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Dylan RaiolaNebraskaQB | Sophomore | 4,819 career passing yards, 31 TDs at Nebraska. Experienced backup behind Moore. Insurance policy and future starter.
Simeon PriceColoradoRB | Sixth-year Senior | Came via Mississippi State and Coastal Carolina before Colorado. Adds depth to a backfield that lost three scholarship backs in the portal.
Koi PerichMinnesotaS | Sophomore | No. 1 ranked safety in the portal. Freshman All-American with 5 INTs in 2024. Two-way player. Oregon's biggest portal get.
D'Antre RobinsonNorth CarolinaDL | Junior | Former four-star recruit (#262 overall out of HS). 56 career tackles, 5.5 TFL, 2 sacks across Florida and UNC. Two years of eligibility. DL depth behind Washington and Alexander.
Jerome SimmonsLouisiana MonroeDL | R-Senior | 6-4, 330 lbs. Short-yardage specialist. Played at South Carolina and Highland CC before ULM. 10 tackles in 2025. Adds interior DL size and depth.
Andrew OleshPenn StateTE | Freshman | Highly rated tight end. Early enrollee.
Dayton RaiolaSigned (HS)TE/ATH | Freshman | Dylan Raiola's younger brother. Converting from QB to TE. Led Buford (GA) to 15-0 state title.
Outgoing Transfers
PlayerPosDetails
Makhi HughesRBTransferred out after 2025 season.
Jayden LimarRBTransferred out after 2025 season.
Jay HarrisRBPlayed in the Peach Bowl (16 carries, 35 yards, 1 TD) despite being in the portal
Austin NovosadQBBackup QB departed.
Kyle KasperWRFirst Oregon player to enter the portal this cycle.
Jericho JohnsonDLFollowed Tosh Lupoi to Cal.
Kingston LopaSFollowed Tosh Lupoi to Cal.
The 2025-26 transfer portal window reshaped Oregon's roster in ways no one expected. After the Peach Bowl loss to Indiana, the running back room emptied out. Both coordinators left for head coaching jobs. Oregon responded by promoting from within and adding targeted transfers to fill specific gaps.
Coaching Changes
CoachRoleDetails
Will SteinOffensive CoordinatorLeft for Kentucky head coaching job. Replaced by Drew Mehringer (promoted from within).
Tosh LupoiDefensive CoordinatorNamed head coach at Cal. Replaced by Chris Hampton (promoted from within).
The Big Picture
Oregon lost 30 players to the portal this cycle, the most significant being the running back exodus (Hughes, Limar, Harris all gone) and a cluster of defensive linemen who followed Tosh Lupoi to Cal. But the response was targeted and elite. Koi Perich from Minnesota is the top-ranked safety in the portal. Dylan Raiola from Nebraska gives Moore an experienced backup. The defensive line restocked through the portal and the recruiting class. The coordinator turnover is real, but Lanning's choice to promote from within signals continuity over disruption.
Portal + Recruiting: How They Layer
The transfer portal and the recruiting class are two halves of the same roster strategy. The 2026 recruiting class added five five-star freshmen to restock the secondary and offensive line for the long term. The portal filled the immediate gaps. Dylan Raiola gives Oregon a proven backup QB and Dante Moore's successor. Koi Perich (Minnesota) was the No. 1 safety in the portal. Simeon Price (Colorado) adds running back depth after three scholarship backs left. The recruits are the future. The portal transfers are the present. Lanning is building both at the same time.
What Oregon Gained
Quarterback Depth
Dylan Raiola is a former five-star with 22 career starts at Nebraska. He is not competing with Dante Moore for the starting job. He is the insurance policy and the 2027 successor. That kind of QB depth is rare in college football.
Safety Upgrade
Koi Perich from Minnesota was the No. 1 ranked safety in the portal. Freshman All-American with 5 INTs in 2024. Two-way player. Oregon's biggest portal get fills the biggest need in the secondary.
Defensive Line Depth
D'Antre Robinson (North Carolina) and Jerome Simmons add interior depth after multiple DL departures via the portal. Chris Hampton needed rotational bodies behind the starters. He got them.
Spring Practice: How Transfers Are Performing
The portal additions are earning their place. Simeon Price (Colorado) is back from his season-ending injury and, per RB coach Samples, "brings consistency to the room" through work ethic and film study habits. D'Antre Robinson has impressed DL coach Tuioti as "a big body who is athletic and he can run." Jerome Simmons is providing the size and space-eating presence Hampton asked for. And Dante Moore called Dylan Raiola "special," with the two building a genuine brotherhood through shared music and mutual gym sessions. These were not panic moves. Every portal pickup is doing exactly what Oregon brought them to do.
Both coordinators left. Will Stein to Kentucky (head coach). Tosh Lupoi to Cal (DC). That is two play-callers who ran the offense and defense during back-to-back CFP runs. Drew Mehringer and Chris Hampton were promoted from within, so the system stays, but the voice changes.
Offensive Line Starters
Lost LG Emmanuel Pregnon, LT Alex Harkey, and RT Isaiah World. Three of five starters gone. Center Iapani Laloulu and RG Dave Iuli return, but the rest is a rebuild. This is the biggest concern on the 2026 roster.
Running Back Room
Three scholarship backs left via the portal. The backfield is thin. Simeon Price (Colorado transfer) helps, but this position group needs more work before September.
Last updated: April 7, 2026. Sources: 247Sports, SI, Lookout Eugene-Springfield, GoDucks.com. See also: Recruiting Classes for how the incoming freshmen layer with these portal additions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Dylan Raiola (QB, Nebraska) brings 4,819 career passing yards and 22 starts. Koi Perich (S, Minnesota) was the #1 safety in the portal with 5 INTs as a Freshman All-American. Both are expected to start or play significant roles in 2026.
Oregon lost three running backs (Makhi Hughes to Houston, Jayden Limar to Washington, Jay Harris to Kansas State), backup QB Austin Novosad (Bowling Green), and several depth pieces. The biggest losses were addressed through the 2026 recruiting class and targeted portal additions.
Dan Lanning has never lost a starter to the transfer portal. The players who left were backups and depth pieces. This is the strongest evidence of a healthy program culture in the free-agency era of college football.
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