All the transfers Jim Mora brought in for 2026 CSU football team

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Phew, what an offseason this has been.

The Colorado State football team added nearly 40 transfers ahead of the 2026 season as new coach Jim Mora and staff overhauled the roster.

Here is a look at every player CSU added in the transfer portal.

Nykobi Brown, jack

Notes: The 6-foot-3, 250-pound Brown comes to CSU from UConn, where he was a freshman in 2025. Brown didn't appear in any games for the Huskies in 2025. He'll have four seasons of eligibility remaining.

Jayden Tuia, offensive line

Notes: The 6-foot-5, 298-pound Tuia joins CSU from fellow Pac-12 foe Oregon State. He appeared in five games in 2025 (starting the last game), which was his redshirt freshman season. Tuia has three seasons of eligibility remaining.

Diego Rodriguez, offensive line

Notes: The 6-foot-5, 290-pound Rodriguez joins CSU from UConn, where he was a redshirt freshman in 2025. He appeared in one game last season. Rodriguez has three seasons of eligibility remaining.

Marc Pretto, linebacker

Notes: The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Pretto joins CSU from Northern Illinois. He had 29 tackles, two tackles-for-loss, half-a-sack and a fumble recovered in 2025. Pretto played 2022 and 2023 at Fordahm. He has one season of eligibility remaining.

Quinton Harris, offensive line

Notes: The 6-foot-8, 305-pound Harris joins CSU from TCU, where he was a redshirt junior in 2025. Harris played in every game and started four at right tackle for TCU in 2025. He had five games with 75 or more snaps. He appeared in 27 total games over four seasons. Harris has one season of eligibility remaining.

Caleb Presley, cornerback

Notes: The 6-foot, 180-pound Presley joins CSU from San Jose State, where he was a redshirt sophomore in 2025. He appeared in seven games for the Spartans last season, recording 22 tackles, a tackle-for-loss and two pass breakups. The former four-star recruit played his first two seasons at Washington. Presley has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Caleb Otlewski, linebacker

Notes: The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Otlewski joins CSU from FCS powerhouse Montana, where he was a redshirt sophomore in 2025. Otlewski led Montana in tackles in 2025 with 79. He recorded 9.5 tackles-for-loss, two sacks and two interceptions. In two seasons at Montana he had 112 tackles, 13 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks and three interceptions. The former three-star recruit was at San Diego State in 2023, where he redshirted. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Cleto Chol, defensive line

Notes: The 6-foot-6, 270-pound Chol was a redshirt sophomore in 2025 and he joins the Rams from UConn. Chol had four tackles and half-a-sack in eight games played last season. Chol has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Durell Robinson, running back

Notes: The 6-foot, 200-pound Robinson was a redshirt sophomore in 2025 and joins the Rams from Auburn. Robinson appeared in four games in 2025 at Auburn and had three carries for 57 yards and a touchdown but missed several games with an injury. In 2024 at UConn, Robinson had 107 carries for 731 yards (6.8 yards per carry) and eight rushing touchdowns. He played 2023 at Charlotte, where he had 166 rush yards over four games.

Elijah Mc-Cantos, safety

Notes: The 6-foot, 190-pound defensive back joins CSU from Appalachian State, where he was a redshirt junior in 2025. Mc-Cantos had 56 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss, two interceptions and two pass breakups last season. Before his two seasons at Appalachian State, he spent two at Illinois where he played in 12 total games. In the portal, he reported offers from Baylor, Memphis, Wyoming and others. He has one season of eligibility left.

Robby Harrison, defensive line

Notes: The 6-foot-4, 320-pound Harrison was a redshirt junior in 2025 and comes to CSU from Western Kentucky. Harrison had 16 tackles, two tackles-for-loss and a sack last season. Prior to WKU, he played 2023 and 2024 at Indiana, appearing in 10 total games. He spent his true freshman season (2022) at Arizona State. Harrison has one season of eligibility remaining.

Brandon Kelley, defensive line

Notes: The 6-foot-6, 235-pound Kelley comes to CSU from UConn, where he was a redshirt sophomore in 2025. Kelley played in six games in 2025 and had 2.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks. He's a big-time athlete, breaking his high school's 100-meter dash record in a time of 11.05 seconds. Kelley, who has run a 4.59-second 40-yard dash, has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Pearce Spurlin III, tight end

Notes: The 6-foot-7, 230-pound Spurlin transfers to CSU from Georgia. He was the No. 2 tight end and No. 72 prospect in the class of 2022. After playing in six games as a freshman, he was forced to medically retire from football in March 2024 due to a congenital heart condition. However, after Spurlin III had successful open heart surgery in Aug. 2025, doctors cleared him to play again. He's expected to have two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Oumar Diomande, linebacker

Notes: The 6-foot-1, 230-pound Diomande was a redshirt sophomore at UConn in 2025. Diomande was a star for the Huskies. He finished second on the team with 116 tackles in 2025 and had eight tackles-for-loss, five sacks and five quarterback hurries. Diomande made recruiting visits to North Carolina, Northwestern, SMU and Penn State but chose the Rams. He's expected to have two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Dominic Toy, tight end

Notes: The 6-foot-6, 225-pound Toy was a sophomore in 2025 and joins CSU from UConn. He played 15 snaps over four games in 2025. Toy appeared in seven games in 2024. He is expected to have three seasons of eligibility remaining. Toy was a three-star recruit in high school, where he also played on the defensive side of the ball.

Terrence Smith Jr., receiver

Notes: The 5-foot-11, 170-pound Smith transfers in after being a redshirt freshman at UConn in 2025. Smith had four catches for 34 yards last season. He also had 14 rushing attempts for 75 yards and a touchdown, plus he threw one pass (incomplete). Smith was a do-everything player in high school. He threw for 2,616 career yards at South Aiken (South Carolina), ran for 3,648 and had 101 receiving yards. He finished with nearly more than 6,000 yards of total offense and 47 touchdowns.

Richard Mosley III, cornerback

Notes: The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Mosley joins CSU from Stonehill (FCS), where he was a junior in 2025. Mosley had 63 tackles, two tackles-for-loss, a sack, two fumble recoveries (one returned for a touchdown), two fumbles forced, an interception and four passes broken up last season. He also visited Toledo and Temple during portal recruiting. Mosley has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Payton Stewart, offensive line

Notes: The 6-foot-6, 308-pound offensive lineman was a redshirt freshman in 2025 and transfers in from Michigan State. He did not appear in any games over two seasons at Michigan State. He was rated as one of the top players in Washington as a high school recruit.

Oliver Lundberg, running back

Notes: The 5-foot-10, 200-pound Lundberg Coleman transfers in from UConn, where he was a redshirt freshman in 2025. He had 23 carries for 138 yards in 2025. Lundberg Coleman is from Sweden.

Tre'Shawn Moore, safety

Notes: The 6-foot-1, 190-pound safety was a sophomore at the University of West Georgia in 2025. He spent two seasons with the FCS program, recording 46 tackles, an interception, two passes defensed, two fumbles forced and two fumbles recovered. He's expected to have two seasons of eligibility remaining. Moore has been clocked with a sub-11 second 100-meter dash.

Cavan Craig, punter

Notes: The 5-foot-11, 190-pound Craig was a redshirt freshman at Wofford in 2025. He averaged 41.8 yards per punt in 2025, with 15 punts inside the 20 and three touchbacks. He had seven punts over 50 yards. Craig has three seasons of eligibility remaining.

Makih Johnson, receiver

Notes: The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Johnson was a true freshman at UConn in 2025, appeared in two games and did not record any stats. He was a three-star recruit out of Florida. Johnson will have four seasons of eligibility remaining.

RJ Vick, receiver

Notes: The 6-foot-3, 198-pound receiver transfers in from Wake Forest, where he was a redshirt junior in 2025. He appeared in four games and did not make any catches in his lone season at Wake Forest. He was previously at Virginia Union (Division II), where he had 64 catches for 1,448 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Jordan Mosley, receiver

Notes: The 6-foot, 195-pound Mosley transfers in from Mississippi State, where he was a senior in 2025. It was his third season at Mississippi State after one at Northwestern. He had eight catches for 168 yards and a touchdown in 2025. His career stats are 36 catches for 661 yards and five touchdowns.

Antarron Turner, linebacker

Notes: The 6-foot-2, 230-pound linebacker will join CSU from Wisconsin, where he spent one season. He didn't appear in any games for Wisconsin. Prior to joining the Badgers, Turner spent three seasons at Western Carolina (FCS). In 2024, Turner had 61 tackles, 6.5 tackles-for-loss and three sacks for Western Carolina. Turner has one season of eligibility remaining.

Mel Brown, running back

Notes: The 5-foot-9, 180-pound Brown joins from UConn. The 2025 season was his second at UConn after previously playing at Gardner-Webb. He had 150 carries for 935 yards and four touchdowns at UConn. He also had nearly 800 kick return yards, including a return touchdown in 2024.

Jackson Harper, receiver

Notes: The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Harper joins from UConn, where he was a redshirt sophomore in 2025. Over three total seasons at UConn, Harper had nine catches for 56 yards and a touchdown (eight catches for 51 yards and a TD in 2025). He has also returned kickoffs. Harper is expected to have two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Malichi Greaves, running back

Notes: The 5-foot-9, 190-pound Greaves transfers from UConn, where he was a true freshman in 2025. He appeared in five games in 2025 (including a bowl game) and had three carries for 15 yards. The former three-star recruit has four seasons of eligibility remaining.

K'saan Farrar, quarterback

Notes: The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Farrar transfers in from UConn after his freshman season. He appeared in two games, completing 11 of 18 passes for 84 yards. He also ran the ball nine times for 43 yards and a touchdown. As a high school prospect, Farrar was rated as a three-star recruit out of Virginia and initially chose UConn over offers from East Carolina, Marshall, Buffalo and others. Farrar has four seasons of eligibility remaining.

Stephon Wright, defensive line

Notes: The 6-foot-5, 285-pound Wright transfers in from UConn. Wright had 27 tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss and a sack in 2025. He previously played at Texas Southern, SMU and Arizona State.

Grant Houser, tight end

Notes: The 6-foot-6, 230-pound Houser transfers in after his freshman season at Louisville. He did not appear in any games. He was rated as a four-star prospect by On3 Sports out of Wapakoneta, Ohio. He was rated as a three-star recruit by the other recruiting sites.

Kali Nguma, kicker

Notes: The 5-foot-10, 186-pound Nguma was a sophomore for North Texas in 2025. He connected on 12 of 13 field goal attempts last season, with a long of 46. He also hit a school-record 70 extra point attempts and has 125 PATs. He's 23-29 career on field goals.

Jordan Lessard, cornerback

Notes: The 6-foot-2 Lessard comes to CSU from Laval University in Quebec, Canada. Lessard is a first-team all-star each of the past two seasons. He's expected to have one season of eligibility remaining.

Juice Vereen, tight end

Notes: The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Vereen was a redshirt sophomore at UConn in 2025, his first season with the Huskies after spending two at North Carolina State. Vereen had 22 catches for 310 yards and was second on the team with five receiving touchdowns in 2025. He is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 15 tight end available in the portal. He's expected to have two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Nader Chirchi, tight end

Notes: The 6-foot-7, 265-pound Chirchi was a redshirt junior in 2025 and transfers in to CSU from UConn. Chirchi had three catches for 45 in 2025 and was a frequent contributor on special teams.

Hauss Hejny, quarterback

Notes: The 6-foot Hejny is a former four-star recruit who suffered a broken foot in the first quarter of OSU's 2025 season opener against UT Martin and didn't play again. In that quarter, he completed five of 10 passes for 96 yards and a touchdown and ran four times for 27 yards and a touchdown. He spent the 2024 season at TCU prior to transferring to Oklahoma State. At TCU, Hejny (pronounced HOSS Hay-nee) played in four games and had 15 carries for 65 yards. Hejny went 30-2 as a starter at Aledo High School and racked up more than 8,000 yards of offense in high school.

Toriyan Johnson, offensive line

Notes: The 6-foot-8, 330-pound Johnson transfers in from UConn, where he was a redshirt sophomore in 2025. He appeared in 13 games in 2025, mostly on special teams and in a reserve role.

Khamani Potts, jack

Notes: The 6-foot-4, 255-pound Potts transfers in from Grand Valley State. He had 28 tackles, seven tackles-for-loss and three sacks in 2025. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

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This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Jim Mora's 2026 Colorado State football transfer portal additions

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