRGINIA --> EASTERN MICHIGAN

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KENT STATE
Colin Schlee - QB (2,109 yards passing, 13 TDs / 5 INTs) --> UCLA
Dante Cephas - WR (Career: 2,139 receiving yards, 12 TDs) --> PENN STATE
Devontez Walker - WR (921 receiving yards, 11 TDs) --> NORTH CAROLINA
Ja'Shaun Poke WR (362 receiving yards, 1 TD) --> WEST VIRGINIA
Marquez Cooper - RB - (1,331 Rushing yards, 13 TDs this season) --> BALL STATE
Marcellus Marshall - OT - (First Team All-MAC) --> UCF
Savion Washington - OT - (Starting Tackle) --> COLORADO
Montre Miller - CB --> WEST VIRGINIA
Casey Magyar - K --> OHIO STATE (Preferred Walk-on)

Jaren Lewis - QB - (played in 4 games as reserve QB) KANSAS STATE --> KENT STATE
Dallas Craddieth - DB - IOWA --> KENT STATE
Tyler Baylor - DL - MARYLAND --> KENT STATE
Naim Muhammad - CB - WEST VIRGINIA --> KENT STATE
Ky Thomas - RB - (Rushed for 824 yards at Minnesota in 2021) KANSAS --> KENT STATE


MIAMI(OH)
Brett Gabbert - QB (Career: 6,259 Passing Yards, 45 TDs / 14 INTs) --> Returning to Miami(OH)
John Saunders Jr - CB (3rd Team All-MAC Cornerback) --> OLE MISS
Caleb Shaffer - OL --> OKLAHOMA

Joe Wilkins Jr - WR (61 Receiving yards, 1 TD this year) NOTRE DAME --> MIAMI(OH)
John Young - OL (Backup LG at UK, 4-star recruit out of HS) KENTUCKY --> MIAMI(OH)
Rashad Amos - RB - SOUTH CAROLINA --> MIAMI(OH)
Maddox Kopp - QB - COLORADO --> MIAMI(OH)


BOWLING GREEN
Jordan Anderson - S - (Four-year starter) --> UCLA
Jalen Grant - OL - (Three-year starter) --> PURDUE
Tyrone Broden - WR - (6'7, 506 receiving yards, 7 TDs) --> ARKANSAS
Jeremiah Banks-Wall - OL
JB Brown - LB - (52 total tackles in 2022) --> KANSAS
Darren Anders - LB - (276 career tackles)

Connor Bazelak - QB - (Former starting QB at Mizzouri & Indiana) INDIANA --> BOWLING GREEN
Daelen Menard - QB - BOSTON COLLEGE --> BOWLING GREEN


BUFFALO
Keyshawn Cobb - S --> WEST VIRGINIA
Jamari Gassett - WR (347 receiving yards, 2 TDs) --> FLORIDA A&M


AKRON
Lorenzo Lingard Jr - RB (Former 5-star out of HS, 150 rush yards, 1 TD in 2022) FLORIDA --> AKRON
Joey Hunter - CB - SOUTH CAROLINA --> AKRON

WR, don't know? But probably a tight end who head butted for 15 more yards after 10 for holding by a teammate causing a 1st and 35 in a then tight game.

He was probably in the portal by 10pm Saturday and out of Columbus before the end of the game so as to avoid personal injury.

Let him go play for someone else; avoid stupidity like that when searching for prospects to build the program.

I agree with this observation. Bad mistake, but only career ending at O$U. We could rehab the guy and make use of his strength and talent.

In other news . . . Brett Gabbert to WMU. [Not actually news, but wild speculation on my part.]

Rehab what? He made a bone head decision! We’ve had many players over the years do stupid things creating a UNS. Remember last year the CMU game?

It'll be interesting to see what happens with Bangura. Hopefully he stays. Which receivers are gone after this year? Wiglusz and Bostic? It's confusing with the COVID year.

We will be very lucky to keep Bangura-NIL will probably tempt him to go elsewhere. He could likely get some pretty good money if that’s of any interest to him

Oh how a year can change things...remember Lew Nichols III? rushed for 1,848 yards in 2021, decided not to transfer, ended up with 616 rush yards and only played in 9 game this season.

Best of luck to Carson Steele, Sean Tyler and any other MAC RBs who decide to test out the portal out.

CJ Hankins is in the portal for us

The player has to declare and find a home by mid January with the new restricted transfer portal window. The winter sports have 60 days for the transfer portal.

Sad it didn't work out for him. Best of luck to wherever he ends up.

Kent State getting hit hard by the transfer portal with the departure of HC Sean Lewis to Colorado.

Kent is losing their starting QB, RB, WR, and two starting tackles (one a first team All-MAC)...this is life we live.

They could come to Ohio if the want to.

This year will be no different from all years past, the majority of all players who hit the portal will go DOWN, and not UP.