WKU football transfer portal update: 1/8/2025
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Hilltopper football season has been finished for three weeks now, and since the final snap, there have been many coach and player moves within the Western Kentucky program.
Following the start to 2025, more movement has taken place for those who were still inside of the NCAA transfer portal.
Here’s the latest update on which players still could return to the Hill, and which guys are confirmed for a departure, with new names or updates in bold*:
COMMITTED
- Darrell Johnson Jr. [OL] –> University of Akron
- TJ Finley [QB] –> Tulane University
- Jalil Rivera-Harvey [DT] –>Marshall University
- Dallas Walker [DL] –> Auburn University
- LT Sanders [RB] –> University of North Alabama
- Hosea Wheeler [DL] –> Indiana University
- Darius Thomas [LB] –> University of Louisville
- Caden Veltkamp [QB] – Florida Atlantic University
- Easton Messer [WR] – Florida Atlantic University
- Lucas Carneiro [K] – University of Mississippi
- Marcus Patterson [DE] – Kennesaw State University
- Alex Ford [DB] – Kennesaw State University
- Jaylen Hampton [WR] – The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Evan Wibberley [OL] – University of Kentucky
- Deante McCray [DE] – Florida State University
- Moussa Barry [WR] – Western Kentucky University
- Rodney Newsom Jr. [OL] – University of South Carolina
- Marshall Jackson [OL] – Western Kentucky University
- Jayden Loving [DL] – Wake Forest University
- Turner Helton [QB] – Georgia Southern University
- Elvin Fofanah [TE] – Gardner-Webb University
- River Helms [TE] – Georgia Southern University
ACTIVE
- Demick Starling [WR] ~ Missouri State University
- Demarko Williams [CB] ~ Mississippi State University, Arizona State University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Jaymar Mundy [DB] ~ Texas State University
- Jarvis Hayes [WR] ~ Wagner College, Southeastern Louisiana University, Long Island University
- Leavy Johnson [OL] ~ University of North Alabama, University of South Alabama
- Ely George [DB] ~ Wagner College
- Kylan Guidry [LB] ~ University of Alabama at Birmingham
IN PORTAL
- Wesley Horton [OL]
- Koy Moore [WR]
- Michael Moment [OL]
- Ki’Shawn Harvey [DT]
- Reid Jamerson [LB]
- Denzil Alleyne [WR]
- Donovan Jones [RB]
- Dave Herard [DB]
- Bryce Childress [WR]
*Information included as of time and date of publication
