Who scored big in the portal this week and what moves could come next?

Christmas came aboriginal for respective teams, with galore assemblage shot players uncovering caller homes done the transportation portal Wednesday. More than 1,900 players person entered the portal since it opened Dec. 5. It volition stay unfastened done mid-January.

Of peculiar note, Deion Sanders' Colorado squad added two of his erstwhile Jackson State stars successful cornerback Travis Hunter and backmost Shedeur Sanders, Deion's son. But the Buffaloes weren't the lone squad to triumph successful the portal.

Here is simply a look astatine what you whitethorn person missed implicit the past week.

Schools that won the portal this week

Michigan: The Wolverines received commitments from a brace of Stanford violative linemen -- Drake Nugent and Myles Hinton -- on with Coastal Carolina antiaircraft lineman Josaiah Stewart. Hinton's brother, Christopher, played antiaircraft tackle astatine Michigan from 2019 to 2021. Both Nugent and Hinton look to marque an contiguous interaction blocking for the Wolverines, who ranked 5th successful FBS with 243 rushing yards per game.

Wisconsin: In effect to Graham Mertz entering the portal and eventually heading to Florida, caller Wisconsin manager Luke Fickell landed a backmost to assistance pb his programme successful Nick Evers. Evers, who was No. 166 successful the 2022 ESPN 300, comes to Madison aft 1 twelvemonth with Oklahoma. He took 1 drawback this season, during the Sooners' 49-0 nonaccomplishment to Texas successful October. The Badgers' passing crippled volition beryllium looking for a much-needed infusion aft averaging lone 189.5 yards per game, 11th successful the Big Ten.

Georgia Tech: Former Texas A&M backmost Haynes King is making the determination from College Station to Atlanta, giving caller Yellow Jackets manager Brent Key an enactment aft Jeff Sims and Taisun Phommachanh some entered the portal. King, who was No. 46 successful the 2020 ESPN 300, spent 3 years with the Aggies and threw for 1,220 yards and 7 touchdowns successful six games successful 2022. Additionally, Minnesota linebacker Braelen Oliver, from Douglas, Georgia, is coming location aft signaling 79 tackles (14 solo) and 3.5 sacks successful 40 games for the Golden Gophers. The Yellow Jackets besides got a committedness from Louisville moving backmost Trevion Cooley.

USC: Lincoln Riley came retired of the portal this week with 3 productive players: Arizona wide receiver Dorian Singer, Arizona cornerback Christian Roland-Wallace and Oklahoma State linebacker Mason Cobb. Singer led the Pac-12 with 1,105 receiving yards, portion Roland-Wallace had 57 tackles (41 solo) with six passes defended. Cobb was the Cowboys' starring tackler with 96 stops (58 solo), which was tied for 5th successful the Big 12.

Kentucky: Quarterback Devin Leary's determination to transportation from NC State volition let the Wildcats to instantly capable Will Levis' shoes with an experienced signal-caller. Leary threw for 6,807 yards with 68 touchdowns and 16 interceptions successful his 4 years with the Wolfpack.

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Five cardinal commitments

Collin Schlee: Kent State's starting backmost decided to marque the leap to UCLA past Saturday. He has 2 years of eligibility remaining and threw for 2,109 yards and 13 TDs past year. Schlee's transfer, coupled with the determination of No. 3 backmost enlistee Dante Moore to flip from Oregon to UCLA, upgrade Chip Kelly's backmost country with Dorian Thompson-Robinson moving connected aft this year.

Jeremiah Byers: UTEP's close tackle is moving to Florida State aft committing to Mike Norvell's squad Monday. Byers started for the Miners successful each of the past 2 seasons and joins an violative enactment that helped the Seminoles pb the ACC with 217.8 rushing yards per game.

#GONOLES @Coach_Norvell @CoachAAtkins pic.twitter.com/3YPD8vwjHk

— Jeremiah Byers (@JeremiahByers38) December 20, 2022

Drew Pyne: For a while, Kenny Dillingham thought he'd beryllium coaching highly touted backmost Dante Moore arsenic Oregon's violative coordinator. Now neither 1 is astatine Oregon, with Dillingham the caput manager astatine Arizona State and Moore signing with UCLA. Instead, Dillingham recovered his caller quarterback, Drew Pyne, successful South Bend. Pyne, No. 221 successful the 2020 ESPN 300, threw for 2,021 yards, 22 touchdowns and six interceptions for Notre Dame successful 2022.

🔱 #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/QzGJb0GT8D

— Drew Pyne (@dpyne10) December 19, 2022

Ajani Cornelius: The Rhode Island close tackle, who started 22 games for the Rams crossed the past 2 seasons, committed to Oregon connected Wednesday, choosing the Ducks implicit Ohio State, Tennessee and Nebraska. Cornelius' determination ended a monster time for the Ducks, arsenic they soared successful our recruiting people rankings from No. 14 entering nationalist signing time to No. 5.

Tony Grimes: The North Carolina inferior cornerback, who had 36 tackles (27 solo) and broke up 7 passes, is moving connected to Texas A&M. Grimes, who appeared successful 37 games implicit 3 seasons with the Tar Heels, volition supply much-needed extent for the Aggies, who person mislaid 4 cornerbacks to the transportation portal successful caller months.

Back successful College Station @AggieFootball #GigEm 👍🏾

— Tony Grimes (@757EliteDB) December 15, 2022

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Offers and visits

Smoke Bouie: The erstwhile Texas A&M antiaircraft back, who was 66th wide successful the 2022 ESPN 300, played successful conscionable 3 games arsenic a freshman. He entered the portal past week and precocious took a sojourn to Georgia, wherever helium initially committed successful November 2020, lone to decommit successful June 2021.

Carson Steele: Steele broke retired arsenic a sophomore for Ball State, rushing for 1,556 yards (sixth successful FBS) and 14 touchdowns. He volition sojourn UCLA this weekend.

Jimmy Horn Jr.: The South Florida sophomore wide receiver entered the portal past period aft catching 37 passes for 551 yards and 3 touchdowns. He precocious visited Houston and Colorado, and has besides received involvement from Penn State and Texas A&M.

👀👀 pic.twitter.com/KkE0R8ovIb

— Jimmy Horn Jr (@Tooswiftj5) December 19, 2022