Star Thomas and Riley Leonard headline top transfer performances from Week 5

With a full slate of games this weekend there were countless 2023/2024 transfers who shined. Here are some of the top performances:

QB Riley Leonard, Notre Dame (Duke)

Leonard completed 17 of 23 passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns during a 31-24 victory over Louisville. He also rushed for 52 yards and one touchdown on 13 carries.

QB Cam Ward, Miami-Florida (Washington State)

Ward completed 24 of 38 passes for 343 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions during a 38-34 victory over Virginia Tech. He also had a 17-yard touchdown run.

QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon (Oklahoma)

Gabriel completed 31 of 41 passes for 278 yards, three touchdowns and one interception during a 34-13 victory at UCLA.

QB Chandler Morris, North Texas (TCU)

Morris completed 22 of 34 passes for 439 yards and five touchdowns during a 52-20 victory over Tulsa.

QB Will Rogers, Washington (Mississippi State)

Rogers completed 26 of 36 passes for 306 yards and two touchdowns during a 21-18 loss at Rutgers.

QB Hajj-Malik Williams, UNLV (Campbell)

Williams completed 13 of 16 passes for 182 yards and three touchdowns during a 59-14 victory over Fresno State. He also rushed for 119 yards and one touchdown on 12 carries.

QB Brendan Sorsby, Cincinnati (Indiana)

Sorsby completed 31 of 45 passes for 426 yards, four touchdowns and one interception during a 44-41 loss at Texas Tech. He also rushed for 52 yards on 12 carries.

QB Will Howard, Ohio State (Kansas State)

Howard completed 21 of 31 passes for 244 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during a 38-7 victory at Michigan State. He also had a rushing touchdown.

QB Jordan McCloud, Texas State (James Madison)

McCloud completed 29 of 39 passes for 326 yards and three touchdowns during a 40-39 loss to Sam Houston.

QB Hank Bachmeier, Wake Forest (Louisiana Tech)

Bachmeier completed 29 of 35 passes for 254 yards, one touchdown and one interception during a 41-38 loss to Louisiana. He also rushed for 65 yards on eight carries.

WR Elijah Sarratt, Indiana (James Madison)

Sarratt finished with seven receptions for 128 yards and one touchdown during a 42-28 victory over Maryland.

WR Jackson Meeks, Syracuse (Georgia)

Meeks finished with 10 receptions for 161 yards and one touchdown during a 42-14 victory over Holy Cross.

WR Skyler Bell, UConn (Wisconsin)

Bell finished with six receptions for 153 yards and three touchdowns during a 47-3 victory over Buffalo.

WR Dorian Singer, Utah (USC)

Singer finished with nine receptions for 155 yards during a 23-10 loss to Arizona.

WR Mario Williams, Tulane (USC)

Williams finished with four receptions for 94 yards and two touchdowns during a 45-10 victory over USF.

WR Jakobie Keeney-James, UMass (Eastern Washington)

Keeney-James finished with four receptions for 150 yards and one touchdown during a 23-20 overtime loss to Miami-Ohio.

WR Ja’Corey Brooks, Louisville (Alabama)

Brooks finished with five receptions for 71 yards and two touchdowns during a 31-24 loss at Notre Dame.

WR Jaden Williams, Texas State (Boston College)

Williams finished with 10 receptions for 133 yards during a 40-39 loss to Sam Houston.

WR Louis Brown IV, San Diego State (Colorado State)

Brown finished with eight receptions for 149 yards during a 22-21 loss at Central Michigan.

WR Coleman Owen, Ohio (Northern Arizona)

Owen finished with six receptions for 130 yards and two touchdowns during a 30-10 victory over Akron.

WR Josh Kelly, Texas Tech (Washington State)

Kelly finished with eight receptions for 111 yards during a 44-41 victory over Cincinnati.

WR O’Mega Blake, Charlotte (East Carolina/South Carolina)

Blake finished with five receptions for 153 yards and two touchdowns during a 21-20 victory at Rice.

WR Will Sheppard, Colorado (Vanderbilt)

Sheppard finished with four receptions for 99 yards and one touchdown during a 48-21 victory at UCF.

WR Eric McAlister, TCU (Boise State)

McAlister finished with four receptions for 100 yards and one touchdown during a 38-27 victory at Kansas.

WR Omari Kelly, Middle Tennessee State (Auburn)

Kelly finished with six receptions for 174 yards during a 24-7 loss at Memphis.

WR Ted Hurst, Georgia State (D2 Valdosta State)

Hurst finished with four receptions for 112 yards and one touchdown during a 38-22 loss to Georgia Southern.

WR Kris Hutson, Washington State (Oregon)

Hutson finished with nine receptions for 126 yards during a 45-24 loss at Boise State.

TE Pat Conroy, Old Dominion (Merrimack)

Conroy finished with three receptions for 99 yards and two touchdowns during a 30-27 victory at Bowling Green.

RB Star Thomas, Duke (New Mexico State)

Thomas rushed for 166 yards and one touchdown on 30 carries during a 21-20 victory over North Carolina. He also had two receptions for 45 yards and one touchdown.

RB Jaden Nixon, Western Michigan (Oklahoma State)

Nixon rushed for 146 yards and one touchdown on 23 carries during a 27-20 loss to Marshall.

RB Jonah Coleman, Washington (Arizona)

Coleman rushed for 148 yards on 16 carries during a 21-18 loss at Rutgers.

RB Mario Anderson Jr., Memphis (South Carolina)

Anderson rushed for 118 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries during a 24-7 victory over Middle Tennessee State.

RB Brashard Smith, SMU (Miami-Florida)

Smith rushed for 129 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries during a 42-16 victory over Florida State. He also had three receptions for 50 yards.

RB Delbert Mimms, Eastern Michigan (NC State)

Mimms rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries during a 52-33 victory at Kent State.

RB NaQuari Rogers, New Mexico (Campbell)

Rogers rushed for 122 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries during a 50-40 victory at New Mexico State.

RB CJ Campbell, Florida Atlantic (Florida State)

Campbell rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries during a 41-10 victory over Wagner.

LB Stone Blanton, Mississippi State (South Carolina)

Blanton finished with 10 tackles, 1 tackle for loss and .5 sacks during a 35-13 loss at Texas.

LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Kentucky (Georgia)

Dumas-Johnson finished with 7 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and .5 sacks during a 20-17 victory at Ole Miss.

LB Nikhai Hill-Green, Colorado (Charlotte)

Hill-Green finished with a team-high nine tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and one pass breakup during a 48-21 victory at UCF.

LB Elijah Herring, Memphis (Tennessee)

Herring finished with a team-high 10 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks during a 24-7 victory over Middle Tennessee State.

LB Aiden Fisher, Indiana (James Madison)

Fisher finished with a team-high 12 tackles, .5 sacks and .5 tackles for loss during a 42-28 victory over Maryland.

LB Tyquan King, Temple (East Carolina)

King finished with a team-high 14 tackles during a 42-14 loss to Army.

LB Ozzie Nicholas, Duke (Princeton)

Nicholas finished with 10 tackles and .5 tackles for loss during a 21-20 victory over North Carolina.

DB Domani Jackson, Alabama (USC)
Jackson finished with seven tackles, one pass breakup and one interception during a 41-34 victory over Georgia.

DB DeAngelo Ponds, Indiana (James Madison)

Ponds finished with 10 tackles, one pass breakup and .5 tackles for loss during a 42-28 victory over Maryland.

DB Bryan Addison, UCLA (Oregon)

Addison finished with eight tackles, one pass breakup and one interception during a 34-13 loss to Oregon.

DB Jalen Catalon, UNLV (Texas)

Catalon finished with a team-high 10 tackles, one pass breakup and one interception during a 59-14 victory over Fresno State.

DB Devin Grant, Syracuse (Buffalo)

Grant finished with four tackles, two tackles for loss and two pass breakups during a 42-14 victory over Holy Cross.

DB Dezz Ricks, Texas A&M (Alabama)

Ricks finished with five tackles, one pass breakup and one interception during a 21-17 victory over Arkansas.

DB Jakeen Harris, North Carolina (NC State)

Harris had a team-high 11 tackles and two pass breakups during a 21-20 loss at Duke.

DL Princely Umanmielen, Ole Miss (Florida)

Umanmielen finished with five tackles, three tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks during a 20-17 loss to Kentucky.

DL Derrick Harmon, Oregon (Michigan State)

Harmon finished with five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and .5 sacks during a 34-13 victory at UCLA.

DL Mikail Kamara, Indiana (James Madison)

Kamara finished with seven tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack during a 42-28 victory over Maryland.

DL Samuel Okunlola, Colorado (Pittsburgh)

Okunlola finished with five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack during a 48-21 victory at UCF.

DL Etinosa Reuben, UMass (Georgia Tech)

Reuben finished with seven tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack during a 23-20 overtime loss to Miami-Ohio.