College Football Transfer Portal: Top Quarterbacks' Landing Spots

There are eight consensus five-star quarterbacks in college football between the 2023 and 2024 recruiting classes. They include UCLA's Nico Iamaleava, Oregon's Dante Moore, Auburn's Jackson Arnold, UTEP's Malachi Nelson, Ohio State's Julian Sayin, Florida's DJ Lagway and Nebraska's Dylan Raiola, and all of these players have transferred or currently are looking to.

In fact, Texas quarterback Arch Manning is the only five-star quarterback in the 2023 or 2024 classes who hasn’t transferred or made plans to transfer. Even more telling is only two of these players — Sayin and Moore — will start a game in the College Football Playoff.

While there are sure to be a few more high-profile signal-callers who will announce plans to enter the portal before it opens on January 2, here are the top five and the best spots in the country for each of them to land.

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Kenny Minchey left high school as a top-15 composite recruit and looked like a match to Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr heading into the 2025 preseason.

His quick release and ability to throw off-platform made him just the kind of project, even as a four-star recruit, that could lead many to believe his skillset would be in line with former Fighting Irish passer Riley Leonard. But, when Notre Dame opted for the better pocket passer in Carr, there was always the thought that Minchey would need to find a new place to play if he wanted to start. Because, in three years in South Bend, he hasn’t. He’s played in just 10 games and attempted just 29 passes.

Best landing spot: Cincinnati

With Brendan Sorsby electing to enter the portal, Minchey is just the kind of quarterback that Bearcats coach Scott Satterfield might turn into a Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.

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