Mizzou’s last chance to bolster its 2025 roster has arrived.
The college football transfer portal reopened Wednesday for 10 days, and players around the nation can enter their names into the database through Friday, April 25.
A handful of Missouri football players, mostly expected reserves, either have already announced their intention to enter the transfer portal or have found new teams as graduate transfers. The Tigers are expected to be active, replacing those lost pieces.
With roster limits coming to college football, Missouri can essentially only add a player after another transfers out of the program. SEC teams will be capped at 85 scholarship players and 20 walk-ons in the 2025 season, and Mizzou appeared to have 86 scholarship players at the end of spring camp. The Tigers only need to meet the roster limit by fall camp.
Since several players already appear to be en route to new teams, MU head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company have some room to work bringing new faces to Columbia.
The Tribune will keep up with every incoming and outgoing Mizzou player on this page over the next month and beyond:
Missouri football transfer portal additions
We will update this section — with players’ class, position, former school, and date of commitment — as commitments are announced:
Which Mizzou players are transferring out?
As of the portal’s opening on Wednesday, six Missouri players have announced their intention to enter the transfer portal. We’ll list the Mizzou players who have entered the transfer portal below, as well as their position, class, and new team, when the news becomes available:
- Eddie Kelly Jr., defensive end, senior
- Jahkai Lang, defensive end, redshirt sophomore
- Ja’Marion Wayne, cornerback, redshirt junior
- Drew Pyne, quarterback, graduate student — Bowling Green (April 7)
- Mikai Gbayor, linebacker, graduate student
- Talan Chandler, center, redshirt freshman
Live updates from the portal will be posted below these evolving lists:
What does Missouri football need from the transfer portal?
Eli Drinkwitz recently said the Tigers’ strategy isn’t necessarily to chase any specific positions in this transfer window, and instead will make like-for-like replacements with players who leave.
But it does appear as if there may be a few exceptions.
Defensive tackle: This was the only position on the roster that Missouri did not add a player in its 18-player winter transfer portal class. After assessing the options in the spring, there is a good chance that changes before the spring window closes.
Wide receiver: Mizzou is two-deep across its wide receiver room, but is lacking experienced options both in that group and beyond it. The Tigers won’t necessarily chase a superstar at wideout, but an extra pair of reliable hands would help the pass-catching depth.
Left tackle: Mizzou doesn’t necessarily need to take another left tackle. The Tigers added Johnny Williams IV out of West Virginia in the winter window, and he is currently battling with returner Jayven Richardson for the spot. It’s an important position to get right, however, and Mizzou may opt to make another signing if the right option becomes available.
Who has Missouri already signed out of portal?
Before the spring portal window opened, Missouri had already signed 18 players via the transfer portal for its 2025 roster, either during the winter portal window or via grad transfers of junior college transfers:
- Damon Wilson II, defensive end, Georgia
- Kevin Coleman Jr., wide receiver, Mississippi State
- Ahmad Hardy, running back, Louisiana Monroe
- Josiah Trotter, linebacker, West Virginia
- Beau Pribula, quarterback, Penn State
- Nathan Johnson, defensive end, Appalachian State
- Keagan Trost, right tackle, Wake Forest
- Jalen Catalon, safety, UNLV
- Santana Banner, safety, Northern Illinois
- Johnny Williams IV, left tackle, West Virginia
- Dominick Giudice, offensive guard, Michigan
- Stephen Hall, cornerback, Washington State
- Mose Phillips III, safety, Virginia Tech
- Vince Brown II, tight end, Colorado State
- Langden Kitchen, defensive end, Northwest Missouri State
- Connor Weselman, punter, Stanford
- Jack Powers, offensive tackle, Cornell
- John Butcher, punter, Grossmont CC
