Active 2022-2023 UCF Knights Transfer Portal List: Knights Land Stanford Player
This is a look at the scholarship players that have come and gone from the UCF football roster since the start of the 2022 fall camp. It's a key component for how UCF builds towards joining the Big 12 Conference.
With so many happenings, it’s best to keep everything in one spot. The UCF Knights Transfer Portal list has been completed by position below any update that happens moving forward.
Jan. 30
UCF has been landing top talent via the Transfer Portal for two years now. Today was another accomplishment in that area via the offensive line.
Knights doing very well with the #transferportal once again. #ChargeOn https://t.co/7UkkAh2B0W
— Brian Smith (@fbscout_florida) January 30, 2023
Former Stanford player Drake Metcalf has joined the UCF football program.
The 6-foot-2 and 292-pound interior offensive lineman from famed Orange (Calif.) St. John Bosco will bring size and experience to the Knights. He enrolled at Stanford in 2020. With his first season in Palo Alto being the COVID year that did not count against him, Metcalf will have two years of eligibility remaining.
Jan. 16
One of the interesting aspects of the UCF football efforts to add talent to the roster would be that head coach Gus Malzahn and his staff have left no rock unturned.
Case in point, the Knights landed offensive lineman Bula Schmidt from Fresno State.
Schmidt originally came from Wahiawa, Hawaii, but ended up playing his high school football for traditional power Seattle (Wash.) O’Dea, a Catholic school that’s sent numerous prospects to college football programs across the country.
He went to Fresno State in 2019, and started four games during that same season. Most notably, he has been playing mostly center since that first year for the Bulldogs.
Schmidt also started games at right and left guard in 2021, showing his versatility. He was second team All-Mountain West this past year and started all 14 games for Fresno State at center.
The 6-foot-1 and 295-pound interior offensive lineman will bring versatility and experience to UCF, helping to offset the loss of former center Matt Lee, who transferred to the University of Miami.
The Knights did a great job of landing such a talented and experienced player, and in such short order, to fill the void at the always important center position. Schmidt will have one year of eligibility to play with UCF.
Quarterback
Mikey Keene, UCF to Fresno State.
Timmy McClain, USF to UCF.
Running Back
Anthony Williams, UCF to Stephen F. Austin.
Wide Receiver
Joey Gatewood, UCF to the Transfer Portal.
Jordan Johnson, UCF to the Transfer Portal.
Chauncey Magwood, Kentucky to UCF.
Ryan O’Keefe, UCF to Boston College.
Trent Whittemore, Florida to UCF.
Tight End
N/A
Offensive Line
Amari Knight, Alabama to UCF.
Matt Lee, UCF to Miami.
Marcellus Marshall, Kent State to UCF.
Drake Metcalf, Stanford to UCF.
Bula Schmidt, Fresno State to UCF.
Defensive Line
N/A
Linebacker
Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste, UCF to Ole Miss.
Terrence Lewis, Maryland to UCF, and has also left UCF to enter the Transfer Portal.
Cornerback
Davonte Brown, UCF to Miami.
Fred Davis II, Clemson to UCF.
Brian George, Texas A&M to UCF.
Trevion Shadrick-Harris, UCF to the Transfer Portal.
Safety
DeJordan Mask, Texas State to UCF.
Jireh Wilson, East Carolina to UCF.
Kicker/Punter and Specialists
Gage King, long snapper, Arizona State to UCF.
Andrew Osteen, punter, UCF to the Transfer Portal.
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