University of Houston Athletics
Transfer Portal Signing Central: Ballers Coming
1/5/2026 1:51:00 PM | Football
Stay tuned for live updates as Cougars ink latest transfer commits
HOUSTON – Stay tuned for updates during the January transfer portal window, as transfer student-athletes ink financial agreements and join the third recruiting class under University of Houston Football Head Coach Willie Fritz.
Shadre Hurst – Offensive Line
Tulane (Cartersville, Ga.)
6-2 / 295
Prior to UH
High School
Drew Terrill – Offensive Line
Miami (Ohio) (Lebanon, Ind.)
6-6 / 290
Prior to UH
High School
Jalen Mayo – Corner Back
Stephen F. Austin (Hampton, Va.)
6-1 / 185
Prior to UH
High School
Makhi Hughes – Running Back
Oregon (Birmingham, Ala.)
5-11 / 210
Prior to UH
High School
Anthony Boswell – Offensive Line
Toledo (Indianapolis, Ind.)
6-2 / 295
Prior to UH
High School
Hayden Wright – Offensive Line
Northwestern (Humble, Texas)
6-5 / 265
Prior to UH
High School
Javion White – Defensive Back
Tulane (Winnsboro, La.)
5-10 / 190
Prior to UH
High School
De'Marion Thomas – Defensive Line
Oklahoma State (Tulsa, Okla.)
6-2 / 335
Prior to UH
High School
Ejiroghene Egodogbare – Defensive Line
Yale (Milton, Mass.)
6-3 / 305
Prior to UH
High School
Trent Walker – Wide Receiver
Oregon State (Portland, Ore.)
6-2 / 200
Prior to UH
High School
Patrick Overmyer – Tight End
UTSA (Kingwood, Texas)
6-5 / 235
Prior to UH
High School
MEET THE SIGNEES
| Name |
Pos.
|
Ht.
|
Wt.
|
Last School | Hometown |
| Shadre Hurst | OL | 6-2 | 295 | Tulane | Cartersville, Ga. |
| Drew Terrill | OL | 6-6 | 290 | Miami (Ohio) | Lebanon, Ind. |
| Jalen Mayo | DB | 6-1 | 185 | Stephen F. Austin | Hampton, Va. |
| Makhi Hughes | RB | 5-11 | 210 | Oregon / Tulane | Birmingham, Ala. |
| Anthony Boswell | OL | 6-2 | 295 | Toldeo | Indianapolis, Ind. |
| Hayden Wright | OL | 6-5 | 265 | Northwestern | Kingwood, Texas |
| Javion White | DB | 5-10 | 190 | Tulane | Winnsboro, La. |
| De'Marion Thomas | DL | 6-3 | 335 | Oklahoma State / Vanderbilt | Tulsa, Okla |
| Ejiroghene Egodogbare | DL | 6-3 | 305 | Yale | Milton, Mass. |
| Trent Walker | WR | 6-2 | 200 | Oregon State | Portland, Ore. |
| Patrick Overmyer | TE | 6-5 | 235 | UTSA | Kingwood, Texas |
Shadre Hurst – Offensive Line
Tulane (Cartersville, Ga.)
6-2 / 295
Prior to UH
- 2025 All-America Second-Team by The Sporting News
- Two-time All-AAC First Team selection
- Top graded offensive lineman in the American Athletic Conference in 2025
- No. 6 graded guard nationally by PFF in 2025
- No. 9 graded offensive lineman nationally by PFF in 2025
- Three-time American Athletic Conference Champion (2022-23, 2025)
- Helped Tulane's offense rank in the top 10 nationally in sack allowed per game (6th - 0.77) and tackles for loss allowed per game (7th - 3.69)
- No. 10 run block grade in The American by PFF in 2024
High School
- Starred at Cartersville High School as an OT and DL
- First Team All-State Selection by the AJC
- First Team All-Region 7-AAAAA Offensive Line selection
- State runner-up in wrestling as a junior (heavyweight division)
- Won the state championship in wrestling as a senior (heavyweight division)
- One of the top wrestlers in the entire Southeast region
Drew Terrill – Offensive Line
Miami (Ohio) (Lebanon, Ind.)
6-6 / 290
Prior to UH
- Spent three seasons at Miami University (Ohio)
- 2025 All-MAC Second-Team selection
- No. 2 offense grade by an offensive lineman in the MAC (76.5) in 2025
- No. 1 run block grade by a tackle in the MAC (76.7) in 2025
- No. 2 run block grade by an offensive lineman in the MAC (76.7) in 2025
- Posted the 10th-best pass block grade in the MAC (80.9) in 2024
- Awarded 2025 Miami RedHawks Offensive Power award
High School
- Earned IFCA 4A all-state honors as a junior and senior
- Team Captain
- Coached by Jeff Smock
- Also lettered in basketball and track
Jalen Mayo – Corner Back
Stephen F. Austin (Hampton, Va.)
6-1 / 185
Prior to UH
- Spent the 2025 season at Stephen F. Austin and three seasons at Virginia Union
- Third on the team with 48 tackles in seven games
- Tied for the team lead with four interceptions
- 2025 All-Southland Conference First Team selection
- 3.5 tackles for loss tied for 11th on the team
- Made SFA debut against Houston with three tackles including a TFL
- Helped lead Virginia Union to Back-to-back CIAA Championships
- 75 tackles at NCAA Division II Virginia Union over three seasons
- 5.5 TFLs over three years at the D2 level
- 10 pass breakups over the final two seasons at Virginia Union
- Led Virginia Union with seven PBUs in 2024
High School
- Prepped at Phoebus HS
- Helped lead Phoebus to 2021 Virginia Class 3 State Championship
Makhi Hughes – Running Back
Oregon (Birmingham, Ala.)
5-11 / 210
Prior to UH
- Spent the 2025 season at Oregon but began his career at Tulane (2022-24)
- Two-time All-American Athletic Conference First-Team selection
- In 2024 at Tulane, ranked second in the American and 10th nationally in rushing with 1,401 yards on the ground
- 1,401 rushing yards were the fourth-most in a single season ever at Tulane
- In 2023 at Tulane, rushed for 1,378 yards and seven touchdowns
- 2024 American Conference Rookie of the Year
- 2023 American Conference Champion
- Led Tulane to 2023 and 2024 conference championship game
- Did not play in 2022 conference championship game or Cotton Bowl
- 2025 Preseason Maxwell Award Watch List
High School
- Three-star rating from 247Sports
- Rated as the 85th-best running back in the nation and the 46th-best player in the state of Alabama by 247Sports.com
- Posted a breakout senior season, rushing for over 1,600 yards and averaged 8.0 yards per carry
- Scored 20 touchdown in the fall of 2021
- Rushed for over 2,700 yards and totaled 29 touchdowns throughout his career
- Surpassed 100 yards rushing in seven career games
- Rushed for 1,065 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior
Anthony Boswell – Offensive Line
Toledo (Indianapolis, Ind.)
6-2 / 295
Prior to UH
- Spent the 2025 season at Toledo
- The Athletic Freshman All-America First Team selection
- All-MAC First Team selection
- Started all 12 games for Toledo
- No. 10 offense grade by FBS centers (77.4)
- No. 3 run block grade by FBS centers (79.6)
- No. 33 run block grade by FBS offensive lineman (79.6)
- No. 17 pass block grade by FBS centers (83.2)
- Did not allow a sack and allowed only six pressures on 403 pass-blocking snaps in 2025
- Began his career at Purdue in 2024
High School
- Two-star prospect out of Ben Davis HS
- Two-time all-conference and all-county selection on the offensive line
- Helped Ben Davis HS win the Indiana state championship his senior year
Hayden Wright – Offensive Line
Northwestern (Humble, Texas)
6-5 / 265
Prior to UH
- Spent the 2025 season at Northwestern
- Did not play for the Wildcats
High School
- Three-star prospect by 247Sports
- No. 143 offensive tackle nationally (247Sports)
- Attended Kingwood High School
- As a senior, helped Kingwood advance to its first Texas Class 6A quarterfinals appearance since 1990
- Helped pave the way for Kingwood to set a single-season rushing yards record in 2024
- Offensive lineman finalist for the 2024 Dave Campbell Texas Football Whataburger Super Team
Javion White – Defensive Back
Tulane (Winnsboro, La.)
5-10 / 190
Prior to UH
- Played 25 games across two seasons at Tulane, starting 16
- Four total interceptions across two seasons at Tulane
- Tallied 61 tackles, 5 TFLs, 13 pass breakups and a forced fumble
- No. 5 coverage grade among safeties in The American with at least 250 coverage snaps in 2025 (73.9)
- No. 12 defense grade among safeties in The American with at least 450 snaps in 2025 (68.2)
High School
- Three-star prospect by 247Sports.com, ESPN.com and On3.com
- Played cornerback, wide receiver and free safety at Winnsboro
- Picked off five passes and recovered three fumbles, while amassing 48 tackles (34 solo)
- Scored 28 touchdowns, posting 3,136 all-purpose yards and 2,180 yards of total offense
- Also played baseball
De'Marion Thomas – Defensive Line
Oklahoma State (Tulsa, Okla.)
6-2 / 335
Prior to UH
- Spent the 2025 season at Oklahoma State and his first two collegiate seasons at Vanderbilt
- 13 tackles and 0.5 TFL in four games for Oklahoma State in 2025
- Started 13 games at Vanderbilt in 2024, played in 23 total games for the Commodores
- 34 tackles 1.5 sacks in 2024 at Vanderbilt
- Career high four tackles in six career games
High School
- Three-star prospect (247Sports, On3, ESPN)
- Top 15 player in Oklahoma by all major recruiting services
- No. 40 defensive line prospect in the class by Rivals
- Helped lead Union to an 11-1 season as a senior, with the only loss coming in six overtimes in the state semifinals
- Made 53 tackles as a junior, helping Union to the 6AI state title game, while also starting on offense at left guard
Ejiroghene Egodogbare – Defensive Line
Yale (Milton, Mass.)
6-3 / 305
Prior to UH
- Spent six seasons at Yale, enrolling in 2020
- 2024 All-Ivy League First Team
- 61 career tackles, 9.0 TFLs and two blocked kicks
- In 2024, tallied 30 tackles and 5.5 TFLs in eight games
- Returned a fumble for a touchdown against Princeton on Nov. 16, 2024
- Did not play in 2020 or 2021
High School
- Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association All-State selection in 2019
- All-NEPSAC team
- Played football and basketball and was a thrower for the track & field team at the Roxbury Latin School
Trent Walker – Wide Receiver
Oregon State (Portland, Ore.)
6-2 / 200
Prior to UH
- Spent five seasons at Oregon State, playing in all five
- 1,790 receiving yards on 154 catches and four touchdowns
- Caught 68 passes for 823 yards and two touchdowns in 2025
- Scored both of his touchdowns in 2025 over the final two games of the season, at Tulsa and at Washington State
- Caught a career-high 13 passes – one shy of equaling the Oregon State single-game record – at App State in 2025
- Career-high 179 receiving yards at App State in 2025
- Eighty-one pass receptions in 2024 is tied for seventh-most in a single-season at Oregon State
- Six 100-yard receiving games
- Injured in 2022
- Redshirt season in 2021
High School
- Played wide receiver, defensive back, kick returner and punt returner at Beaverton High
- First-team all-league at both wide receiver and defensive back as a junior. Earned second-team all-state honors at wide receiver and honorable mention at defensive back
- Totaled 1,600 all-purpose yards as a junior. Totaled 1,100 receiving yards with 13 touchdowns. Defensively, totaled 59 tackles with two interceptions - one for a touchdown - with three forced fumbles
- As a sophomore, totaled 760 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. Also recorded two interceptions and a forced fumble on the defensive side of the ball
- Also lettered in basketball (small forward) and baseball (shortstop)
Patrick Overmyer – Tight End
UTSA (Kingwood, Texas)
6-5 / 235
Prior to UH
- Spent the 2023-25 seasons at UTSA
- 2024 The Athletic Freshman All-American First Team
- 627 receiving yards on 58 catches and eight touchdowns at UTSA
- Five receiving touchdowns were the second-most on the team
- 74.9 offense grade ranked 2nd among tight ends in The American in 2025
- 63.7 receiving grade ranked 6th among tight ends in The American in 2025
- Five receiving touchdowns were the third most by a tight end in The American in 2025
- 27 catches were the sixth most by a tight end in The American in 2025
- 344 receiving yards in 2025 ranked fifth on team and seventh by a tight end in The American
- Double-digits receiving yards in six consecutive games to finish 2025
- Three touchdown catches in final two games of 2025
- Two receiving touchdowns in regular season finale against Army on career-high six receptions
High School
- First-team All-District 1-5A at quarterback in 2022
- Led the Panthers to a 7-4 record and a playoff appearance as a senior
- Passed for 2,028 yards and 24 touchdowns
- Rushed for 631 yards and 14 TDs on 82 carries
- Threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 56 yards and two more scores in a 34-13 win at La Porte
- Three-star prep prospect at tight end by 247Sports
- Helped Kingwood Park to a three-round basketball playoff run in 2021
- Received honorable mention recognition for his efforts as power forward
- Also played baseball
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