With the transfer portal taking such a big role in the world of recruiting we have decided to break it out from the traditional HS/JUCO thread.

Transfer Tracker​

Transfer Search​

OUT:

CB - Syrus Dumas
CB - Xavier Spencer
CB - Kam Alexander
CB - Dywan Griffin
S - Je’von Dabon
S - Cinque Williams
LB - Trey Moore
LB - Avery Morris
LB - Rodney Groce
RB - Keadric Cobbs
OL - Daniel Ogundipe


IN:

OL - CJ James
OL - Kamar Missouri
OL - Jaylen Garth
WR - JJ Sparkman
WR - DJ Allen
DL - Daemian Wimberly
LB - Brevin Randle
LB - Ian Jackson
S - Jermarius Lewis
CB - Zach Morris
CB - Denver Harris

SAN ANTONIO — UTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor on Wednesday announced that the program has added seven transfers to the 2024 signing class, which now numbers 22 signees.



The Roadrunners welcomed Jaylen Garth (Port Neches, Texas/Port Neches-Groves/Houston), Denver Harris (Houston, Texas/North Shore HS/LSU), Ian Jackson (Prattville, Ala./Prattville HS/Alabama), Jermarius Lewis (Summit, Miss./North Pike HS/New Mexico), Kamar Missouri (Baltimore, Md./Mergenthaler-Vo Tech HS/Rutgers), Zach Morris (Highland Village, Texas/Flower Mound Marcus HS/New Mexico) and Brevin Randle (Marshall, Texas/Marshall HS/Louisiana Tech) to the program this week.



The seven transfers join early signees DJ Allen (Gladewater, Texas/Gladewater HS/TCU), Mekhi Anderson (Tampa, Fla./Armwood HS), Briley Brown (Helotes, Texas/O’Connor HS), Caile Hogan (Eltham North, Australia/Marcellin College), Davion Hurth (Mesquite, Texas/Horn HS), CJ James (Springfield, Mass./Central HS/New Mexico), Kenyan Kelly (Denison, Texas/Denison HS), Nate Markiewicz (McKinney, Texas/North HS), Jonah Miller (Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic HS/Santa Rosa [Calif.] JC), Elijah Newell (Maumelle, Ark./Maumelle HS), Chidera Otutu (Pflugerville, Texas/Weiss HS), Zechariah Robinson (Brookshire, Texas/Royal HS), JJ Sparkman (Longview, Texas/Pine Tree HS/Texas Tech), Joseph Ugwu Jr. (Katy, Texas/Paetow HS) and Daemian Wimberly (Austin, Texas/Vandegrift HS/SMU).



The group features 14 players from the state of Texas, one apiece from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts and Mississippi, as well as one from Australia. Of the players from the Lone Star State, four hail from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex/North Texas, three each are from the Greater Houston Area and East Texas, two call Central Texas home and one apiece come from San Antonio and Southeast Texas.



Eleven of the players are slated to play on the offensive side of the ball, 10 are pegged for the defense and one is a specialist.



Ten of the players are joining the Roadrunners from the high school ranks — including seven from Texas — while the other dozen are transfers who were part of FBS programs.

SAN ANTONIO — UTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor on Thursday announced that he has elevated Hunter Rittimann to assistant coach. A veteran of the Roadrunners’ staff since 2018, he will oversee the Roadrunners’ tight ends.



Rittimann moved into his new role following a two-year stint as UTSA’s Director of High School Relations. Prior to that, the San Antonio native was a graduate assistant for the offense for four seasons. During his time on staff, he has primarily worked with tight ends (2021-23) and wide receivers (2018-20), helping the Roadrunners to 46 wins, two conference championships and four bowl appearances.



In 2023, Rittimann helped the Roadrunners to a 9-4 record, including a 7-1 league mark in their debut campaign in the American Athletic Conference, and the program’s first bowl win with a 35-17 victory over Marshall in the Frisco Bowl. UTSA’s tight ends combined to catch 44 passes for 411 yards. Oscar Cardenas was named third-team all-conference after posting 32 receptions for 280 yards and a pair of touchdowns.



Rittimann helped guide UTSA to an 11-3 record, a second straight Conference USA Championship, a national ranking as high as No. 22, and a third consecutive bowl appearance in 2022. The tight ends hauled in 51 passes for 672 yards and three TDs, paced by Cardenas, who caught 31 balls for 438 yards and two scores en route to honorable mention all-league accolades. Overall, the offense set program records with 6,664 total offense yards, 476.0 yards per game, 4,210 passing yards, 300.7 passing yards per game, 34 passing touchdowns, 362 first downs and 25.9 first downs per game.



In 2021, Rittimann worked with the tight ends and helped the Roadrunners post a 12-2 record, earn a national ranking as high as No. 15, capture the program’s first league crown and make their second straight bowl game. The offense set single-season program records for total points (516) and points per game (36.9) with the tight ends combining to catch 28 passes for 357 yards and three touchdowns.



Rittimann helped mentor the wide receivers for his first three years on the UTSA staff. In 2020, the unit combined for 170 receptions, 1,923 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns, while helping lead a balanced offensive attack that piled up 2,399 passing yards and a school-record 2,585 rushing yards. UTSA won seven games, finished second in the C-USA West Division and made the program’s first bowl appearance since 2016.



During his time as a graduate assistant, he also helped coordinate on-campus events such as junior days as well as official and unofficial visits.



Rittimann was a member of the Texas Tech football program in 2014-16 under then-head coach Kliff Kingsbury, playing quarterback, wide receiver and on special teams.



He played quarterback at San Antonio Johnson High School under his father, head coach Ron Rittimann. He was a first-team All-District 26-5A and honorable mention Class 5A All-State selection as a senior in 2013 after throwing for 2,898 yards and 32 touchdowns on 158-of-252 passing.



Rittimann earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas Tech in 2017 and his master’s degree in health and kinesiology from UTSA in 2020.

SAN ANTONIO — UTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor on Wednesday announced that he has named Zach Brown, a four-year veteran of the Roadrunners staff, as the program’s special teams coordinator and nickels coach.



Brown has moved into his new role after a two-year stint as UTSA’s Director of Player Personnel. Prior to that, he was a defensive analyst for two seasons which included serving as Senior Analyst and Director of Defensive Recruiting in 2021. He has primarily worked with the nickel/“money” backer position during his time in San Antonio.



During Brown’s time on the UTSA staff, the Roadrunners have enjoyed the most successful four-year run in program history with a 39-14 overall record, 27-4 regular season league mark, two conference championships and four straight bowl appearances.



Brown joined the UTSA program prior to the 2020 season. He was a defensive analyst before being promoted to interim linebackers coach that November. The Roadrunners won seven games, finished second in the Conference USA West Division and made the program’s first bowl appearance since 2016. The defense led the conference in sacks (25), tackles for loss (85), interceptions (11), takeaways (19) and turnover margin (+7). In fact, the Roadrunners ranked in the top 30 nationally in five categories — 19th in turnovers gained, 23rd in passes intercepted, 25th in fumbles recovered (8), 26th in turnover margin and 29th in tackles for loss per game (7.1).



In 2021, Brown helped UTSA post a 12-2 record, earn a national ranking as high as No. 15, capture the Conference USA crown and make a second straight and third overall bowl game. The defense recorded the first two shutouts in school history with a 54-0 rout of Lamar and a 45-0 blanking of Rice. The Roadrunners ranked 14th in the country in rushing defense (114.7 ypg) and fourth nationally with 14 fumble recoveries, and they set school standards for sacks (33) and sacks per game (2.4).



Brown was integral in the emergence of Clarence Hicks as one the league’s top defenders in 2021, as the honorable mention All-American set a then-school record with 10.5 sacks and registered 16.5 tackles for loss, 37 total tackles, six quarterback hurries, two pass breakups, one interception and a forced fumble en route to first-team all-conference accolades.



The 2022 campaign saw the Roadrunners finish with an 11-3 record, earn a national ranking as high as No. 22, capture a second straight league title and make a third consecutive bowl trip. UTSA ranked 25th nationally with 22 takeaways and finished in the top three in the league in several categories, including sacks (6.6 per game), interceptions (15) and red zone defense (.812). Dadrian Taylor picked up honorable mention all-conference recognition after posting 36 tackles, four tackles for loss, one sack, six pass breakups, two quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, one forced fumble and a 73-yard interception return, giving him the program record with three pick sixes.



In 2023, Brown helped guide UTSA to a 9-4 record, including a 7-1 mark in its debut season in the American Athletic Conference. The Roadrunners capped the year with the program’s first bowl win, a 35-17 victory over Marshall in the Frisco Bowl. The defense broke program single-season records with 46 sacks, 99 tackles for loss and 56 quarterback hurries, finishing the year ranked second nationally with 3.54 sacks per game and fifth in the FBS with 7.6 tackles for loss per contest. Individually, Donyai Taylor garnered second-team all-league accolades after recording 46 tackles, seven TFLs, two sacks, six QB hurries, two pass breakups, a 78-yard interception return and a 19-yard fumble return.



Prior to joining the Roadrunners, Brown spent three seasons at Ole Miss. He was a graduate assistant in 2017 before being promoted to Player Personnel Analyst for the defense for the 2018 and ’19 campaigns. The Rebels climbed from 113th in the FBS to 60th in points allowed per game during his tenure. He worked directly with five defensive backs who went on to the NFL including Javien Hamilton, Myles Hartsfield, A.J. Moore, C.J. Moore and Ken Webster.



Brown spent two years at St. Lawrence University, an NCAA Division III member of the Liberty League. He was a graduate assistant and defensive backs coach in 2015 before being elevated to the full-time defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator in 2016.



During his time in Canton, New York, the Saints won back-to-back Liberty League Championships. St. Lawrence ranked second nationally in scoring defense and 10th in total defense in 2016 after finishing the previous season sixth in the nation with 23 interceptions and 16th in pass defense (159.6 ypg). Leondre Simmon was named an All-American and first-team all-conference at cornerback, while James Holley-Grisham garnered first-team all-league honors both seasons and was named 2015 Liberty League Special Teams Player of the Year as a punt returner.



He spent the 2013 season at Columbia as a volunteer defensive intern before being promoted to quality control for that side of the ball in 2014. He worked with the outside linebackers and defensive backs during his time with the Lions.



Brown got his coaching start at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, New York, for one season before joining the staff at Skaneateles (N.Y.) High School for three years.



Brown earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Syracuse in 2012 and his master’s degree in journalism from Columbia in 2014.



He and his wife, Samantha, have a daughter, Ariya.

SAN ANTONIO — UTSA head football coach Jeff Traylor on Tuesday announced that he has hired Galen Scott as defensive pass game coordinator and linebackers coach.



Scott comes to San Antonio from Louisiana, where he was the Ragin’ Cajuns’ inside linebackers coach for three seasons. During his time in Lafayette, he coached five all-conference players and helped lead the program to 25 wins and a conference championship.



This past season, Scott helped guide the Ragin’ Cajuns to six wins and a bowl appearance. He coached K.C. Ossai to honorable mention All-Sun Belt Conference accolades after he led the team in tackles with 95 and posted 4.5 tackles for loss, one sack, three quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.



In 2022, Scott mentored Jourdan Quibodeaux to second-team all-league honors after he recorded a team-high 107 tackles to go with 4.5 tackles for loss and a sack. Kris Moncrief also earned All-Sun Belt honors after registering 74 tackles, 6.0 TFL and 2.5 sacks.

In his first season in Lafayette, Scott helped the Ragin’ Cajuns capture the Sun Belt Conference Championship with a perfect 8-0 league ledger and a 13-1 overall record capped by a 36-21 victory over Marshall in the New Orleans Bowl. Individually, Lorenzo McCaskill was named All-Sun Belt Conference after pacing the team with 85 tackles to go with two tackles for loss, three quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery. Additionally, all-conference linebacker Ferrod Gardner was credited with 67 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks and an interception. That duo helped Louisiana rank 11th nationally in scoring defense (18.5) and 22nd nationally in total defense (334.6).

Prior to his time with the Ragin’ Cajuns, Scott spent two seasons at North Texas, where he worked with the linebackers. His unit was paced by KD Davis, who led the team in tackles in 2019 and 2020 en route to earning honorable mention All-Conference USA honors.

Prior to his time on the Mean Green staff, Scott was the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Virginia Tech in 2016-17. He helped the Hokies to a pair of bowl game appearances and a 10-win season in 2016 that saw Virginia Tech win the ACC Coastal Division and defeat Arkansas in the Belk Bowl. The Hokies ranked among the top-15 defenses in the country both seasons, as well as ranking within the top 10 against the pass each year.

While with Virginia Tech, he coached six All-ACC performers who went on to sign contracts in the NFL, including Tremaine Edmunds, who was First Team All-ACC and was the 16th overall pick by the Buffalo Bills (2018), and Terrell Edmunds, who was a Second Team All-ACC selection and was the 28th overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Before joining Virginia Tech, Scott spent six seasons at Memphis, coaching the linebackers before becoming the defensive coordinator in his final season. He helped the Tigers to three bowl game appearances, including a share of the American Athletic Conference Championship and a top-25 finish in 2014.

In 2014, the Tigers had a top-25 defense nationally and top-20 defense against the run. The following season, Scott helped lead the Tigers to one of the biggest wins in program history, a 37-24 victory over No. 13 Ole Miss on the way to a nine-win campaign after losing 11 starters on defense from the previous season. The win over the Rebels was the program’s first against a ranked opponent since 1996.

Scott was responsible for recruiting and coaching Dontari Poe, who was the 11th overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. He also recruited Tony Pollard, who was named the AAC Special Teams Player of the Year in both 2016 and 2017 before being drafted in the fourth round by the Dallas Cowboys (2019).

He spent two seasons at Tulsa as the outside linebackers and secondary coach, helping the Golden Hurricane claim a pair of Conference USA West division titles. While at Tulsa, Scott recruited and coached all-league linebacker Dexter McCoil, who went on to become a Grey Cup champion (2015) and was named Canadian Football League Rookie of the Year (2014).

Scott began his collegiate coaching career at his alma mater, Illinois State, for seven seasons, including two as the defensive coordinator. Scott was named the 2005 AFCA FCS Assistant Coach of the Year with the Redbirds. During that time, he coached five players who were named conference Defensive Player of the Year in five consecutive seasons – Boomer Grigsby (2002-2004), Brent Hawkins (2005) and Cameron Siscowic (2006).

Grigsby was a fifth round selection by the Chiefs (2005), Hawkins was a fifth round selection by the Jacksonville Jaguars (2006) and Siskowic was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals, before signing with the Minnesota Vikings later in the 2006 season.

During the 2005 season, while Scott was defensive coordinator, he helped lead the Redbirds to the NCAA Playoffs for the first time since 1994 and his defense ranked within the top five nationally and second in the conference.

In addition to his prowess on the defensive side of the ball, he also recruited 2005 Gateway Offensive Player of the Year, wide receiver Laurent Robinson, who was a 2007 NFL Draft third round pick by the Atlanta Falcons.

Scott was a three-time All-America linebacker for the Redbirds and graduated as the school's all-time leading tackler, before Grigsby, coached by Scott, broke the ISU record.

Scott is married to Tashauna Scott and they have two children, Reid and Ryan.

Here’s the first reported change of the cycle. Would not be surprised to see a few more.

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The dead period is over. That means official visits are back. Below is a list of recruits visiting this week:

RB - Darwin Barlow - USC

LB - Brevin Randle - LA. Tech

LB - Max Harris - ULM

S - Jermarius Lewis - New Mexico

CB- Zachary Morris - New Mexico

QB - Diego Pavia - New Mexico State

OL - Jaylen Garth - Houston

OL - Kamar Missouri - Rutgers

First one of the day.

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Javi or Stephen. I’ve heard from a few different folks i trust that Frank isn’t playing tonight. Anything on y’all’s end?

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Small group to end the week:

WR - DJ Allen - TCU

WR - Mekhi Anderson - Armwood HS [FL]

IRVING, Texas — The American Athletic Conference on Wednesday unveiled the scheduling model for conference games that will be in place for the 2024 season.



UTSA will host four AAC games in 2024, welcoming Florida Atlantic, Memphis, North Texas and Temple to the Alamodome.



The Roadrunners will hit the road for league games versus Army, East Carolina, Rice and Tulsa.



The 2024 season will be The American's second with 14 football-playing institutions as Army West Point joins the conference. The schedule format calls for each team to play eight conference games, with four home games and four road contests for each team. The scheduling model was approved by The American's athletic directors this week.



The American will continue with a single-division format in 2024. The top two teams in the final regular-season standings will qualify for the American Athletic Conference Championship Game.



The full 2024 conference schedule will be announced in February.



UTSA’s 2024 season opener is set for Aug. 31 against Kennesaw State at the Alamodome. The Roadrunners will travel in back-to-back weeks to Texas State (Sept. 7) and Texas (Sept. 14) before they close out the non-conference slate on Sept. 21 against Houston Christian.



Fans can purchase 2024 season tickets online or by calling the UTSA Ticket Office at 210-458-UTSA (8872) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday excluding holidays. Current UTSA football season-ticket holders may renew their tickets today by logging into their UTSA Account Manager.



UTSA (8-4) will wrap up the 2023 campaign on Tuesday, Dec. 19, against Marshall (6-6) in the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. at Toyota Stadium and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.



Tickets for the bowl game are available by clicking here. For more information, please visit goUTSA.com/bowlcentral.

SAN ANTONIO - In its first season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, UTSA saw fans respond with record-breaking attendance numbers and ticket sales for the fall sports of football, volleyball and soccer.



Football

• UTSA football averaged 28,876 fans during the 2023 season, which marked the fourth-highest average regular-season attendance in program history and was approximately 2,000 more fans per game than in the 2022 regular season.
• The Roadrunners posted a total attendance of 173,258 fans, marking the highest regular-season attendance total for the Roadrunners since welcoming 175,282 fans in 2013.
• Over the course of the 2023 season, UTSA welcomed 15,486 students to home football games, which marked the program’s highest student total attendance figure since the inaugural season of 2011.

Soccer

• The UTSA soccer team ranked No. 1 in the American Athletic Conference this season in both total and average attendance with more than 7,000 fans attending games this season.
• The 2023 UTSA soccer attendance broke the 2007 season’s attendance record of 6,634 total fans.
• The Roadrunners ranked top-45 in the nation in women’s soccer attendance.
• UTSA’s crowd of 1,397 fans at the Aug. 17 season opener against Central Arkansas marked the highest attendance in Coach Derek Pittman’s tenure.

Volleyball

• UTSA recorded the highest attendance in program history with more than 11,000 fans passing through the turnstiles during the 2023 campaign.
• UTSA volleyball season ticket sales more than doubled in 2023 from the previous year.
• Four matches in 2023 featured an attendance of 1,000 or more fans.

Here's the official visit list for this weekend:

CB - Anthony Pinnace - Independence C.C.

OL - Collin James - New Mexico

DB - Caleb Williams - Pear River C.C.

DB - Elijah Newell - Maumelle HS

DL - Daemian Wimberly - SMU

LB - Udoka Ezeani - Butler C.C.

LB - Ty'Metrius Patterson - Independence C.C.

WR - Jalynn "JJ" Sparkman - Texas Tech

TE - Nate Markiewicz - McKinney North - [COMMIT]

OL - Briley Brown - O'Connor - [COMMIT]

Here's the list of recruits on campus right now:

OL - Josh Kaltenberger - Purdue

QB - Dexter Williams - Indiana

OL - Dakota White - La. Tech

OL - Stacey Wilkins - ULM

WR - Trent Hudson - New Mexico State

WR - Loic Fouonji - Texas Tech