Noah Rogers rated as the No. 40 overall prospect and No. 8 wide receiver in the class of 2023 but didn’t manage to crack Ohio State’s stacked wide receivers rotation in 2023. He didn’t record a reception for the Buckeyes this past season, and the Raleigh, NC native is looking for a fresh start at his hometown, NC State. The Wolfpack boasts the No. 10 transfer class in the nation, headlined by four four-stars on offense.

Julian Fleming visited Nebraska before ultimately pleading to Big Ten rival Penn State. The former No. 1 wide receiver in the 2020 recruiting class never quite reached his full potential in Columbus, but appeared in 37 games in the past four seasons. He hauled in 80 passes for 990 yards and seven touchdowns with the Buckeyes. He caught 26 balls for 270 yards and didn’t ding the end zone as a senior this past season.

Georgia went into the transfer portal period looking to add at least two wide receivers and scored a commitment from Colbie Young on Dec. 23. The 6-foot-5, 215-pounder finished third among Hurricanes in receiving yards this past season, catching 47 balls for 563 yards and five touchdowns. He recorded 32 catches for 367 yards and five scores as a sophomore in 2022. He chose the Bulldogs over heavy interest from Penn State in the portal.

Texas had to replace its top three receivers — Xavier Worthy, Adonai Mitchell and Jordan Whittington — this offseason and struck early with Matthew Golden on Dec. 16. A former four-star recruit in the class of 2022, Golden caught 76 passes for 988 yards and 13 touchdowns in two seasons at Houston. He had one of the best games of his career in a loss to the Longhorns on Oct. 21, catching seven passes for 88 yards and two scores.

Oklahoma went out of its way to aid in Jackson Arnold’s transition to the starting quarterback role, giving him a proven receiver in transfer portal product Deion Burks. The ex-Purdue pass-catcher should be a reliable target for the former five-star recruit after breaking out with the Boilermakers last year, racking up 47 receptions for 629 yards and seven touchdowns. Burks has two years of eligibility remaining and should be a primary focal point of the Sooners’ offense as they settle into the SEC.

LSU has the lowest-ranked transfer class in the SEC, but while it is a modest haul of just six players, half of them hold four-star ratings. That includes CJ Daniels, who joins the program as a potential replacement for some of the tremendous production the Tigers lost from last year’s receiving corps. He elevated his status in a major way throughout his Liberty career, joining the Flames in 2020 as a two-star recruit and leaving as one of the top wide receivers in the transfer portal. He is fresh off his first 1,000-yard campaign and racked up 10 touchdowns in his final year at Liberty.

“Juice” Wells played in only three games this season due to a lower-body injury and caught three passes for 37 yards. He was the Gamecocks’ leading pass-catcher in 2022 with 928 yards receiving and six touchdowns and is one of the highlights of the Rebels’ top-ranked transfer class. He and fellow transfer receiver Devin Price should bolster an Ole Miss pass-catching corp poised to be on of the SEC’s best in 2024.

Georgia lost far more than it brought in, with 20 players departing from the program and just six joining the mix. That is not necessarily a problem for the Bulldogs, though, considering their remarkable success in recruiting the high school ranks. The few newcomers are notable ones, with London Humphreys headlining the list as a four-star receiver and Vanderbilt’s second-leading target by yardage from the 2023 season. The big-play threat averaged 20 yards per catch, which would have ranked No. 9 nationally had he qualified for a spot on the national leaderboard.

Oregon lost one of its top receivers from this past season, Troy Franklin, to the NFL Draft but countered that departure with a major transfer portal pickup. Former Texas A&M five-star wideout Evan Stewart is set to join the Ducks in 2024. Undoubtedly one of the best at his position, Stewart ranked as the top wide receiver in the 2022 high school recruiting class. He had two productive seasons with the Aggies before transferring out. Stewart totaled 1,163 yards and six touchdowns on 91 receptions while playing in 18 games. The 6-foot, 175-pounder averaged 12.8 yards per catch.