January was a busy month for the Oregon Ducks. Not only did they beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Orange Bowl and lose to the Indiana Hoosiers in the Peach Bowl, but they lost 30 players from the 2025 roster — plus one recruit — to the transfer portal.
The losses were especially felt along the defensive line and edge rusher positions, with seven guys that fit in that category departing for other programs. But such is life for a big-time program in college football, where an influx of blue-chip recruits commit to play for the Ducks each year.
There are only 11 players on the field at one time, making the reality of a number of talented former four- and five-stars being relegated to rotational or reserve roles a real occurrence each year for the Ducks. Having spent a year, two years, even three years in the Oregon program having not received much play time and without a viable path to play time, it's understandable for players lower on the depth chart to look elsewhere for time on the field.
That's exactly what those 30 players from last season's roster did this offseason, all of whom landed with new programs and potentially with bigger roles.
With Week 1 of the 2026 college football season kicking off soon, we provided a refresh of where each of Oregon's outgoing transfers from this offseason landed in the transfer portal.
- QB Austin Novosad — Bowling Green
- QB Luke Moga — New Mexico
- QB Mark Wiepert — UTSA
- QB Bryson Beaver (commit) — Georgia
- RB Jay Harris — Kansas State
- RB Jayden Limar — Washington
- RB Makhi Hughes — Houston
- WR Justius Lowe — San Diego State
- WR Darrian Anderson — Fresno State
- WR Kyler Kasper — BYU
- WR Cooper Perry — California
- TE Roger Saleapaga — BYU
- TE Zach Grace — LSU
- TE Vander Ploog — NC State
- TE Kade Caton — USF
- OL Lipe Moala — Hawaii
- DL Terrance Green — Alabama
- DL Jericho Johnson — California
- DL Ashton Porter — Houston
- DL Tionne Gray — Notre Dame
- DL Xadavien Sims — Arkansas
- EDGE Tobi Hasstrup — West Virginia
- EDGE Blake Purchase — Ole Miss
- LB Kamar Mothudi — California
- CB Sione Laulea — Missouri
- CB Dakoda Fields — Oklahoma
- CB Jahlil Florence — Missouri
- S Kingston Lopa — California
- S Daylen Austin — Arizona
- LS Nick Duzansky — Michigan State
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