Syracuse Football Transfer Portal Tracker: New commits, visits, offers and departures

Syracuse football coaches are hitting the transfer portal hard, as they look to bolster their roster for the 2026 season after a disappointing 2025 campaign.

The Orange is bringing back some key players from this past term, when the team went 3-9 overall. The 'Cuse has a large, and highly ranked, 2026 recruiting class at the high school level. Clearly, though, the Syracuse football staff is intent on hauling in a talented transfer portal cycle this offseason.

So far, the Orange has at least two commitments from college transfers, while at least 31 players from the squad's 2025 roster are exploring the transfer market. The portal opened on January 2 and will run through January 16.

Below, we have information on transfers coming into the 'Cuse program, and those who plan to depart, along with college transfers who have visited Syracuse football or plan to, along with some transfers who have received scholarship offers lately from the SU staff.

Everything here is based on confirmations from a source of mine, reports from other media members and social media posts from players.

It's important to note that the info below is not meant to be fully comprehensive, as recruiting is fluid, particularly during this frenetic one-time-only transfer portal window that lasts until mid-January. Additionally, there could be transfer commitments to the Orange, offers and visits that aren't being made public for the time being.

Syracuse football transfer portal tracker as of Wednesday.

Here are the two college transfers who have committed to play for the 'Cuse in 2026:
•Running back Ju’Juan Johnson, a sophomore at LSU
•Tight end Michael Smith, a sophomore at South Carolina

College transfers who have visited Syracuse football, or plan to:
•Quarterback Braden Atkinson, a freshman at Mercer, is visiting on Wednesday
•Quarterback Amari Odom, a redshirt sophomore at Kennesaw State, visited on January 5
•Quarterback Marcus Stokes, a redshirt sophomore at West Florida, visited this past weekend
•Quarterback Trey Hedden, a sophomore at Furman, reportedly visited on January 5
•Quarterback Taron Dickens, a redshirt sophomore at Western Carolina, will visit this Wednesday to Friday (offered by Syracuse football on January 2)
•Tight end Gavin Harris, a junior at New Mexico State, visited on January 5 and January 6
•Safety Ty Goodwill, a sophomore at South Alabama, is planning to visit SU at some point
•Defensive lineman Dillan Fontus, a junior at Maryland, has Syracuse football in his top 7, per his Instagram page; we'll have to see if he takes a visit to the 'Cuse
•Wide receiver Cole Weaver, a redshirt sophomore at Miami (Ohio), plans to visit SU at some point
•Tight end Noah Meyers, a redshirt sophomore at Western Kentucky, visited on January 5
•Safety Vincent Firenze, a redshirt sophomore at Dayton, visited last weekend
•Running back James Jones, a junior at Delaware State, had planned to visit SU at some point (committed to New Mexico State on January 6)
•Edge rusher Tunmise Adeleye, a redshirt senior at UNLV, visited on January 3 and January 4
•Defensive lineman Herb Gray, a redshirt freshman at Tennessee, visited on January 3 and January 4
•Defensive tackle Jartavius Flounoy, a freshman at Georgia State, visited on January 5 and January 6
•Running back Ahmad Miller, a redshirt sophomore at Jackson State, visited on January 4
•Wide receiver Corri Milliner, a redshirt sophomore at UAB, visited on January 3 and January 4
•Linebacker Chris D’Appolonia, a sophomore at Toledo, visited on January 5

College transfers who have received scholarship offers from the Orange (not comprehensive)
•Running back Ju’Juan Johnson, a sophomore at LSU (committed to SU)
•Tight end Michael Smith, a sophomore at South Carolina (committed to SU)
•Offensive lineman Codie Hornsby, a redshirt senior at Tulsa (previously played at SU)
•Wide receiver Jeremy Scott, a redshirt freshman at South Alabama, was offered by Syracuse football on January 2 and visited on January 4 (committed to TCU on January 7)

Other college transfers to keep an eye on as it relates to Syracuse football:
•Running back Peyton Lewis, a sophomore at Tennessee, has been linked to the Orange, and he could visit, I'm told
•Two other transfers to possibly monitor are Florida freshman wide receiver Naeshaun Montgomery and Florida State freshman wide receiver Jayvan Boggs

Here are the 31 Syracuse football players who are exploring the transfer market:
•Freshman wide receiver Gabe Daniels
•Redshirt sophomore kicker Jadyn Oh
•Freshman defensive lineman Eric Thomas
•Redshirt freshman wide receiver Ja’Meer Thomas
•Junior wide receiver Johntay Cook II
•Redshirt sophomore quarterback Rickie Collins
•Junior wide receiver Darrell Gill Jr.
•Sophomore linebacker Jahide Lesaine Jr.
•Redshirt senior wide receiver Umari Hatcher
•Freshman defensive lineman Quante Gillians
•Redshirt junior defensive back Greg Delaine
•Sophomore running back Yasin Willis
•Redshirt sophomore offensive lineman Joshua Miller
•Redshirt sophomore linebacker James Heard
•Sophomore running back Jaden Hart
•Freshman quarterback Luke Carney
•Freshman defensive back Ta'Ron Haile
•Redshirt junior offensive lineman Carter Clark
•Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Nick Armentano
•Redshirt junior defensive back Jalil Martin
•Redshirt freshman linebacker Fatim Diggs
•Redshirt freshman wide receiver Jaylan Hornsby
•Redshirt freshman wide receiver Emanuel Ross
•Freshman defensive back Kaylib Singleton
•Redshirt junior long snapper Ethan Stangle
•Redshirt freshman quarterback Jakhari Williams
•Sophomore linebacker Caden Brown
•Sophomore running back/return man Malachi James
•Redshirt freshman defensive back Ibn McDaniels
•Redshirt senior linebacker Derek McDonald
•Redshirt senior defensive lineman/tight end Chase Simmons