Miami's Transfer Portal Tracker: Analyzing Every Player Coming In and Out This Winter
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The Miami Hurricanes have been winners of the transfer portal over the past two seasons. They have the perfect melting pot of players from the portal and from high school.
However, not everyone can stay in the pot, while others believe they can be used better elsewhere. The Canes are still one of the best teams in the country, but they are losing a few to the transfer portal each season.
The Hurricanes already have a few enter their names ahead of the Jan. 2 opening day for the portal, but it will also be the perfect time for the Canes to continue to snipe some elite talent out of the portal.
The portal has brought the Canes Cam Ward, Carson Beck, Keionte Scott, Jakobe Thomas, CJ Daniels, Keelan Marion, and many more. They have a successful hit rate so far in this new format as they prepare for the chaos themselves.
All Incoming Transfers to Miami
1. Omar Thornton, Boston College, DB
The Hurricanes landed Boston College defensive back Omar Thornton out of the transfer portal. Thornton played two seasons with the Golden Eagles, having his breakout season as a sophomore. This season with 111 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, one interception, one pass deflection, and five forced fumbles. He forced four of them in 2025.
2. Vandrevius Jacobs, South Carolina, WR
The Fort Pierce, Fla. native had a breakout season for the Gamecocks in his sophomore season. He finished the year with 32 receptions for 548 yards and 4 TDs this season (17.1 YPC). He was a consistent deep ball threat and can instantly fill in the holes that will be left from CJ Daniels and Keelan Marion.
3. Cam Vaughn, West Virginia, WR
Over the past two seasons with the Gamecocks and Mountaineers, the 6-foot-2, 185-pounder has brought in 83 passes for 1,344 yards with nine touchdowns while averaging 16.2 yards per catch.
He is another deep ball threat that the Hurricanes could use to add more depth to the roster, who was injured in the position group all season.
All Departures from Miami via the Transfer Portal
1. WR, Ray Ray Joseph
If you look at the talent in the room now and the number of receivers that just entered the 2026 recruiting class, this move comes as no surprise.
Joseph has always been a player who waited his turn, but as he got older, the younger the room got, and the more opportunities came for those standout players. This season alone, he finished with two catches and 25 yards.
He will finish his Hurricanes career with only 14 catches and 134 total yards. He never saw the field in his three years with the program, and now others will look to use the talented slot player. He has two seasons of eligibility left.
2. DL, Daylen Russell
Some more depth of the Hurricanes defensive line plans on entering the transfer portal. Russell had been with the Canes for two-year in his hometown.
The 22-year-old Columbus High School graduate played football from his sophomore to senior year. He recorded 17 sacks, 157 total tackles, 94 solos and 18 assists, including 34 tackles for loss in 28 games
He was a three-star recruit coming out.
3. WR, Ny Carr
The Canes lost another talented player from the 2024 recruiting class. Carr was a four-star coming out and was the No 76 rated player according to Rivals in the class. However, he has not really seen the field with other players consistently passing him in the depth chart. With how young the roster is, he would have had an uphill battle; he was already behind.
4. TE, Brock Schott
Before enrolling at Miami, Schott was ranked as one of the top tight ends in the country. He ranked as a four-star prospect and the No. 246 overall player in the nation in his class, according to the Rivals Industry Rankings. Schott was rated as the No. 13 tight end in the class. He was the No. 6 overall player from the state of Indiana.
5. WR, Chance Robinson
The 6-foot-2, 205-pound Robinson appeared in two games this season and has played in just five games across his two-year career with Miami. In those games, he did not record a single stat.
Robinson signed with the Hurricanes as a four-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting cycle, where theproduct was the No. 27-ranked receiver and the No. 165-ranked player overall.
6, DL, Donta Simpson
The former three-star prospect was the No. 562 overall recruit in the 2025 cycle. SImpson started to get some playing time while growing into a player that the Hurricanes would have loved to have in the future, but the depth at the position began to overtake him.
Position-by-Position Breakdown of Roster Impact
- None as of Dec. 18, 2025
How the Transfer Class Stacks Up Nationally
- None as of Dec. 18, 2025
Biggest Winners and Questions Still Remaining
- None as of Dec. 18, 2025
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Justice Sandle is a graduate of Mississippi State University earning a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Communications with a concentration in Print and Digital Journalism. During his time in Starkville, he spent a year as an intern working for Mississippi State On SI primarily covering basketball, football, baseball, and soccer while writing, recording, and creating multimedia stories during his tenor. Since graduating, he has assumed the role of lead staff writer for Miami Hurricanes On SI covering football, basketball, baseball, and all things Hurricanes related.