With the transfer portal now open in college football as of Jan. 2, new names will find new places. Here is a comprehensive list that will be updated as players transfer in and out of the Colorado State football program.

Transferring in

Hauss Hejny: Hailing from Oklahoma State is a former 4-star quarterback recruit. But in his first game of the season, Hejny was injured and unable to carry out the rest of the season. During that game, he completed five passes for 96 yards.

Javonte ‘Juice’ Vereen: New head coach Jim Mora comes from UConn, but isn’t coming alone. Now, the 6-foot-4 tight end is following to CSU after one season with the Huskies. Under the season with Mora, Vereen racked up 310 receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns.

Stephon Wright: Wright joins CSU from UConn as part of Mora’s first wave of additions in Fort Collins. The 6-foot-5 defensive end logged 27 tackles and one sack during the 2025 season and adds experience from previous stops at Texas Southern, SMU and Arizona State. A former 4-star recruit, Wright will have one year of eligibility remaining.

Jackson Harper: Harper commits to CSU from UConn after appearing in all 13 games during the 2025 season. The 6-foot-2 redshirt junior wide receiver totaled 51 receiving yards and a touchdown while also contributing on special teams.

Grant Houser: Coming from Louisville, the Rams are landing another tight end. Before his freshman year with the Cardinals, Houser was rated as a 3-star prospect.

Malichi Greaves: Transferring in from UConn, the 5-foot-9 running back has four seasons of eligibility remaining. During his time with the Huskies, Greaves made an appearance in multiple games and recorded a total of 15 yards.

Toriyan Johnson: The 330-pound offensive lineman comes from UConn in which he participated in 13 games last season with the Huskies. 6-foot-8 Johnson will be a redshirt junior, leaving just a few seasons left of eligibility.

Reginald Vick: The wide receiver is coming from Wake Forest after one season, but primarily spent his collegiate career at the Division II level with Virginia Union. Despite not recording any catches in the 2025 season, Vick brings in a career total of 13 touchdowns and 1,448 yards through 64 catches.

Makih Johnson: After one season at UConn and no stats recorded, Johnson is headed to CSU with four seasons of eligibility remaining. The wide receiver was a 3-star recruit prior to joining the Huskies.

Payton Stewart: Prior to hitting the collegiate field, the offensive lineman was not only rated as one of the best recruits from the state of Washington, but was one of the top offensive tackles in the country as listed by several recruiting entities. He spent two seasons with Michigan State, but did not see action in any game.

Oliver Lundberg Coleman: From Sweden to UConn and now CSU, the running back has a variety of experience behind him. In Sweden, Coleman won the Nordic Championship — and was named the MVP — then, during his time with the Huskies, he tallied 138 yards.

Jordan Mosley: After four seasons with Mississippi State and a one-season stint with Northwestern, the 6-foot wide receiver is headed to CSU with a career total of five touchdowns and 668 yards with 37 receptions.

Tre’Shawn Moore: In 2024, Moore began his career at West Georgia and was the only true freshman to play in all 11 games. Throughout his career, the defensive back tallied 77 total tackles — 48 of which were solo.

Cavan Craig: In the punter’s most recent season with Wofford, he punted 46 times, averaging 41.8 yards — notching a season high of 68 yards. Then, in 2024, Craig averaged 59.4 yards through 14 kickoffs for 832 yards.

Antarron Turner: The 6-foot-2 linebacker comes from Wisconsin, but that’s not where he’s spent the majority of his collegiate career. For three seasons, Turner played at Western Carolina in which he tacked on 71 total tackles and 6.5 tackles-for-loss in his final season with the Catamounts.

Mel Brown: The running back will be entering his fifth collegiate season with the Rams after spending two seasons each at Gardner-Webb then UConn. Brown racked up a career total of 2,023 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns.

Ksaan Farrar: The quarterback is transferring from UConn after his freshman season, in which he threw for 84 yards and tallied 30 rushing yards, resulting in one touchdown. In his most recent game, he had a completion rate of 64.7%.

Kali Nguma: Coming from North Texas is a 5-foot-10 kicker who has two seasons of eligibility left. In 2024, he appeared as the starting kicker for the team after redshirting the year prior. And in his most recent season, Nguma went 11-of-12 in field goal attempts.

Jordan Lessard: Mora is cultivating his perfect team for the 2026 season and has now reached into Canada to do it. Coming from Laval, is Lessard who has recorded 18 total tackles and three interceptions.

Nader Chirchi: The 6-foot-7 tight end is coming from UConn. In his most recent season, he finished with 45 receiving yards.

Khamani Potts: The 255-pound defensive lineman transferred in from Grand Valley State where he spent the past three seasons. Potts has a career total of 34 tackles over his 16 games played.

Richard Mosley III: Coming in from Stonehill is the defensive back who started in 11 games of his most recent season, notching 63 tackles, 2.0 tackles-for-loss, one sack and one interception. Mosley also ranked 12th in the nation with two fumble recoveries.

Terrence Smith: The Rams are taking on another UConn transfer, the 5-foot-11 wide receiver having multiple years of eligibility left. Smith finished the 2025 season with four catches for 34 yards and 75 rushing yards including one touchdown.

Dominic Toy: Former UConn tight end, Toy will be a junior in his first year with the Rams. He saw action in both of his seasons with the Huskies. He was rated as a 3-star recruit prior to joining UConn.

Oumar Diomande: The 230-pound linebacker spent the past three seasons with UConn. In his most recent season, Diomande tacked on a total of 116 tackles, five sacks, eight tackles-for-loss and one forced fumble.

Pearce Spurlin III: Although the tight end has not seen action in multiple seasons due to his congenital heart condition, Spurlin was cleared to continue playing after a successful surgery and is coming from Georgia. In his 2023 season, Spurlin had three catches for 60 yards.

Brandon Kelley: Coming from UConn is the 235-pound defensive lineman. In his three seasons with the Huskies, Kelley notched 16 tackles, 2.5 sacks and 3.5 tackles-for-loss.

Robby Harrison: As the defensive lineman joins the Ramily it will be his fourth school in five seasons. He originally committed to ASU, then had a two-season stint with Indiana in which he appeared in ten games and finally landed with his third team: Western Kentucky.

Elijah Mc-Cantos: Mc-Cantos will be entering his fifth year with CSU, bringing in stats from the Fighting Illini and Appalachian State of 77 tackles, two interceptions and 1.5 tackles-for loss. The defensive back should only have one season of eligibility left.

Durrell Robinson: Coming in from Auburn is a 6-foot running back who originally played for UConn under Mora during the 2024 season which was his most productive year yet statistically with 731 rushing yards and eight touchdowns.

Cleto Chol: The 270-pound defensive lineman is joining the green and gold after two seasons with UConn — 2023 and 2025 — bringing a career total of six tackles and 0.5 sacks.

Caleb Otlewski: Coming from the Montana Grizzlies is their lead tackler, who finished off the 2025 season with 79 tackles, 9.5 tackles-for loss and two sacks. The linebacker will be joining the Rams as a redshirt junior.

Transferring out

Owen Long: After a standout 2025 sophomore season, Long entered the transfer portal as CSU’s 13th All-American in program history and landed at ASU. His nation-leading 151 single-season tackles ranked seventh among all-time Rams, and his talents will be highly sought around the nation. The talented linebacker also finished 2025 with a forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and five passes defended.

Jalen Dupree: Despite a promising first-year debut and strong 2025 season, Dupree departed from CSU with three games remaining during his final season with the Rams. The bruiser now heads to Kansas with 746 total yards, three rushing touchdowns and 5.2 yards per carry in his young collegiate career.

Jackson Brousseau: The former backup quarterback took over for CSU in 2025 after Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi left the team, accruing 1354 passing yards, nine touchdowns, three interceptions and a 64 percent completion rate over nine games. Brousseau suffered an injury toward the end of the season and ceded playing time to Darius Curry. The quarterback’s career will continue at California.

Rocky Beers: The 6-foot-5 tight end has committed to Oklahoma alongside running back Lloyd Avant, this being his fourth school throughout his collegiate career. In a rocky 2025 season, Beers was a positive with seven touchdowns and 388 yards.

Lloyd Avant: An all-around offensive weapon, Avant contributed on the ground, as a pass catcher and on special teams en route to six total touchdowns and 678 total yards. Having recently committed to OU, the 5-foot-10 running back leaves what was a crowded running back room at times.

Javion Kinnard: The freshman running back was a versatile asset for the Rams in his most recent season. He ended the season with one receiving touchdown and a total of 284 yards spread between rushing and receiving. Kinndard’s career with continue at San Diego State.

Justin Marshall: Near the end of his freshman season with CSU, Marshall marked the beginning of his solid career, and it will continue with the Liberty Flames. After playing in the last three games of the season, Marshall then had a breakout year as a redshirt freshman. He ended the season with 746 yards on 154 carries. His third season didn’t carry as much force, with only 260 yards on 49 carries.

Tanner Morley: The sophomore offensive lineman was one of the captains going into the 2025 season, but at the beginning of October, his season was shut down due to injury. In the season before becoming injured, Morley appeared in all games and was a part of the special teams unit. and with three seasons of eligibility remaining, Morley will join Kansas State.

Armani Winfield: After transferring to CSU from Baylor, Winfield racked up 617 receiving yards, four touchdowns off 60 receptions across two years. While averaging 12.5 yards per catch, the 6-foot-2 receiver finished fourth in yards among pass catchers in 2025. Winfield will continue his collegiate career at South Florida.

Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi: No. 16 was the star quarterback for the Rams the past two seasons, but in CSU’s game against UTSA, he was pulled and remained benched for the season. He departed the team shortly after the firing of former head coach Jay Norvell. Fowler-Nicolosi leaves with nearly 7,000 passing yards, 38 touchdowns and a completion percentage of 55.6%. And with one season of eligibility left, Fowler-Nicolosi is joining Michigan.

Jaxxon Warren: The athletic 6-foot-8 tight end, now committed to North Carolina, ended his career with the Rams with seven receptions, 95 yards and a touchdown. Injuries plagued Warren as he played in just two games over two seasons.

Jordan Ross: Ross is joining Arizona with 302 rushing yards. The running back had a total of one touchdown, made in the 2024 season.

Landon Bell: After two years with the Rams — one redshirt season — Bell enters the portal with 28 receiving yards.

Aitor Urionabarrenechea: The 320-pound offensive lineman has been a solid aspect of CSU’s special teams unit, appearing in all games of the 2024 and 2025 season. And with two years of eligibility left, Urionabarrenechea committed to UMass.

Bryan Hansen: With one year of eligibility remaining, the 6-foot-3 punter officially signed with West Virginia with 66 punts under his belt — averaging 44.5 yards. In his most recent season with CSU, Hansen notched 2,730 yards.

Ashton Wolff: Before joining the green and gold, Wolff came from Central Washington after one season. And after three years with the Rams as a kicker, he is returning to Division II at Western Oregon.

Jackson Murray: The 6-foot-1 defensive end was recruited by the Rams as a 3-star out of Horizon and committed to Northern Arizona for the 2026 season.

Chris Jackson: The 5-foot-10 defensive back played in 14 games for CSU, tallying 8 total tackles. Jackson will continue his collegiate career at Ball State.

Jaden Landrum: Formerly a 3-star recruit out of Etiwanda, the linebacker turned tight end did not record significant stats with the Rams.

Jordan McIntyre: Having previously walked on as a senior, McIntyre finished with three receptions and 22 yards over 12 games in 2025.

Drew Rodriguez: The 6-foot-3 linebacker played in every game during the 2024 and 2025 seasons and accumulated total tackles and a forced fumble across the two years.

Jett Vincent: Mainly appearing on special teams in 2024, Vincent recorded 21 total tackles through two years with the Rams. Coming in the 2026 season, he is switching teams to one of CSU’s infamous rivals: Wyoming.

Whitefield Powell: The 6-foot-4 linebacker saw little game action at CSU and did not record a tackle.

Aaron Karas: Before hitting the collegiate level, Karas was considered the 15th-best prospect in the state of Colorado by 247Sports. The offensive lineman will join Memphis as a redshirt senior after spending four seasons with the Rams.

Dylan Phelps: As a redshirt freshman, Phelps had a strong season with 24 tackles and 17 solo stops, with his first start during CSU’s bowl game. He enters the portal with a total of 41 tackles. The defensive back posted a ram emoji confirming that he will be sticking with the Rams.

Christian Martin: In his past two seasons with CSU, Martin played in every game but one. He came into the collegiate level as a 3-star recruit. Martin will now expand his collegiate journey at Illinois.

Ed’Mari Binion: The defensive line redshirt freshman is leaving the Rams after one season to join Duquesne. Binion was ranked as a 3-star recruit.

Keynan Higgins: The 6-foot-4 wide receiver played at San Jose State his freshman year before joining CSU for the next two seasons — one of which he redshirted. During the 2025 season, Higgins notched five yards for one carry.

Robert Edmonson: Throughout Edmonson’s time with the Rams and at Prairie View A&M, the linebacker totaled 74 tackles, one sack and one interception. His highest number of tackles in a game was in CSU’s most efficient game of the season against Fresno State in which he tallied nine. Edmonson will now play for the Fighting Illini.

Kory Hall: The wide receiver has been with CSU for the past two seasons, having his standout game during the Rams’ matchup with SDSU. Hall recorded his highest reception yardage of 12 and scored a touchdown that same night.

Dylan Freebury: The kicker saw no action in his one season with the Rams. In high school, Freebury was a three sport athlete including soccer and track and was classified as a 3-star recruit by most entities.

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