Where every Gophers transfer portal departure landed this offseason

Minnesota lost 16 scholarship players to the transfer portal this offseason.

Ohio State Buckeyes offensive lineman Phillip Daniels (70) works out during spring football practice at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center in Columbus on March 17, 2025. | Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The impending House v. NCAA settlement made for one of the craziest offseasons in the transfer portal era of college football. 30 total players and 16 scholarship players with eligibility remaining left the Gophers' roster, so where did they all end up?

2024-25 Gophers football transfer portal departures

Player	Position	New school
Craig McDonald	DB	Utah State
Sieh Bangura	RB	Ohio
Jordan Nubin (walk-on)	RB	Kent State
Hayden Schwartz	DE
Luther McCoy	DT	Hawaii
Jordan Greenhow (walk-on)	DB	Valparaiso
Ryan Algrim (walk-on)	LS	Southern Illinois
Jack Hawkinson (walk-on)	DE	MSU Mankato
Tyler Stolsky (walk-on)	LB	Florida Atlantic
Zander Rockow	LB/RB	St. Thomas
Phillip Daniels	OT	Ohio State
Kristen Hoskins	WR	North Dakota
T.J. McWilliams	WR	Louisville
Jackson Powers (walk-on)	DB	South Dakota State
Martin Owusu	DL	Fresno State
Coleman Bryson	DB	North Carolina
Martes Lewis	OT	Northwestern
Nathan Jones	TE	Abilene Christian
Oberhiri Eyafe (walk-on)	DB
David Amaliri	LB
Chris Flowers (walk-on)	DB
Jack Tinnen (walk-on)	LB	*retired
Zach Pyron	QB	South Alabama
Jaydon Wright	RB	Louisiana Monroe
Cade Conzemius (walk-on)	WR	*retired
Cortez LeGrant Jr. (walk-on)	RB	North Dakota State
Kaeden Johnson (walk-on)	RB
Jeremiah Finaly (walk-on)	QB
Alex Elliot	LB	North Dakota State
Tyler Williams	WR	South Florida

Roster sizes were hard capped at 105 this offseason, which prompted the most roster movement in the history of the sport. There's a good chance we never see this many players leave the Gophers program, as long as P.J. Fleck remains the head coach.

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Phillip Daniels to Ohio State, Coleman Bryson to North Carolina, T.J. McWilliams to Louisville and Martes Lewis to Northwestern were the only four transfers to remain at the power conference level. There were only nine more to remain at the FBS level. 17 of the Gophers' transfers dropped down to FCS, haven't committed to a new school, or retired from the sport altogether.

Fleck and his staff did an effective job upgrading Minnesota's roster with 21 transfer portal additions since the end of the 2024 season.