As the 2024 college football regular season comes to an end, much of the sport’s focus now turns to the 2025 transfer portal cycle, as potentially thousands of

College football’s version of free agency begins en masse on Dec. 9, though plenty of players have already announced their intentions.

As various schools shift focus from the regular season, recruiters will look to build up their 2025 rosters through the transfer portal. That method of roster additions has proven successful for programs like SMU, which dominated in its first season as an ACC member.

Keeping track of Purdue football's incoming and outgoing transfers during the 2024-25 college football offseason.

Salter entered his name into the portal last winter before opting to return to Liberty. For his career, Salter has thrown for 5,887 yards and 56 touchdowns with 17 picks, while also rushing for 2,013 yards and 21 touchdowns on the ground.

Cade McNamara entered the transfer portal Wednesday after playing out his campaign with the Iowa Hawkeyes as he hopes to return for his seventh year of college football — at a location to be determined. Competing in 2025 would require McNamara, 24, to obtain a waiver for an additional year of eligibility from the NCAA.

Virginia football season may be over, but a busy and important offseason started right away for Tony Elliott and his coaching staff, who have much work

San Diego State had nearly four dozen players exit to or enter from the portal coming into the 2024 season. A similar number could be expected for 2025. San Diego State coach Sean Lewis said by the end of this week he will speak with each player in the Aztecs’ program who still has eligibility remaining.

Transfer season is in full swing again in college football, and some standout players are already on the move. Here's what we know.