On Sunday, Willie Fritz and the Houston Cougars added a new name through the transfer portal with the commitment of App defensive lineman Joshua Donald.
Donald, a 6-foot-1, 320-pound junior from Durham, North Carolina, spent the previous season at App State after two years at Southern.
In three years of college football, Donald has recorded 50 tackles, five sacks, and one forced fumble. In 2024 with App State, the North Carolina native had his best season to date with 32 tackles, three sacks, and a forced fumble.
Coming out of C.E. Jordan in the Class of 2022, Donald was listed as an unranked prospect. After three seasons of college football, Donald developed into a three-star transfer by the 247Sports index, the 522-ranked player available, and the 48th-ranked player at his position.
With the addition of Joshua Donald, the Cougars have now added a total of 15 different players through the transfer portal this offseason.
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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