In the upcoming college football season, the Big 12 conference will have their hands full with the newcomer of the year awards. On top of the loaded recruiting classes, there is the transfer portal.
There was plenty of action as football players made the decision to leave the Big 12, and plenty more opted to join the conference. That doesn’t even take into account the players that transferred within the conference.
However, our focus will be on the transfers from outside the Big 12 that joined for the upcoming college football campaign. The Texas Longhorns were among those who accumulated a lot of talent through the portal and with their top-five class.
Here are our top 12 players to transfer into the conference based on their transfer portal ranking from 247Sports. The Longhorns account for 33% of them.