College Football Transfer Portal 2023 Rankings: 15 Best Running Backs

College Football Transfer Portal 2023: Ranking the 15 best running backs switching teams

Who are the best and brightest running backs in the 2023 college football transfer portal? Where will they be playing this season?


Transfer Portal 2023 Rankings: Running Backs

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They might not get the spotlight and press of the quarterbacks, but the running backs can make a whole lot of noise once they switch to their new teams.

Who’ll make the biggest impacts, who’ll have the best seasons, and where are all the top running backs going? Here’s our ranking of the top backs in the 2023 college football transfer portal and where they all landed.

They’re the 15 running backs in the transfer portal you need to know.

2023 Transfer Portal Rankings
QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | OG/C
DE/EDGE | DT | LB | CB | Saf | Coaches

15 Asa Martin

New School: Troy
Former School: Memphis

14 Jaren Mangham

New School: Michigan State
Former School: USF

13 Dillon Johnson

New School: Washington
Former School: Mississippi State

12 Byron Cardwell

New School: Cal
Former School: Oregon

11 Ray Davis

New School: Kentucky
Former School: Vanderbilt

10 Aidan Robbins

New School: BYU
Former School: UNLV

9 LJ Johnson

New School: SMU
Former School: Texas A&M

8 Kavosiey Smoke

New School: Colorado
Former School: Kentucky

7 Dominic Richardson

New School: Baylor
Former School: Oklahoma State

6 Treshaun Ward

New School: Kansas State
Former School: Florida State

5 Brian Battie

New School: Auburn
Former School: USF

4 Carson Steele

New School: UCLA
Former School: Ball State

3 MarShawn Lloyd

New School: USC
Former School: South Carolina

2 Trey Sanders

New School: TCU
Former School: Alabama

1 Sean Tyler

New School: Minnesota
Former School: Western Michigan

2023 Transfer Portal Rankings
QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | OG/C
DE/EDGE | DT | LB | CB | Saf | Coaches

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Transfer Portal Top Running Backs. 20 Best Players Switching Teams

2022 College Football Transfer Portal. The top 20 running backs and who’ll likely make the biggest impact?

Who are all of the top 20 running backs in the 2022 college football transfer portal and where are the best ones going – or are likely to go?


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Transfer Portal: Top 20 Running Backs

Who are the top 20 running backs in the transfer portal? Based on how much of an impact we think they’ll have on the next two college football seasons, here are the stars of the bunch.

We’ll add more and adjust as players become available through the process.

When it comes to the projections and predicted new schools, they’re based on the best fits for the players to go along with the rumors.

1 Travis Dye

Former School Oregon
New School USC

2 Jahmyr Gibbs

Former School Georgia Tech
New School Alabama

3 Jarek Broussard

Former School Colorado
New School Oregon

4 Zach Evans

Former School TCU
New School Ole Miss

5 Xazavian Valladay

Former School Wyoming
New School Arizona State

Top 20 Transfer Portal Quarterbacks

6 Jalen Berger

Former School Wisconsin
New School Michigan State

7 Noah Cain

Former School Penn State
New School LSU

8 Tiyon Evans

Former School Tennessee
New School Louisville

9 Lyn-J Dixon

Former School Clemson
New School West Virginia

10 Montrell Johnson

Former School Louisiana
New School Florida

11 Ky Thomas

Former School Minnesota
New School Kansas

12 Christian Beal-Smith

Former School Wake Forest
New School South Carolina

13 Christopher Brooks

Former School Cal
New School BYU

14 Hassan Hall

Former School Louisville
New School Georgia Tech

15 Daveon Hunter

Former School Hawaii
New School Liberty

16 Juwaun Price

Former School New Mexico State
New School Syracuse

17 Dylan McDuffie

Former School Buffalo
New School UNDECIDED
Likely Landing or Best Fit UCF

18 Emani Bailey

Former School Louisiana
New School TCU

19 Henry Parrish

Former School TCU
New School Miami

20 Bentavious Thompson

Former School UCF
New School UNDECIDED
Likely Landing or Best Fit Clemson

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