As the transfer portal continues to churn, one of the newest, and best, players in the portal reportedly has a Big 12 team on his short list.
According to On3, Colorado is on a three-team list, along with Duke and Ole Miss, for the services of Tulane running back Makhi Hughes. Hughes is listed by On3 as the No. 3 overall player in the transfer portal.
Hughes rushed for 2,779 yards and 22 TDs in the last two seasons with the Green Wave, earning first-team All-American Athletic Conference honors in back-to-back seasons.
This season, Hughes ranks ninth among FBS running backs with 1,401 rushing yards. He scored 17 touchdowns for a Tulane team that went 9-5, and Big 12 fans may remember the Green Wave taking K-State down to the wire in Week 2. K-State won the game 34-27, but Hughes had a big game with 21 carries for 128 yards and one touchdown.
Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes will be looking to beef up a running game that only averaged 2.6 yards per carry and had 845 total rushing yards on the season.
Tulane continues to be decimated in the transfer portal environment, as Hughes becomes the 12th scholarship player to hit the portal this month from the Green Wave.
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, December 9, 2024, and will remain open until Saturday, December 28, with an exception for players on teams who play bowl games after the window closes. According to NCAA data, 2,273 FBS football players entered the transfer portal in 2023-24 school year, with 1,558 (68.5%) undergraduates and 715 (31.5%) graduate transfers. Of the entrants, 57% reported that they enrolled in another school, 8% withdrew their names from the portal, and 35% are still active, transferred to a non-NCAA school, or left their sport.
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