Ohio State quarterback Devin Brown suffered an apparent left ankle injury in the first half of the Cotton Bowl on Friday night, when he started in place of Kyle McCord, who transferred. Brown appeared to get hurt when he was sacked on a third-down play late in the first quarter.
Former Clemson safety Andrew Mukuba announced Monday he is transferring to Texas, his hometown school, and cornerback Decamerion Richardson said he is leaving Mississippi State for rival Mississippi. Entering the portal officially was Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson, a three-year starter. Jefferson is returning for a sixth college season.
This year's Heisman Trophy ceremony will be an ode to the new era of college sports, transformed by the transfer portal and NIL. Three of the four Heisman finalists are quarterbacks who blossomed into stars at their second schools and were having so much fun in college that they decided to stick around an extra year — or two. Whether it is Daniels, Oregon's Bo Nix or Washington's Michael Penix Jr., the Heisman Trophy winner is likely to be a transfer quarterback for the fifth time in the last seven years.