<p>The transfer portal has become <a href="https://theathletic.com/tag/ncaa-transfer-portal/" target=_self>college football's own free agency.</a> <a href="https://theathletic.com/2886168/2021/10/14/how-mel-tucker-michigan-state-worked-the-transfer-portal-to-perfection-and-built-a-top-10-team/" target=_self>Who can follow Mel Tucker's lead</a> at Michigan State and turn around a program? <a href="https://theathletic.com/2565927/2021/08/12/college-football-transfer-portal-top-50-eric-gray-mckenzie-milton-and-the-most-impactful-movers-of-2021/" target=_self>Who are the top transfers to watch?</a> What are the players <a href="https://theathletic.com/2922158/2021/10/29/exit-interview-why-wisconsin-fullback-quan-easterling-entered-the-transfer-portal/" target=_self>saying about their decisions?</a> <a href="https://theathletic.com/2965247/2021/11/19/alabamas-transfer-portal-trip-for-jameson-williams-has-provided-nothing-but-upside-for-both-parties/" target=_self>What are the best features in the portal?</a> Check back throughout the year as <em><a href="https://theathletic.com/college-football/" target=_self>The Athletic</a></em> keeps you up to date on the transfer portal.</p><p></p><p><em>(Photo of <a class='ath_autolink' href='https://theathletic.com/player/college-football/georgia-tech-yellow-jackets-college-football/jahmyr-gibbs/'>Jahmyr Gibbs</a>: Rich von Biberstein / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)</em></p><p></p>