Want proof? The top five players in pass efficiency rating in the 2024 season — Indiana’s Kurtis Rourke, Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart, Ohio State’s Will Howard, Miami’s Cam Ward and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders — arrived via the portal. Of the 12 teams to make the Playoff, half are quarterbacked by transfers.

Former Gatorade Player of the Year and five-star quarterback Jackson Arnold is in the transfer portal, and Hugh Freeze is getting a chance to persuade him to join the Auburn Tigers.

Auburn’s Transfer Portal quarterback pursuit is not limited to Kaidon Salter or Maalik Murphy. The Tigers are hosting another passer. This quarterback hails from the SEC. According to Christian Clemente of Auburn Undercover,