BYU transfer tracker: Who's coming, going during Cougars' portal season?

SALT LAKE CITY — Transfer portal season is in full swing in Utah, and BYU is no exception.

With conference championships set and before the 12-team College Football Playoff is revealed in a week, teams began looking over their rosters for next year and players who felt the need to move on began finalizing those decisions.

Complicating the offseason, which started Monday for non-bowl eligible teams and offers a glimpse for others beginning Wednesday with the early signing period, is the pending $2.8 billion settlement of the House v. NCAA lawsuit that would reduce roster sizes by at least 4,739 total scholarships across NCAA Division I.

In football, that will mean a 105-player roster limit, down from as many as 125 players in previous years. It's certainly caused its fair share of consternation across the country, with players also being eligible for around $20 million in revenue sharing through the settlement.

"I think a lot of coaches have voiced their opinions, and not a lot are happy about it," BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. "It's a struggle when you have to cut your family down and you have to trim the roster. It creates a lot of issues.

"For us, we're going to have to do it," he added. "I think it's going to be difficult for a lot of teams, and not just us. It's pushing guys out who have done so much for our program."

Players are not bound to leave by entering the portal, but programs are not required to reserve their scholarship, either.

Here's a running list of players from BYU who have announced their portal decisions. The list will be updated.

Who's in the transfer portal from BYU?

Miles Davis

• Position: Running back
• Class: RS-Junior
• Hometown: Las Vegas
• Decision: Dec. 3, 2024

First reported by On3, Davis entered the transfer portal a year after he opted to test the waters but returned to BYU. The 6-foot-1 speedster from Las Vegas broke out for a career-high 131 yards on 13 carries in the Cougars' 38-24 win over Wyoming back on Sept. 24, 2022, but finished his five-year career in Provo with just 468 rushing yards and two touchdowns in 27 games (including 18 carries for 76 yards in eight games, with one start, in 2024).

Micah Harper

• Position: Safety
• Class: RS-Junior
• Hometown: Chandler, Ariz.
• Decision: Dec. 3, 2024

The fifth-year junior officially entered the transfer portal Tuesday, opting to move on from BYU after receiving his business degree and a year of graduate school in the Marriott School of Business. Harper, who was recruited by Nevada, San Diego State, Syracuse and Tulane out of Arizona's Basha High spent all or most of two seasons injured, as well as posting a career-high 62 tackles with two forced fumbles in 2022 for the Cougars.

Kody Epps

• Position: Wide receiver
• Class: RS-Junior
• Hometown, Santa Ana, Calif.
• Decision: Dec. 2, 2024

The 5-foot-10, 190-pound receiver spent five seasons at BYU, but exits with one year of eligibility after finishing his degree and catching just eight passes for 54 yards and a touchdown during the Cougars' 10-2 campaign of 2024. Epps caught 73 passes for 819 yards and seven touchdowns during his BYU career, including a career-best 459 yards with six touchdowns in 2022.

Jackson Bowers

• Position: Tight end
• Class: RS-Freshman
• Hometown: Mesa, Ariz.
• Decision: Dec. 2, 2024

A former four-star prospect out of Mountain View High School in Arizona, the 6-foot-5, 245-pound tight end was the No. 22-rated tight end prospect in the country by 247Sportws coming out of high school. He had scholarship offers from Alabama, Arizona, Washington, Baylor, Ole Miss, Oregon, Texas and Utah. But Bowers played in just five total games in two years with the Cougars that included a redshirt, including just two games in 2024 before opting for the portal.

Who's coming to BYU from the transfer portal?

Check back later for updates.

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