Who is Kentucky football losing to NCAA transfer portal? Our tracker

LEXINGTON — The NCAA transfer portal opened for business Jan. 2. And it closes Jan. 16. Except for Indiana and Miami. Their players will have a five-day window from Jan. 20 to Jan. 24 to put their names into the portal, if they choose, after the College Football Playoff national championship game Jan. 19.

Kentucky football and new coach Will Stein have been active since the portal opened.

One player the Wildcats lost was Cutter Boley. The starting quarterback for the final 10 games of the team's 2025 season, Boley committed to Arizona State. The odds-on favorite to replace Boley next season is another transfer portal commit: Former Notre Dame signal caller Kenny Minchey gave his pledge to UK on Jan. 5.

There's a major difference with the portal in 2026, though.

In prior years, there were two windows, one in the winter and another in the spring. Now, the two-week span in January is the only time the portal will be available after the Division I Administrative Committee approved the change last September.

Here are players the Wildcats have added, and lost, via the portal since Jan. 2:

Kentucky football outgoing transfers

• QB Cutter Boley
  • Committed to Arizona State on Jan. 3
• QB Stone Saunders
  • Committed to San Diego State on Jan. 5
• RB Dante Dowdell
  • Committed to Georgia on Jan. 12
• RB Jamarion Wilcox
• WR Preston Bowman
  • Committed to Ohio on Jan. 7
• WR Hardley Gilmore
  • Committed to Baylor on Jan. 12
• WR Cameron Miller
  • Committed to Ole Miss on Jan. 12
• WR Montavin Quisenberry
  • Committed to Louisville on Jan. 8
• WR Troy Stellato
• WR David Washington Jr.
• OL Darrin Strey
  • Committed to LSU on Jan. 12
• DL Javeon Campbell
• DL Austin Ramsey
  • Committed on Kansas State on Jan. 6.
• DL Jerod Smith
  • Committed to Louisville on Jan. 6
• LB Jacob Smith
  • Committed to Louisville on Jan. 6
• LB Steven Soles Jr.
  • Committed to Arkansas on Jan. 8
• LB Landyn Watson
  • Committed to Kansas on Jan. 4
• DB Cam Dooley
  • Committed to Florida on Jan. 7
• DB Quay'sheed Scott
  • Committed to South Carolina on Jan. 8
• DB DJ Waller Jr.
  • Committed to Louisville on Jan. 3

Kentucky football incoming transfers

• QB JacQai Long (Formerly of Marshall)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 11
• QB Kenny Minchey (Formerly of Notre Dame)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 5
• RB Jovantae Barnes (Formerly of Oklahoma)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 6
• RB CJ Baxter (Formerly of Texas)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 11
• WR Brock Coffman (Formerly of Louisville)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 13
• WR Xavier Daisy (Formerly of UAB)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 7
• WR Ja'Kayden Ferguson (Formerly of Arkansas)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 11
• OL Olaus Alinen (Formerly of Alabama)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 7
• OL Max Anderson (Formerly of Tennessee)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 6
• OL Lance Heard (Formerly of Tennessee)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 10
• OL Coleton Price (Formerly of Baylor)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 5
• OL Mark Robinson (Formerly of UTEP)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 11
• OL Tegra Tshabola (Formerly of Ohio State)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 12
• DL Jamarrion Harkless (Formerly of Purdue)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 6
• DL Antonio O'Berry (Former of Gardner-Webb)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 4
• DL Dominic Wiseman (Formerly of South Alabama)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 10
• LB Elijah Barnes (Formerly of Texas)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 10
• LB Tavion Wallace (Formerly of Arkansas)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 3
• DB Jesse Anderson (Formerly of Pittsburgh)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 9
• DB Jordan Castell (Formerly of Florida)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 7
• DB Aaron Gates (Formerly of Florida)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 6
• DB Jordan Castell (Formerly of Florida)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 7
• DB Mark Manfred III (Formerly of Missouri)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 11
• DB Hasaan Sykes (Formerly of Western Carolina)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 4
• DB Cyrus Reyes (Formerly of Mississippi State)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 10
• K Adam Zouagui (Formerly of South Florida)
  • Committed to UK on Jan. 10

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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky football transfer portal tracker, Will Stein roster news