Transfers Make Big Difference in Nebraska’s Opening Victory

Transfers scored Nebraskas two touchdowns in the Huskers 20-17 win over Cincinnati in the season opener.

They werent the only transfers to contribute.

Wide receivers Nyziah Hunter (Cal) and Dane Key (Kentucky) each caught a touchdown pass from Dylan Raiola.

Hunters TD was on a 5-yard pass with 11 seconds to play in the first half to increase Nebraskas lead to 13-3.

Hunter caught six passes for 65 yards.

Keys touchdown was on a 3-yard pass early in the fourth quarter that gave the Huskers a 20-10 lead.

Key also had six catches for 51 yards.

Raiolas protection on the offensive line included transfers Rocco Spindler (Notre Dame) and Elijah Pritchett (Alabama), who did not start but saw considerable action.

Transfers contributed on defense, too, with 17 total tackles.

Williams Nwaneri (Missouri) had six tackles and recovered Cincinnatis only fumble; Andrew Marshall (Idaho) had five tackles; Dasan McCullough (Oklahoma) made four tackles; and Marques Watson-Trent (Georgia Southern) had two tackles.

Where Nebraska ranks in the transfer portal ESPN did a deep dive into the number of transfers at each big football school.

Nebraska ranks 43rd of 68 12th in the Big Ten in the number of snaps taken by the transfers at previous schools.

According to ESPN, the Huskers 15 transfers had 176 starts and had taken 10,944 snaps at their previous schools.

For comparison, West Virginias 51 transfers had the most snaps of any team in the country with 32,779.

That's nearly three times more than Nebraska.

West Virginia's transfers had 462 starts at other schools.

Clemson ranked 68th (last) in number of transfer snaps with 1,607 from its three transfers who made 22 starts at other schools.

ESPN said its methodology included using ESPN Research and Pro Football Focus to identify which programs did the most or the least with their portal shopping.

Purdues 53 transfers had the third-most snaps overall and the most snaps in the Big Ten with 25,465.

The new Boilermakers made 377 starts before landing with Purdue.

The rest of the Big Ten, with overall ranking among Power 4 schools, the number of transfers, number of starts and number of snaps.

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Purdue: 53 transfers, 377 starts, 25,465 snaps 11.

Indiana: 23 transfers, 346 starts, 21,326 snaps 21.

Rutgers: 19 transfers, 249 starts, 16,040 snaps 23.

Michigan State: 23 starters, 238 starts, 15,589 snaps 24.

UCLA: 30 transfers, 203 starts, 15,289 snaps 33.

Oregon: 11 transfers, 216 starts, 13,489 snaps 34.

Washington: 18 transfers, 192 snaps, 13,385 snaps 35.

Northwestern: 15 transfers, 215 snaps, 12,901 snaps 38.

Minnesota: 21 transfers, 155 starts, 12,267 snaps 39.

Illinois: 18 transfers, 198 starts, 12,237 snaps 40.

Wisconsin: 18 transfers, 179 starts, 12,055 snaps 43.

Nebraska: 15 transfers, 176 starts, 10,944 snaps 44.

Michigan: 18 transfers, 157 starts, 10,787 snaps 52.

USC: 15 transfers, 116 snaps, 7,9111 snaps 54.

Iowa: 10 transfers, 127 starts, 7,576 snaps 55.

Ohio State: 11 transfers, 102 starts, 7,255 snaps 57.

Maryland: 15 transfers, 87 starts, 6,937 snaps 66.

Penn State: 8 transfers, 61 starts, 4,980 snaps ESPN reported that big-school transfers accounted for 13,000 starts before this season and had 930,000 snaps.

Transfers in college football these days are more ubiquitous than the marching band.

And, in some cases, theyre making more noise.

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