The transfer portal promised chaos, madness, and more, and it only got crazier on Thursday night as the College Football Playoff semifinals kicked off in Glendale, Arizona.
While Ole Miss and Miami began their battle to see who would go to the national championship, a major bombshell broke a few hours away in Los Angeles.
One of the best young quarterbacks in the nation is officially entering the transfer portal with a little over a week before it closes.
The USC Trojans and Lincoln Riley are a school that knows how to produce superstar quarterbacks, and they re-signed their starter, Jayden Maiava, for the 2026 season. The junior decided to stay for one more year to challenge for a spot in the College Football Playoff and develop before declaring for the NFL Draft.
This left five-star freshman QB Husan Longstreet on the bench for one more year, at least that’s what Riley and USC thought.
Longstreet will not be on the bench in 2026, as he is leaving the Los Angeles quarterback factory behind to play for a new program this spring and into the fall.
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In limited time this year, Longstreet was brilliant for the Trojans, showing off his elite legs and arm, which make him one of the best dual-threat prospects in college football, even as a freshman.
This move comes days following his brother Kevin’s announcement of leaving USC and entering the transfer window.
It also coincidentally coincides with the announcement that Demond Williams, the young star QB of Washington, has withdrawn his name after a 24-hour period where it appeared as if he could be linked to Lane Kiffin’s LSU Tigers. Williams will stay in Seattle, and Kiffin is still looking for his superstar prospect.
Longstreet will have no shortage of programs looking for him to start in 2026 if he chooses do so, and Kiffin might be at the top of the list following the failed connections to Texas Tech’s Brendan Sorsby and now Williams.
The transfer portal officially closes on Jan. 16, 2026.