Transfer portal rankings

Portal rankings usually count recruiting stars. These count production: the wins above replacement each transfer put up the season before he moved, summed for every FBS team's arrivals and departures, and what each one has done since.

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Moves made for the 2022 season, valued by the 2021 season; 2022 WAR for the full season beside it.

Biggest moves

The 25 transfers with the most WAR in 2021, at their old school, and their WAR in 2022 after the move. A dash means no FBS snaps that season.

#	Player	Move	2021	2022
1	Adrian MartinezQB · 4★Nebraska → Kansas State	Nebraska → Kansas State	2.13	1.61
2	Jayden DanielsQB · 4★Arizona State → LSU	Arizona State → LSU	1.94	2.09
3	Todd CenteioQB · 3★Colorado State → James Madison	Colorado State → James Madison	1.93	1.59
4	Caleb WilliamsQB · 5★Oklahoma → USC	Oklahoma → USC	1.88	4.41
5	Max JohnsonQB · 4★LSU → Texas A&M	LSU → Texas A&M	1.66	0.31
6	Ben BryantQB · 3★Eastern Michigan → Cincinnati	Eastern Michigan → Cincinnati	1.60	1.68
7	Jarret DoegeQB · 3★West Virginia → Western Kentucky	West Virginia → Western Kentucky	1.56	0.19
8	Layne HatcherQB · 3★Arkansas State → Texas State	Arkansas State → Texas State	1.50	0.84
9	Connor BazelakQB · 4★Missouri → Indiana	Missouri → Indiana	1.43	1.02
10	Jayden de LauraQB · 3★Washington State → Arizona	Washington State → Arizona	1.39	1.25
11	Gerry BohanonQB · 3★Baylor → South Florida	Baylor → South Florida	1.35	0.55
12	Emory JonesQB · 3★Florida → Arizona State	Florida → Arizona State	1.32	0.40
13	Bo NixQB · 3★Auburn → Oregon	Auburn → Oregon	1.29	-
14	Grant WellsQB · 3★Marshall → Virginia Tech	Marshall → Virginia Tech	1.28	0.81
15	Casey ThompsonQB · 3★Texas → Nebraska	Texas → Nebraska	1.28	1.27
16	Chevan CordeiroQB · 3★Hawai'i → San José State	Hawai'i → San José State	1.26	1.92
17	Braxton BurmeisterQB · 3★Virginia Tech → San Diego State	Virginia Tech → San Diego State	1.18	0.17
18	Kedon SlovisQB · 4★USC → Pittsburgh	USC → Pittsburgh	1.17	0.53
19	Kyle VantreaseQB · 3★Buffalo → Georgia Southern	Buffalo → Georgia Southern	1.13	2.14
20	Jaxson DartQB · 4★USC → Ole Miss	USC → Ole Miss	1.10	1.87
21	Jonah JohnsonQB · 3★New Mexico State → undecided	New Mexico State → undecided	0.99	-
22	Travis DyeRB · 4★Oregon → USC	Oregon → USC	0.98	0.59
23	Zach CalzadaQB · 3★Texas A&M → Auburn	Texas A&M → Auburn	0.90	-
24	Spencer RattlerQB · 4★Oklahoma → South Carolina	Oklahoma → South Carolina	0.88	1.01
25	Dylan McDuffieRB · 3★Buffalo → Georgia Tech	Buffalo → Georgia Tech	0.85	0.05

Every FBS team, 2022

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In is the arrivals' WAR in 2021 at their old schools, Out the departures' WAR here that season, and Net the difference. The 2022 columns are what the same players have done since.

#	Team	Moves in / out	In	Out	Net	In, 2022	Out, 2022
1	Kansas State	7 / 17	2.13	0.18	+1.96	1.61	0.24
2	James Madison	9 / 3	1.93	0.00	+1.93	1.59	0.25
3	Cincinnati	7 / 10	1.86	0.00	+1.86	1.89	0.00
4	Ole Miss	19 / 23	2.09	0.34	+1.75	2.75	0.33
5	Arizona	9 / 27	1.67	0.07	+1.60	1.85	0.03
6	USC	20 / 26	3.76	2.39	+1.37	5.71	2.91
7	San José State	8 / 12	1.36	0.00	+1.36	2.40	0.00
8	South Florida	15 / 21	1.36	0.05	+1.31	0.55	0.08
9	Western Kentucky	12 / 15	1.93	0.68	+1.25	2.80	0.63
10	Oregon	14 / 17	2.14	1.03	+1.12	0.58	1.00
11	Indiana	13 / 34	1.56	0.57	+0.99	1.65	2.48
12	South Carolina	10 / 21	1.42	0.44	+0.98	1.40	0.09
13	Texas State	21 / 8	1.83	0.96	+0.87	1.26	0.00
14	Pittsburgh	7 / 17	1.29	0.44	+0.84	0.61	0.26
15	Washington	9 / 20	0.92	0.11	+0.81	2.69	0.12
16	App State	8 / 9	0.80	0.00	+0.80	0.23	0.00
17	Georgia Southern	11 / 18	1.24	0.48	+0.76	2.27	0.00
17	Florida International	11 / 15	0.77	0.00	+0.76	0.06	0.03
19	Texas A&M	2 / 13	1.66	0.94	+0.71	0.31	0.06
20	Memphis	11 / 20	0.72	0.05	+0.67	0.28	0.00
21	LSU	16 / 18	2.47	1.88	+0.59	2.38	0.87
21	Michigan State	9 / 21	0.58	0.00	+0.58	0.42	0.09
23	Alabama	5 / 23	0.55	0.00	+0.56	0.54	0.34
24	Liberty	13 / 10	0.50	0.00	+0.50	0.41	0.00
25	Virginia Tech	5 / 17	1.78	1.30	+0.48	0.83	0.26
26	Georgia Tech	17 / 16	1.47	1.06	+0.41	0.79	0.76
27	Boise State	5 / 6	0.37	0.01	+0.37	0.05	0.00
28	California	6 / 11	0.48	0.12	+0.36	0.54	0.33
28	North Texas	9 / 21	0.37	0.01	+0.36	0.00	0.00
30	Miami	12 / 18	0.35	0.01	+0.34	0.40	0.00
30	South Alabama	16 / 10	0.34	0.00	+0.34	1.01	0.00
32	Kansas	15 / 23	0.50	0.19	+0.31	0.07	0.52
32	Ohio State	3 / 20	0.32	0.00	+0.32	0.03	0.91
34	UTSA	9 / 8	0.27	0.00	+0.27	0.17	0.00
34	Florida State	13 / 28	0.26	0.00	+0.26	0.59	0.82
36	Syracuse	8 / 18	0.38	0.15	+0.23	0.01	1.45
37	East Carolina	15 / 28	0.18	0.00	+0.18	0.12	0.00
38	Vanderbilt	6 / 19	0.25	0.07	+0.18	0.11	0.07
38	Clemson	1 / 10	0.18	0.00	+0.18	0.00	0.07
40	Rutgers	7 / 21	0.13	0.00	+0.13	0.09	1.44
40	Fresno State	10 / 14	0.12	0.00	+0.12	0.08	0.00
40	Kentucky	10 / 19	0.12	0.00	+0.12	0.09	0.13
43	UCLA	13 / 21	0.21	0.10	+0.11	0.21	0.16
44	Middle Tennessee	14 / 18	0.18	0.10	+0.08	0.16	0.00
45	NC State	2 / 8	0.06	0.00	+0.06	0.08	0.00
46	Illinois	8 / 22	0.10	0.05	+0.04	1.44	0.14
46	Coastal Carolina	6 / 16	0.09	0.04	+0.05	0.11	0.05
48	Penn State	3 / 15	0.34	0.30	+0.04	0.20	0.22
48	Bowling Green	7 / 13	0.04	0.00	+0.04	0.04	0.00
50	Utah State	11 / 18	0.65	0.62	+0.02	0.22	0.78
51	Maryland	6 / 27	0.23	0.22	+0.01	0.40	0.65
51	Iowa State	4 / 21	0.04	0.03	+0.01	0.12	0.06
53	Massachusetts	19 / 15	0.00	0.00	+0.00	0.07	0.04
53	Tennessee	8 / 20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.36
53	UL Monroe	5 / 17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.17	0.00
53	Michigan	3 / 12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
53	Old Dominion	5 / 10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
53	Kent State	7 / 7	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
53	Navy	0 / 4	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
53	Tulane	9 / 8	0.00	0.00	−0.00	0.00	0.00
53	Army	0 / 5	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
62	Ohio	3 / 12	0.08	0.09	−0.01	0.00	0.00
63	Southern Miss	11 / 15	0.00	0.02	−0.02	0.10	0.00
64	Temple	11 / 17	0.11	0.13	−0.03	0.22	0.04
65	Boston College	4 / 13	0.00	0.04	−0.04	0.05	0.14
66	North Carolina	5 / 16	0.00	0.05	−0.05	0.00	0.29
66	Charlotte	5 / 9	0.00	0.05	−0.05	0.00	0.08
68	TCU	14 / 17	0.35	0.41	−0.06	0.12	0.49
68	Ball State	5 / 10	0.02	0.08	−0.06	0.07	0.00
70	Northwestern	7 / 8	0.11	0.18	−0.07	0.08	0.00
70	Notre Dame	4 / 14	0.05	0.12	−0.07	0.14	0.20
70	Oregon State	2 / 10	0.01	0.08	−0.08	0.19	0.03
70	Tulsa	9 / 6	0.00	0.07	−0.07	0.13	0.00
70	Wisconsin	6 / 12	0.00	0.08	−0.08	0.00	0.26
75	Arkansas	9 / 20	0.18	0.27	−0.09	0.38	0.09
75	SMU	16 / 14	0.16	0.25	−0.09	0.26	0.01
75	Mississippi State	10 / 24	0.04	0.13	−0.09	0.08	0.44
78	Houston	11 / 23	0.00	0.10	−0.10	0.36	0.13
79	Air Force	0 / 9	0.00	0.13	−0.13	0.00	0.00
80	Georgia State	4 / 15	0.33	0.46	−0.14	0.00	0.11
81	San Diego State	6 / 9	1.18	1.33	−0.15	0.36	0.00
81	Iowa	1 / 7	0.00	0.15	−0.15	0.00	0.34
83	UAB	2 / 9	0.00	0.16	−0.16	0.20	0.15
84	Nevada	19 / 18	0.20	0.38	−0.17	0.24	1.82
84	Western Michigan	6 / 8	0.00	0.17	−0.17	0.10	0.22
86	Georgia	1 / 13	0.00	0.18	−0.18	0.00	0.82
87	Rice	9 / 15	0.17	0.36	−0.19	0.15	0.08
87	Utah	5 / 16	0.00	0.19	−0.19	0.00	0.00
89	Virginia	8 / 19	0.00	0.23	−0.23	0.00	0.38
90	Oklahoma State	4 / 15	0.00	0.24	−0.24	0.00	0.19
91	Central Michigan	3 / 17	0.00	0.25	−0.25	0.17	0.11
92	Louisville	13 / 18	0.01	0.29	−0.28	0.55	1.09
92	UNLV	9 / 16	0.00	0.28	−0.28	0.80	0.00
92	UTEP	2 / 7	0.00	0.28	−0.28	0.00	0.42
95	UCF	13 / 23	0.19	0.50	−0.31	0.46	1.36
96	Purdue	9 / 14	0.15	0.48	−0.33	0.29	0.55
96	UConn	12 / 20	0.00	0.34	−0.34	0.00	0.00
98	Texas Tech	15 / 8	0.00	0.34	−0.34	0.04	0.21
99	Wake Forest	4 / 10	0.00	0.35	−0.35	0.02	0.44
100	Arizona State	13 / 20	2.05	2.42	−0.37	0.99	2.73
100	Florida Atlantic	12 / 12	0.00	0.37	−0.37	0.00	0.11
102	BYU	5 / 9	0.01	0.39	−0.38	0.26	0.00
103	New Mexico	7 / 12	0.04	0.46	−0.42	0.39	0.00
104	Colorado	6 / 24	0.17	0.64	−0.46	0.02	0.37
104	Miami (OH)	10 / 16	0.11	0.58	−0.46	0.06	0.10
106	Troy	6 / 12	0.00	0.55	−0.55	0.15	0.89
107	Stanford	1 / 9	0.00	0.56	−0.56	0.00	0.36
108	Toledo	8 / 17	0.00	0.58	−0.58	0.20	1.39
109	Louisiana Tech	12 / 11	0.00	0.60	−0.60	0.05	0.00
110	Auburn	9 / 21	0.92	1.57	−0.65	0.00	0.53
111	Akron	17 / 10	0.05	0.74	−0.69	0.52	0.52
112	Nebraska	15 / 20	1.47	2.19	−0.72	1.83	1.63
112	Florida	7 / 16	0.71	1.43	−0.71	0.57	0.47
112	Northern Illinois	4 / 5	0.00	0.72	−0.71	0.06	0.22
115	Minnesota	8 / 23	0.08	0.87	−0.79	0.00	0.20
116	Marshall	15 / 13	0.34	1.28	−0.94	0.79	0.81
117	Louisiana	1 / 13	0.00	0.99	−0.99	0.00	0.46
118	Duke	8 / 13	0.00	1.01	−1.01	0.00	0.21
119	Texas	8 / 23	0.21	1.35	−1.14	0.92	1.58
120	Missouri	14 / 17	0.25	1.43	−1.18	0.20	1.08
121	Eastern Michigan	8 / 15	0.55	1.74	−1.19	0.89	1.80
122	Washington State	10 / 30	0.04	1.39	−1.35	2.03	1.25
123	Arkansas State	12 / 24	0.62	2.06	−1.44	0.15	1.21
124	New Mexico State	8 / 11	0.00	1.47	−1.47	0.00	0.04
125	Baylor	3 / 8	0.00	1.52	−1.52	0.00	0.77
126	Wyoming	5 / 13	0.25	1.90	−1.65	0.73	0.55
127	Colorado State	13 / 21	0.27	1.93	−1.66	1.34	1.59
128	Hawai'i	16 / 21	0.00	1.71	−1.71	0.02	2.35
129	West Virginia	11 / 25	0.14	1.96	−1.82	0.69	0.60
130	Buffalo	19 / 25	0.08	1.98	−1.90	1.64	2.21
131	Oklahoma	15 / 15	0.53	2.96	−2.43	1.53	5.69

How it works

Each player's value is YardLine's wins above replacement: every play's expected points credited to the players involved, adjusted for the opponent, against a typical backup. Only quarterbacks, skill players and specialists have a number of their own, because public play-by-play doesn't say which linemen or defenders were on the field. So a team that rebuilt its offensive line through the portal gets no credit for it here; the move counts show every position.

A move is valued by the season before it, so a team's portal class can be ranked as soon as the window closes, and the season after shows how it played out. WAR counts only snaps between FBS teams while the game was in doubt, so a transfer up from the FCS shows a dash before the move and adds nothing to his new team's In.

CFBD's portal list names players but doesn't identify them, so each entry is matched to the rosters of both schools. That ties about 19 in 20 skill-position transfers to a player; the rest count in the moves but add no WAR. The list updates every Tuesday.