What If The Transfer Portal Operated Exactly Like The NFL Draft?

It is no secret that the Transfer Portal has seen an extraordinary amount of movement over the last couple of weeks. Matter of fact, more than 10,000 Players ranging from the Division I ranks down to Division III ended up entering the Transfer Portal over the span of the past couple of weeks. It was such a massive amount of movement that at times? It actually overshadowed what should be the sport’s biggest stage… the national championship game.

Yet in the mist of the Transfer Portal chaos that unfolded over the past couple of weeks, I ran across this tweet from the Twitter User IcyVert which did get the old wheels turning in regards to an alternative way for the Transfer Portal to operate which is shown below:

Now while I certainly don’t believe that the Transfer Portal should be based on complete randomness, what this tweet above made me wonder as professional teams are also gearing up for their respective offseason, what if the Transfer Portal operated exactly like the NFL Draft did any given Spring?

What I mean is, what if the worst team in College Football within the FBS Level was able to get the first crack at any player that entered the Transfer Portal? Would UMass go with a elite Quarterback Prospect such as Brendan Sorsby, Drew Mestemaker, or Sam Leavitt? Or would they go for an elite Transfer Portal Option at another position such as the Offensive Tackle Jordan Seaton?

Now before I even get into what each FBS School would pick in this alternative Transfer Portal Draft, we first need to figure out what the draft order is going to be in the first place. While you can probably guess that UMass is going to have the first selection, figuring out the other 134 Slots outside of the Minuteman and your 2025 National Champions in Indiana would have taken awhile. Except, I happen to already put together my Personal Full FBS Rankings which you can check out over on Twitter here:

Finally, I do want to set the ground rule that I will only be doing 1 round because of the volume of teams that will be involved. Plus, I will also be going based off of how each team has approached the Transfer Portal over the past couple of weeks with the exception of the Military Academies which I just went Best Player Available. So with all that established, let’s dive into how I can hypothetically see an Transfer Portal Draft unfold for the 2025 Cycle:

1. UMASS – Brandan Sorsby (QB – Cincinnati)
2. Georgia State – Cam Coleman (WR – Auburn)
3. Charlotte - Drew Mestemaker (QB – North Texas)
4. Colorado State – Sam Levitt (QB – Arizona State)
5. UTEP – Caleb Hawkins (HB – North Texas)
6. Oregon State – Jordan Seaton (OT – Colorado)
7. Sam Houston – Princewill Umanmielen (EDGE – Ole Miss)
8. Oklahoma State – Chaz Coleman (EDGE – Penn State)
9. UL Monroe – Damon Wilson II (EDGE – Missouri)
10. San Jose State – Isaiah Horton (WR – Alabama)
11. Northern Illinois – Koi Perich (S – Oregon)
12. Nevada – DJ Lagway (QB – Florida)
13. MTSU – Coleton Price (IOL – Baylor)
14. Boston College – Dylan Raiola (QB – Nebraska)
15. Ball State – Omarion Miller (WR – Colorado)
16. Tulsa – Hollywood Smothers (HB – NC State)
17. UAB – Quintrevion Wisner (HB – Texas)
18. New Mexico State – JJ Buchanan (TE – Utah)
19. Wyoming – Ty Benefield (S – Boise State)
20. FAU – Luke Reynolds (TE – Penn State)
21. South Alabama – Amaris Williams (EDGE – Auburn)
22. Purdue – Justice Haynes (HB – Michigan)
23. Syracuse – Darian Mensah (QB – Duke)
24. Liberty – Raleek Brown (HB – Arizona State)
25. Bowling Green – Husan Longstreet (QB – USC)
26. Eastern Michigan – Carius Curne (OT – LSU)
27. Air Force – James Smith (DL – Alabama)
28. Colorado – Mateen Ibirogba (DL – Wake Forest)
29. Virginia Tech – Tobi Osunsanmi (EDGE – Kansas State)
30. Arkansas – Cade Uluave (LB – Cal)
31. Rice – Deuce Knight (QB – Auburn)
32. Akron – Byrum Brown (QB – USF)
33. Kent State – Rickey Gibson III (CB – Tennessee)
34. Buffalo – Rocco Becht (QB – Iowa State)
35. Temple – Tionne Gray (DL – Oregon)
36. Marshall – Terrance Green (DL – Oregon)
37. Appalachian State – Josh Hoover (QB – TCU)
38. UCLA – Reed Harris (WR – Boston College)
39. West Virginia – Bengamin Brahmer (TE – Iowa State)
40. Stanford – Austin Simmons (QB – Ole Miss)
41. North Carolina – Hunter Welcing (TE – Northwestern)
42. Coastal Carolina – Adam Mohammed (RB – Washington)
43. Louisiana – Devan Thompkins (DL – USC)
44. Utah State – Ethan Grunkemeyer (QB – Penn State)
45. UCF – Kenny Michey (QB – Notre Dame)