The college football transfer portal opened Friday, Jan. 2 and closed Friday, Jan. 16. It was be the only transfer portal window of the year for college football, as the NCAA moved to eliminate the spring transfer window earlier this year. Players do not have to have committed to and signed with a new school by the end of the transfer window, but had to officially enter their name in before then.
Here’s an up-to-date tracker of which UNC players have announced their intentions to transfer:
- WR Aziah Johnson
- Left the team in September after 3 games
- OL Trevyon Green
- Started all 13 games for UNC in 2024
- WR Paul Billups
- 4 receptions for 27 yards in 3 seasons
- TE Yasir Smith
- True freshman who left the team in October
- OL William Boone
- Transfer from Prairie View A&M who did not complete his first season with UNC
- WR Chris Culliver
- 5 total touchdowns (3 receiving, 2 kick return) in 3 seasons with UNC
- WR Jason Robinson
- Redshirt freshman transfer from the University of Washington
- LB Khmori House
- All-ACC honorable mention, led UNC in tackles in 2025
- DB Ty White
- 6 total tackles in 2 seasons with UNC
- OL Jani Norwood
- Appeared in 8 games across 2 seasons
- WR Javarius “Vari” Green
- Participated in UNC’s Senior Day festivities after earning his degree in 2 years
- DB Khalil Conley
- Redshirt freshman who had 2 total tackles in 2025
- QB Max Johnson
- Appeared in 5 games across 2 seasons; suffered season-ending leg injury in 2024 season opener
- OL Miles McVay
- Transfer from Alabama who appeared in 8 games in 2025
- RB Davion “Bullet” Gause
- Scored 9 touchdowns across 2 seasons with UNC
- TE Jake Johnson
- 18 receptions for 170 yards and a touchdown across 2 seasons; brother of QB Max Johnson
- WR Kenedy Uzoma
- True freshman who did not play a snap in 2025
- DB Malcolm Ziglar
- 12 total tackles and an interception in 2 seasons
- LB Tyler Thompson
- 26 total tackles, 7 sacks and 2 forced fumbles in 2025
- DL Devin Ancrum
- True freshman who did not register a tackle in 2025
- WR Alex Taylor
- Former 4-star recruit from Greensboro with 4 catches in 2 seasons at UNC
- QB Bryce Baker
- 4-star recruit who Belichick introduced at midcourt at the Dean Smith Center last December. He did not play a snap in 2025.
- LB Chinedu Onyeagoro
- True freshman with no tackles in 2025
- LB Austin Alexander
- Freshman who logged 3 total tackles in 2025
- QB Gio Lopez
- Started 11 of UNC’s 12 games at quarterback and threw 10 touchdowns
- K Guytano Bartolomeo
- True freshman who did not play in 2025
- LB Mikai Gbayor
- 39 total tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in 2025
- DL C.J. Mims
- 42 total tackles, 2 sacks and a forced fumble in 2025
- DL D’Antre Robinson
- 38 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 4 quarterback hurries in 2025
“This year, we have a better understanding of what’s in the portal, what could be in the portal, what kind of players we want from the portal that fit what we have to do here at North Carolina,” UNC general manager Michael Lombardi told the media in December. “And so we have to be ready to be able to fill the spots that we have to.”
Prior to the 2025 season, Lombardi and head coach Bill Belichick executed a massive upheaval of UNC’s roster, bringing in 70 new players between incoming freshmen and transfers. Notable incoming transfers included quarterback Gio Lopez and defensive end Melkart Abou-Jaoude, while notable players to leave UNC via the transfer portal included defensive end Beau Atkinson (Ohio State) and linebacker Amare Campbell (Penn State).
UNC finished the 2025 season with a 4-8 record, missing a bowl game for the first time since 2018.
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