The Texas A&M Aggies lost top wide receiver Noah Thomas to the transfer portal on Wednesday. Thomas is a 6’6” wide receiver who has played three seasons with the Aggies and has racked up 73 catches for 984 yards and 15 touchdowns.
Thomas was a four-star prospect (247 Sports) out of Clear Springs High School in League City, Texas. The 6-foot-6, 200-pounder ranked as the 40th-best wide receiver and the 37th-best prospect out of Texas in the 2022 class.
The best game of his career came against Auburn toward the end of the regular season, where he finished with five catches for 124 yards and two touchdowns. For the 2024 season, which was the best of his college career, Thomas had 39 catches for 574 yards and eight touchdowns, all of which led amongst wide recievers.
The transfer portal officially opened on Monday, December 9, 2024, and remained open until Saturday, December 28, with an exception for players on teams who play bowl games after the window closes. Texas A&M played its bowl game against USC on Friday, December 27th.
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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