Meet college football's Ultimate Transfer Team for 2026. The star power is ridiculous
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Darian Mensah at quarterback. Jordan Seaton at offensive tackle. John Henry Daley and Princewill Umanmielen coming off the edge. Koi Perich on the back end. (Lane Kiffin as head coach?)
The USA TODAY Sports All-Transfer team for the 2026 season features some major star power, led by a number of possible all-conference or even All-America picks in the Big Ten and SEC.
A chunk of our selections will be lining up for Indiana and LSU, two teams near the top of this offseason’s transfer rankings. Other teams with multiple selections include Texas Tech, Kentucky and Michigan.
Recent history tells us transfers will dominate the regular season and postseason while taking home some of the sport’s biggest individual hardware, including the Heisman Trophy.
Here are the best of the best in new spots for 2026:
All-Transfer Offense
- QB:Darian Mensah, Miami (Duke)
- RB:Caleb Hawkins, Oklahoma State (North Texas)
- RB: Turbo Richard, Indiana (Boston College)
- WR: Cam Coleman, Texas (Auburn)
- WR:Nick Marsh, Indiana (Michigan State)
- TE:Ben Brahmer, Penn State (Iowa State)
- OL: Jordan Seaton, LSU (Colorado)
- OL: Tegra Tshabola, Kentucky (Ohio State)
- OL: Coleton Price, Kentucky (Baylor)
- OL:Joe Brunner, Indiana (Wisconsin)
- OL: Xavier Chaplin, Florida State (Auburn)
All-Transfer Defense
- DL:John Henry Daley, Michigan (Utah)
- DL: James Smith, Ohio State (Alabama)
- DL:Mateen Ibirogba, Texas Tech (Wake Forest)
- DL: Princewill Umanmielen, LSU (Mississippi)
- LB: Rasheem Biles, Texas (Pittsburgh)
- LB: Cade Uluave, Brigham Young (California)
- LB:Austin Romaine, Texas Tech (Kansas State)
- CB:Smith Snowden, Michigan (Utah)
- CB:DJ McKinney, Notre Dame (Colorado)
- S:Koi Perich, Oregon (Minnesota)
- S:Terry Moore, Ohio State (Duke)
All-Transfer Specialists
- K: Jack Olsen, Miami (Northwestern)
- P:Rhys Dakin, Michigan State (Iowa)
- RET: Cameron Pettaway, Iowa State (Bowling Green)
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Meet college football's Ultimate Transfer Team for 2026. The star power is ridiculous
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