Where will each Penn State transfer suit up in 2025, and how many are there across college football?

Former Penn State players will be on college football depth charts across the country this fall. One ex-Nittany Lion has already started his new season elsewhere. The rest who left via the transfer portal hit the field this week. How many former members of head coach James Franklin’s program are still in the game, and where are those who are playing in 2025? We have a full breakdown below.

Former Penn State players suiting up elsewhere on offense

WR Cristian Driver, Minnesota: Driver finished his first regular season in Minneapolis with seven catches for 49 yards and one touchdown. He also carried twice for nine yards. He currently projects to start as a backup again this fall.

RB London Montgomery, East Carolina: Montgomery netted 64 carries over 10 regular season games for 343 yards and two touchdowns. He also caught five passes for 29 yards. He is a fourth-team Phil Steele preseason All-AAC pick and could very well start for the Pirates this fall. The team’s first depth chart has him on the top line with an OR designation.

WR Malik McClain, Arizona State: McClain played just 65 snaps for the Sun Devils in 2024 before the CFP. He turned them into one catch for 43 yards in the Big 12 title game. In 2025, he is reportedly in a tight battle to win a starting job. He projects to have a sizable role in the ASU offense either way.

WR Malick Meiga, Coastal Carolina: Meiga caught just seven passes for 117 yards last year. He projects to have a big speical teams role and a minimal one on offense again in 2025.

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QB Michael Johnson Jr., Akron: Johnson Jr., played in just one game in 2024, and it was back in September. Over 12 snaps against Howard, he netted 31 yards on a 2 of 3 day and lost eight yards on four rushing attempts. He transferred to Akron this offseason. He does not project to be the starter but could be the Zips’ top backup in 2025.

QB Christian Veilleux, Georgia State: Veilleux completed 166 of 291 passes (57 percent) for 2,047 yards in 2024. His touchdown-to-interception ratio is 13 to 10. He also rushed 28 times for 74 yards and a score. GSU added transfers to compete with Veilleux in 2025. A winner is not yet in as of the time of this story’s publication.

RB Caziah Holmes, Florida State: Holmes earned just 47 snaps over eight games on offense in 2024. Holmes was on the Seminoles’ special teams units. He carried 15 times for 84 yards and three touchdowns last year. He also had one kickoff return for 23 yards. Holmes figures to be down the depth chart again in 2025.

QB Ta’quan Roberson, Buffalo: Roberson appeared in four games last yar at Kansas State. He completed 3 of 7 passes for 18 yards. He also rushed one time for seven yards. The former Penn State passer transferred to Buffalo this offseason. The now seventh-year college player projects to be the starter entering the season, though info out of camp is limited.

OL Ibrahim Traore, Toledo: Traore was part of the Rockets’ field goal kick team in 2024. He recorded 50 snaps on it. On offense, he is a backup. He had just nine snaps in one regular season contest. He projects as a special teams starter and backup on offense again in 2025.

WR Carmelo Taylor, Lackawanna College: While technically not a transfer, Taylor is still suiting up for the Falcons at the junior college level. Over six games, he caught 11 passes for 359 yards and six touchdowns in 2024. He is back with the team in 2025.

Jerry Cross, TE, Memphis: A recent depth chart update from BWI sister site Tiger Sports Report did not cover the tight end position. Cross joined the Tigers for spring ball, which couldn’t have hurt his case to earn more playing time than he did at Penn State. He projects to share time with JUCO addition Bryan Anderson, per Phil Steele’s projected depth chart.

Omari Evans, WR,Washington: Evans missed time during spring ball due to a lower-body injury. Speaking with reporters at Big Ten Media Days, Huskies coach Jedd Fischsaid the former Nittany Lion intrigued them in the portal because of the speed he could inject into the offense. Earlier this week, On Montlake with Christian Caple put Evans in a rotational role to start.

Tyler Johnson, WR,East Carolina: Johnson is not mentioned in any of the school website’s three preseason camp updates. But, he was on campus for spring ball and is in a room that’s strong at the top but has tons of opportunity from there based on returning production. The trail of info is pretty cold at that point though, otherwise.

Keyvone Lee, RB, UNLV: Lee carried five times for five yards in the Runnin’ Rebels’ 38-31 win over Idaho State last Saturday. He also lost a yard on one reception and seems to be pretty far down the depth chart.

Chase Meyer, K, Cal: According to California Golden Bears on SI reporter Jeff Faraudo, Meyer will handle short field goals and extra points while a different kicker will handle kickoffs and long field goals. Meyer was 17 of 20 on field goals two years ago at Tulsa but never attempted a kick during his one season in State College.

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JB Nelson, OL, Kansas State: The Wildcats started Nelson at right guard in his first career game with the team. He ended up playign 37 of the team’s 59 snaps on offense in addition to three snaps on special teams.

Beau Pribula, QB, Missouri: The former Penn State passer could not win the Tigers’ starting job outright during preseason camp. He and Sam Horn, a returner who missed all of the 2024 season due to injury, will both play in the team’s opener with Central Arkansas as the competition between them rages into the regular season.

“I informed the team this afternoon that both quarterbacks will play in the first game,” Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz said in a team statement. “I want to see them in a game-day situation to make a final determination.”

Harrison Wallace III, WR, Ole Miss: Per Billy Embody at BWI sister site Rebel Grove, the SEC team feels good about Wallace III making an early impact this fall. The buzz around the former Nittany Lion has been strong this spring — from the Rebel Grove guys and others in the media space down there — to make one thing that the former four-star recruit will likely earn a starting role to start the year.

Former Nittany Lions lining up elsewhere on defense

DL Davon Townley, Missouri State: Townley played in only four games in 2024. He made 13 tackles (2.5 for loss) and had 1.5 sacks and two quarterback hurries. He’s back with the same team in 2025.

DL Jordan van den Berg, Georgia Tech: In 2024, van den Berg was part of the Yellow Jackets’ field goal block and field goal teams. On defense, he took the team’s third-most defensive tackle snaps with 348. He turned those into 20 tackles, a sack, and two fumble recoveries. In 2025, he is in line to be a heavily used starter again.

P Alex Bacchetta, Rice: Bacchetta was the team’s starting punter in 2024. He sent 50 punts for an average of 41.18 yards per boot. He also boomed 10 punts for 50-plus yards. And, he put the Owls’ opponent inside of its own 20-yard line 11 times. There’s no reason to think that he won’t be the starter in 2025.

DL Rodney McGraw, Western Michigan: McGraw appeared in all 12 games this season, finishing with 195 snaps on defense in 2024. He posted 21 tackles and a sack on the season. Now a senior, Phil Steele projects him as a backup again in 2025.

DL Ken Talley, Arkansas: Talley made six snaps and had 1.5 sacks over 152 snaps and 10 games for Michigan State in 2024. He moved onto Arkansas this offseason. On3 sister site HawgBeat projects that he will start 2025 as a backup for the Razorbacks.

DT Cole Brevard, Texas: The former Penn State defensive tackle hit the portal this offseason to go to Texas. “You go into it for positions of need from a depth perspective, and I think Cole provides that,” Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said in December. However, he could start for UT in Week 1 at Ohio State. Brevard was a backup defensive tackle for Purdue last uyear. He owned 392 snaps over 11 games this season. His season stat line featured 19 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 2024.

DL Jamari Buddin, Grand Valley State: Buddin recorded nine tackles (two for loss) over nine games for 11-2 Grand Valley State. He is back with the team in 2025, per its roster.

Mehki Flowers, S, Akron: Flowers is actually listed as a defensive back on the Zips’ roster, which makes one wonder if he isn’t getting reps at both corner and safety this summer. He projects to start the year in the backup role, though it would be silly not to note how scarce the info is right now on Joe Moorhead’s team.

Cam Miller, CB, Rutgers: Miller had some productive moments for the Lions before electing to leave the team’s loaded cornerbacks room for Piscataway. Two former Penn State analysts, Robb Smith and Vic Hall, are now on the Scarlet Knights’ staff as the co-DC and safeties coach, respectively. They know Miller’s game. A pre-camp projected depth chart from On3 sister The Knight Report put Miller in a starting role. We have no reason to think he’s lost it during camp.

Tyrece Mills, S, UCONN: Phil Steele’s preseason depth chart for the Huskies projects Mills to start at one safety spot. Considering his past college experience, it’s a fair assumption to make. But, there’s little out there confirming it before kickoff.

Jon Mitchell, CB, Georgia Tech: BWI sister site Jackets Online reports that Mitchell has flashed some during his first camp with the Yellow Jackets. But, he still projects to open the year in a backup role at his new school a week or so before the opening.

Joseph Mupoyi, DL, North Carolina: A player with a ton of potential and strong traits who always had to refine the football side of things, Mupoyi left after spring ball to become a Tar Heel. Work remains to round out his game, and so there’s no indication at the moment that he’ll contribute in Chapel Hill this year.

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Ta’Mere Robinson, LB, USC: Robinson has reportedly flashed some in camp but continues to be in a scrap for playing time. USC coach Lincoln Riley told reporters that two Trojans have separated themselves at linebacker — neither of which was the former Penn State defender — putting Robinson in the next tier of playing, trying to climb the depth chart.

Smith Vilbert, DE, North Carolina: Vilbert was originally returning to Penn State for a seventh season. Then, he switched gears and left for Chapel Hill. He’s one of many new faces in a defensive line room that is still establishing a pecking order. That makes what his role will be for the opener unclear at this point in time.