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UVA Football: Updates to the transfer portal/retention tracker

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From zero QBs to two former Power 4 starters in a 24-hour period: UVA Football fans are happy just with that news.

I’m with you there, but I’m probably more juiced over the depth on the O and D lines.

The trenches are where the game is won.

A lot to like here.

This roster is shaping up to be an improvement over 2025, which is saying something.

Latest updates to the tracker:

  • Navy CB Justin Ross: 466 snaps, 30 tackles, 18 receptions/26 targets, one INT, three PBUs in 2025.
  • UCLA WR Rico Flores Jr.: 26 catches/37 targets, 274 yards, 10.5 yards/catch in 2025.
  • Southern Cal OL Alex Payne: four-star recruit; redshirted in 2025.

Still need:

  • Wideouts/slots/TEs
  • Linebacker depth

Tracker


QB

  • Beau Pribula (Missouri): completed 67.2 percent of his passes for 1,941 yards, 11 TDs and nine INTs, with 434 sack-adjusted yards on the ground – 244 yards on designed runs, 190 yards on scrambles – in 2025.
  • Eli Holstein (Pitt): over two seasons, completed 61.8 percent of his passes for 3,309 yards, 29 TDs and 13 INTs, with 576 sack-adjusted yards on the ground – 198 yards on designed runs, 378 yards on scrambles.

O line

  • T Monroe Mills (at Louisville): 566 snaps, seven pressures/one sack, 82.5 PFF grade in 2024.
  • T McKale Boley (at Virginia): 856 snaps, 11 pressures/two sacks allowed, 71.8 PFF grade in 2025.
  • G Noah Josey (at Virginia): 983 snaps, 12 pressures/zero sacks allowed, 66.5 PFF grade in 2025.
  • G/C Drake Metcalf (at Virginia): 911 snaps, 17 pressures/one sack allowed, 64.2 PFF grade in 2025.
  • G/C Noah Hartsoe (at Virginia): 65 snaps in 2025.
  • T Alex Payne (Southern Cal): four-star recruit; redshirted in 2025.

D line

  • Edge rusher Ezekiel Larry (Yale): 577 snaps, 46 QB pressures, 10 sacks, 31 run-game tackles in 2025.
  • Edge rusher Jamond Mathis (Kent State): 453 snaps, 35 QB pressures, six sacks, 19 run-game tackles in 2025.
  • Edge rusher Matthew Fobbs-White (Baylor): 387 snaps in 2025, with 33 QB pressures, 20 run-game tackles in 2025.
  • Edge rusher Maddox Marcellus (at Virginia): 334 snaps, 11 QB pressures, three sacks, 26 run-game tackles, two pass breakups, INT in 2025.
  • Interior D lineman Zion Wilson (East Carolina):457 snaps, 29 QB pressures, six sacks, 25 run-game tackles in 2025.
  • Interior D lineman Jason Hammond (at Virginia): 360 snaps, 18 QB pressures, three sacks, 28 run-game tackles in 2025.
  • Interior D lineman Anthony Britton (at Virginia): 227 snaps, 11 QB pressures, one sacks, 16 run-game tackles in 2025.
  • Edge rusher Devon Baxter (Michigan): four-star prep recruit, redshirted in 2024, did not play in 2025.

Secondary

  • CB Jacobie Henderson (Rutgers): 600 snaps, 40 tackles, 28 receptions/50 pass targets, two PBUs in 2025.
  • CB Jaylen Jones (Georgia State): 562 snaps, 69 tackles, 13 receptions/15 targets, one INT, one PBU in 2025.
  • CB Justin Ross (Navy): 466 snaps, 30 tackles, 18 receptions/26 targets, one INT, three PBUs in 2025.
  • S Christian Ellis (Virginia Tech/New Mexico): played in four games at Tech in 2025, with eight tackles, one reception/five targets, three PBUs in 2025. At New Mexico: 900 snaps, 92 tackles, 23 catches/33 targets, four PBUs, one INT, four QB hurries, one sack in 2024.

Wideouts/TEs

  • Wideout Jahmal Edrine (at Virginia): 46 catches/71 targets, 564 yards, 12.3 yards/catch, one TD in 2025.
  • Wideout Rico Flores Jr. (UCLA): 26 catches/37 targets, 274 yards, 10.5 yards/catch in 2025.
  • Tight end Connor Cox (North Carolina): five catches/five targets, 21 yards, 4.2 yards/catch, 68.1 PFF blocking grade in 2025.

Linebacker

  • Kam Robinson (at Virginia): 416 snaps, 56 tackles, two INTs, one PBU, nine QB pressures, two sacks in 2025.
  • Nnanna Anyanwu (UTSA): 278 snaps, 20 QB pressures, five sacks, 11 run-game tackles in 2025.

Tailback

  • Jekail Middlebrook(Middle Tennessee): 750 rushing yards, 5.4 yards/attempt, four TDs, two fumbles in 2025.
  • Peyton Lewis (Tennessee): 630 yards and 10 TDs in two seasons, averaging 4.7 yards/attempt.
  • Solomon Beebe (UAB): 338 rushing yards, six TDs, 31 catches/38 targets, 284 yards in 2025.

Special teams

  • Placekicker Will Bettridge (at Virginia): 24-of-30 FG (8-of-12 40-49, 0-of-1 50+, long: 47), 49-of-49 XPA in 2025.
  • Punter Daniel Sparks (at Virginia): 47.2 yards per punt, 14-of-37 inside the 20, 17 50+, long: 65, in 2025.
  • Long snapper Wyatt Rubinoff (New Hampshire): 72.7 PFF special-teams grade in 2025.

 

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