All the portal madness has just about passed.

Missouri football is still more than 100 days away from starting its 2025 campaign. Spring practices have wrapped up across the country. Offseason practices are the only thing standing between the present and players reporting for fall camp.

The transfer portal is, in an overwhelming majority of cases, closed for new entrants, too. That means nearly all of the movement fans should expect has already occurred, and rosters, in most cases, are close to what they will look like in the fall.

So, what’s new?

And how has the movement — which saw more than 3,000 FBS players enter the portal across two windows — changed what Mizzou will come up against?

Here is the best transfer at each team that Missouri will face in the 2025 season, with some honorable mentions thrown in for good measure.

Game 1: Central Arkansas DE Jakobe Shell (Henderson State)



Shell put up big numbers at the Division-II level, with seven sacks and 12 tackles for loss en route to first-team All-Great American Conference recognition.

Game 2: Kansas RB Leshon Williams (Iowa)



Williams found himself buried behind third-round NFL Draft pick Kaleb Johnson on the Iowa roster last season, but is a promising tailback to replace league-bound Devin Neal. He rushed for 821 yards on 4.8 yards per carry in 2023, which earned him All-Big Ten honorable mention recognition.

Game 3: Louisiana QB Walker Howard ( Ole Miss )



The former blue-chip prospect has played reserve minutes at both LSU and Ole Miss and will likely get his chance as a starter in his hometown with the Ragin’ Cajuns. Howard was a former top 50 player in his class but has only thrown 10 passes in his three-year college career.

Game 4: South Carolina RB Rahsul Faison (Utah State)



The Gamecocks are still waiting for an eligibility waiver for Faison, a Utah State transfer who started his college career in 2019 at Marshall. If and when that comes, he projects to be an experienced transfer addition to the backfield, which would partner well with mobile QB LaNorris Sellers. Faison rushed for 1,109 yards and eight touchdowns last season.

One noteworthy sidebar: Mizzou transfer defensive end Jaylen Brown appears to have missed most of the spring with an injury. It's unclear how he will fit into the Gamecocks' plans in 2025.

Game 5: UMass QB Grant Jordan (Yale)



Jordan is a graduate transfer from Yale and is the probable starter for the Minutemen when they arrive in Columbia for Mizzou’s homecoming game. In nine games with Yale, he threw for 1,938 passing yards with 22 touchdowns and three interceptions.

Game 6: Alabama LB Nikhai Hill-Green (Colorado)



In 10 games with Colorado last season, Hill-Green totaled two sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, five pass deflections, two interceptions and 73 total tackles. Alongside returning star Deontae Lawson at linebacker, the Buffs transfer should immediately carve out an important role on Kane Wommack’s defense.

Game 7: Auburn WR Eric Singleton Jr. (Georgia Tech)



Singleton was one of the best available players in the transfer portal this offseason after logging more than 1,000 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns last season on a run-first and run-often Georgia Tech team.

The wideout will be catching passes from OU transfer Jackson Arnold in the fall in an offense that needs to take a step forward to give head coach Hugh Freeze some job security.

Game 8: Vanderbilt S CJ Heard (FAU)



Heard looks to have locked up a starting role for Vanderbilt next season. He registered 80 tackles, one forced fumble and a pass breakup in his true freshman season at Florida Atlantic.

Game 9: Texas A&M WR Kevin Concepcion (NC State)



Concepcion was the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2023 after catching 71 passes for 839 yards and 10 touchdowns as a true freshman. He’s now a promising weapon for starting quarterback Marcel Reed, who at times looked limited in the passing game at times last season. Concepcion ought to help with that.

Game 10: Mississippi State RB Fluff Bothwell (South Alabama)



One of the best names in college football is taking his talents from the Sun Belt to the SEC. Bothwell had a tremendous freshman season at South Alabama, rushing for 832 yards — on 7.5 yards per carry, no less — and 13 touchdowns.

Game 11: Oklahoma QB John Mateer (Washington State)



Mateer was one of the top transfers of the offseason, and, like most expected, he followed his offensive coordinator, Ben Arbuckle, to Norman. The high-octane QB passed for 3,139 yards, 29 touchdowns and seven interceptions last season. He rushed for 826 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Honorable mention here: Cal transfer running back Jaydn Ott, who registered 20 touchdowns and more than 2,000 rushing yards over the past two seasons.

More: Missouri football depth chart projection: Who will start on Mizzou's offense in the fall?

Game 12: Arkansas OT Corey Robinson II (Georgia Tech)



One of Arkansas’ biggest needs was protection for quarterback Taylen Green, who took far too many sacks last season for the offense to succeed. Now, OC Bobby Petrino has a dominant blocker in Robinson, who gives the Razorbacks a sturdy 6-5, 302-pound presence at left tackle.

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