The NCAA transfer portal officially opens on Dec. 9, but that hasn't stopped players from announcing their intentions to leave their current programs, Utah State included.

Freshman QB Isaac Wilson entered the transfer portal after Utah had an apparent interest in Devon Dampier, a source told The Salt Lake Tribune. The Utes now have lost three quarterbacks to the transfer portal and one, senior Luke Bottari, to eligibility.

Utah Utes cornerback Xane Uipi has entered the transfer portal, marking another departure from the program during a transitional offseason. Uipi, who did not see game action during his two seasons with Utah (2023 and 2024),

Utah has offered numerous transfer portal players thus far — more than just the 11 players mentioned in the article — and should be seeing some transfers into the program soon.

Here’s a look at three positions of need for the Utes ahead of the transfer portal’s official opening on Monday.

Texas Longhorns land commitment from Utah punter Jack Bouwmeester in the Transfer Portal. Punting was a UT weakness this season.

Utah cornerback Cameron Calhoun announced Tuesday evening that he has entered the transfer portal. This decision comes after an impactful redshirt freshman year

It didn’t take long after Alabama’s exclusion from the College Football Playoff before Crimson Tide players started entering the transfer portal, marking the beginning of another shift in the makeup of the roster in Tuscaloosa under Kalen DeBoer.

Naturally, they instead chose to go the scorched earth route and rode into court to make sure 1) players still weren’t paid a dime, and 2) while not being paid a dime, they would continue to be extremely limited in their transfer options,

Some were upset about playing time. Others just needed a change of scenery. In a lot of cases, it was a matter of cold, hard cash.