College Football: Top 6 transfer portal running back additions for 2022

These six transfer portal running backs are great fits for their new programs. 

Choosing the right running back is about scheme fit more than anything else. Coaches who look to the transfer portal for a running back are looking for someone to fit their system. Some schemes need a running back who can flex out like a wide receiver and catch the football.

Other systems want runners who thrive in a zone-blocking scheme. Like every other position in the transfer portal, you can find a veteran runner who can plug a hole until younger guys develop.

Coaches have proved to enhance their rosters and decrease turnaround time rebuilding through the portal. Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker demonstrates how masterful use of the portal can reduce the time it takes to build a winning program.

Nothing, however, is inevitable. A player is not part of a school officially until they enroll.

Dillon Gabriel’s flip from UCLA to Oklahoma is proof that nothing is official until that transfer is enrolled. Zach Evans is the best running back in the portal, and Lane Kiffin has to be thrilled the Rebels are in the lead for Evans.

Two other transfers to keep an eye on through this process are Louisville transfer Hassan Hall and UConn transfer Kevin Mensah. Hall is a veteran all-purpose back with tremendous open-field skills with the ball in his hand. He is a value add on special teams as well.

Mensah did not play well this season but had two 1,000 yard seasons. The 5-foot-9, 205-pound running back is likely looking for somewhere to improve his draft stock.

These six transfer portal running backs have found homes are great fits for their respective programs.