| Daily Blog •August 17, 2012 |
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2012 FBS Injuries - Prior To Season!
These are some noteworthy changes to the Projected Starting Lineups that took place AFTER the magazine went to press in May which was AFTER all spring practices were complete. Here is an example of one team that had a lot of deletions off the roster last year. This is how Phil updates his magazine and it allows you to see all the players that are out for the year and note teams with a lot of injuries. You can also tell if teams are fairly healthy when you have a team with little to no circles.
Here is an example of what my Washington St magazine page looked like at the end of 2009. I chose the Cougars because they suffered 67 starts lost to injury in 2009, the most in the NCAA. Remember when Oklahoma won the National Title in 2000? Not a single OU starter lost a single start due to injury!
In 2010 with the heavy sanctions the NCAA had put on USC, naturally the Trojans suffered some attrition. Here is what my magazine page looked like for USC prior to the season.
Here is the current list for players that have been lost for the year since the middle of May. This includes injuries, transfers, suspensions and dismissals. This list will be updated DAILY so check it often. Any player that will not suit up for 2012 when they were expected to in May needs to be on this list. If you see any players missing in this list please email brandon@philsteele.com and we will get those players on there ASAP. Also during the season we will provide an updated starts lost list for each school so you can see which schools are banged up and which fall into the zero starts lost category. This section will also update late additions. Here is the current list.
| Date | Team | Pos | Name | Injury/Reason |
| 7/6 | Air Force | LB | Patrick Stevenson | Transferred to Savannah State |
| 7/22 | Akron | QB | Clayton Moore | Will transfer |
| 8/16 | Akron | WR | AJ Price | Academically ineligible for 2012 season |
| 8/16 | Akron | LB | Jamar Williams | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 7/22 | Alabama | WR | Duron Carter | Transfer to Florida Atlantic |
| 8/16 | Alabama | WR | Chris Black | Back surg OFY |
| 8/16 | Alabama | OT | Brandon Hill | Ineligible off to Hargrave |
| 8/16 | Alabama | CB | Travell Dixon | Left tm for personal reasons |
| 8/16 | Alabama | S | Jarrick Williams | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 5/16 | Arizona | CB | Cortez Johnson | Transferring to Oklahoma |
| 6/13 | Arizona | DL | Dylan Cozens | Drafted by Phillies, will play baseball |
| 6/16 | Arizona | LB | Brian Wagner | Decided to Quit |
| 7/22 | Arizona | QB | Tyler D'Amore | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona | OC | Josh Elias | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona | OG | Luis Martinez | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona | OT | Kyle Combs | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona | K | Jesse Ortiz | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona | LB | David Ortiz | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona | LB | Cody Ippolito | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona | CB | Kyle Parker | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona St | WR | Chike Mbanefo | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona St | DE | CJ Ryan | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona St | DT | Mo Latu | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona St | DT | Joita Te'I | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona St | DT | Shaq Jenkins | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona St | DT | Milo Jordan | Will go to JUCO |
| 7/22 | Arizona St | S | Dwain Bradshaw | No longer w/tm |
| 7/22 | Arizona St | P | Lee Williams | No longer w/tm |
| 6/12 | Arkansas | WR | Kane Whitehurst | Given release of scholarship |
| 6/12 | Arkansas | WR | Quinta Funderburk | signed with Syracuse |
| 6/12 | Arkansas | LB | Brock Haman | Transferred to Arizona State |
| 7/23 | Arkansas | WR | Marquel Wade | Indefinitely Suspended |
| 7/23 | Arkansas | WR | Maudrecus Humphrey | Indefinitely Suspended |
| 7/23 | Arkansas | TE | Andrew Petersen | Indefinitely Suspended |
| 7/23 | Arkansas | LB | Tyler Gilbert | Indefinitely Suspended |
| 8/16 | Arkansas | LB | Vin Ascolese | Not eligible will enroll in January |
| 5/17 | Arkansas St | S | James Bradberry | Transfer to Samford |
| 8/9 | Arkansas St | DL | Tevin Bryson | Left team |
| 8/9 | Arkansas St | DL | Lawrence Cayou | Left team |
| 8/9 | Arkansas St | DB | Quitin Sparkmon | Left team |
| 8/9 | Arkansas St | WR | Braelon Roberts | Did not enroll |
| 8/9 | Arkansas St | OL | DeShawn Byrd | Did not enroll |
| 7/23 | Auburn | RB | Michael Dyer | Left team |
| 8/13 | Auburn | DB | Jonathan Rose | Will transfer to Nebraska |
| 8/16 | Auburn | QB | Zeke Pike | Will transfer to Louisville |
| 8/16 | Ball St | TE | Aaron Mershman | Career Over concussions |
| 5/16 | Baylor | LB | Robert Singletary | Transferred to UTSA |
| 6/24 | Baylor | LB | LeQuince McCall | Transferred to Eastern Illinois |
| 6/25 | Baylor | OL | Luke Burleson | Transferred to Northwestern State |
| 7/17 | Baylor | LB | Brian Nance | DNQ will go to prep school |
| 7/22 | Baylor | DE | Tevin Elliott | Transferred to Central Arkansas |
| 7/22 | Baylor | CB | TC Robinson | Transferred to Central Arkansas |
| 6/13 | Boise St | DL | Justin Jungblut | Transferred to N Arizona |
| 6/13 | Boise St | DL | Nick Alexander | Transferred to Portland St |
| 7/22 | Boise St | OT | Archie Lewis | Will GS |
| 8/6 | Boise St | C | Cory Yriarte | Knee injury will miss season |
| 8/16 | Bowling Green | WR | Michael Allen | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Bowling Green | WR | Taylor Hanes | Quit tm |
| 8/16 | Bowling Green | TE | Anthony Cornwell | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Bowling Green | TE | Zach Steinmetz | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Bowling Green | OG | Isaiah Byler | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Bowling Green | DT | Darius Gilbert | Suspended indef |
| 8/16 | Bowling Green | S | Denard Turner | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Bowling Green | S | Jordan Leininger | Quit tm |
| 8/16 | Buffalo | LB | Jaleel Verser | Academically ineligible for 2012 |
| 8/16 | Buffalo | LB | Wonderful Monds | Academically ineligible for 2012 |
| 8/16 | Buffalo | LB | Wonderful Monds | Dismissed |
| 8/16 | Buffalo | LB | Jaleel Verser | Dismissed |
| 7/22 | BYU | RB | Josh Quezada | Will transfer |
| 8/16 | BYU | DT | Jordan Richardson | Will not play TY |
| 8/16 | BYU | S | Jray Galea'I | Will not play TY |
| 8/16 | BYU | CB | O'Neill Chambers | Not invited back 2012 |
| 6/13 | California | TB | Trajuan Briggs | Transferred to N Mexico |
| 8/17 | California | NT | Maurice Bennett | DNQ |
| 8/17 | California | CB | Raymond Ford | DNQ |
| 8/16 | Central Michigan | OG | Adam Schneid | Med RS |
| 8/16 | Central Michigan | WR | DJ Mershman | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Central Michigan | OG | Tom Czerwienski | Med RS |
| 8/16 | Central Michigan | LB | Jason Johnson | Med RS |
| 8/16 | Central Michigan | CB | Kyle Smith | Med RS |
| 5/16 | Clemson | RB | Mike Bellamy | Acad Inel. Going to JC for '12. |
| 6/13 | Colorado | WR | Peyton Williams | Will greyshirt |
| 6/13 | Colorado | DL | Cordary Allen | Left team 6/9 |
| 6/13 | Colorado | DL | Derek McCartney | Will greyshirt |
| 6/13 | Colorado | OL | Gerrad Kough | Will greyshirt |
| 8/15 | Colorado | DB | Will Harlos | Career over due to concussions |
| 6/14 | Colorado St | DL | CJ James | Asked for and granted release |
| 7/22 | Colorado St | LB | Jordan Murphy | Cut from tm and will transfer to Col |
| 7/22 | Colorado St | S | Drew Reilly | Transfer to BYU |
| 8/16 | Colorado St | RB | Dorian Brown | Left tm academic issue |
| 6/13 | Connecticut | TE | Mark Hansson | Academically ineligible for 2012 |
| 8/17 | Connecticut | WR | Bryce McNeal | Did not get into school |
| 8/17 | Connecticut | OT | Stephen Brown | Left team |
| 8/17 | Connecticut | QB | Michael Nebrich | Will transfer |
| 5/16 | Duke | P | Alex King | Grad transferred from Duke to Texas |
| 7/20 | Duke | QB | Sean Schroeder | Transfer to Hawaii |
| 8/8 | FAU | RB | Xavier Stinson | Dismissed from Tm 6/5 |
| 8/8 | FAU | QB | David Kooi | No longer on the team |
| 8/8 | FAU | K/P | Marcelo Bonani | No longer on the team |
| 8/8 | FAU | CB | Tony Grimes | Will not attend FAU. Arrested at JC |
| 6/25 | FIU | OL/LS | Brandon Taylor | Transferred to Northwestern State |
| 8/14 | FIU | LB | Denzel Conyers | DNQ |
| 8/14 | FIU | TE | Byran Attaway | DNQ |
| 7/11 | Florida | DL | Dante Phillips | Denied admission to UF will transfer |
| 7/11 | Florida | LB | Graham Stewart | Transferred to Connecticut |
| 7/22 | Florida | TE | AC Leonard | Will transfer |
| 8/16 | Florida | WR | Ja'Juan Story | Transfer 8/10 |
| 8/16 | Florida | DT | Nick Alajajian | Fractured Knee out year |
| 8/1 | Florida St | DB | Greg Reid | Dismissed from team |
| 8/16 | Florida St | RB | Mario Pender | Surgery will miss yr |
| 5/16 | Fresno St | WR | Jalen Saunders | Transferring to Oklahoma |
| 7/22 | Fresno St | LB | Ofa Fifita | Transferred to Sacramento St |
| 8/16 | Fresno St | OG | Max Devlin | OFY |
| 8/16 | Fresno St | OT | Cody Clay | Decided to Quit |
| 7/18 | Georgia | LB | Leonard Floyd | Will go to Hargrave prep |
| 7/18 | Georgia | DL | John Atkins | DNQ will go to prep school |
| 7/18 | Georgia | CB | Quintavius Harrow | Left tm academic issue |
| 7/3 | Georgia | RB | Isaiah Crowell | Kicked off team following arrest |
| 6/14 | Hawaii | CB | Justin Turner | transferred from Michigan |
| 6/14 | Hawaii | CB | Demar Dorsey | transferred from Grand Rapids/Mich |
| 7/22 | Hawaii | TE | Waylon Lolotai | Transfer to North Carolina |
| 7/22 | Hawaii | S | Brandon Leslie | Medical Retirement |
| 7/22 | Hawaii | DE | Lasi Eselu | No longer on the team |
| 8/16 | Hawaii | WR | Allen Sampson | Not recovered from ACL will RS |
| 8/16 | Hawaii | DE | Quenton Brown | Will enroll in Jan |
| 5/16 | Idaho | WR | Ken McRoyal | Died from gun shot wound |
| 6/25 | Illinois | S/RS | Tommy Davis | Grad transferred from N Illinois |
| 8/16 | Illinois | LB | Brandon Denmark | Transferred to Florida A&M |
| 8/16 | Illinois | WR | JJ Robertson | Will greyshirt |
| 8/16 | Illinois | WR | Jordan Frysinger | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Illinois | WR | Anthony Williams | Transferred to Illinois St |
| 8/16 | Illinois | WR | Jake Kumerow | Left the program |
| 8/16 | Indiana | WR | Jay McCants | Dismissed from tm violation rules |
| 8/16 | Indiana | WR | Logan Young | Left the program |
| 8/16 | Indiana | WR | Jordan Jackson | Torn ACL will Play TE |
| 8/16 | Indiana | LB | Lee Rose | Decided to graduate |
| 8/16 | Indiana | CB | Landau Lang | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Indiana | S | Shaquille Jefferson | Transferred to Grand Valley St |
| 8/16 | Indiana | CB | Cameron Razzano | Not on roster |
| 7/17 | Iowa | RB | Marcus Binns | No longer with program |
| 8/16 | Iowa | CB | Jordan Lomax | Out yr shoulder surgery |
| 8/2 | Iowa | RB | De'Andre Johnson | Dismissed from program |
| 5/16 | Iowa St | DL | Ben Durbin | Graduate transfer from Wyoming to ISt |
| 5/16 | Kansas | LB | Jake Farley | Transferring to N Iowa |
| 6/12 | Kansas | OL | Chad Kolumber | Transferred to Richmond |
| 6/13 | Kansas | K | Alex Mueller | Will transfer |
| 6/29 | Kansas | LB | Jon Shelby | Signed from Nassau CC |
| 8/16 | Kansas | WR | Erick McGriff | No longer on the tm |
| 7/18 | Kansas St | OT | Manase Foketi | Graduated and won't return |
| 8/16 | Kansas St | OG | Shaun Simon | Will sit out 2012 as Med RS |
| 8/2 | Kansas St | WR | Marquez Clark | DNQ and will go to Div 2 Central Okla |
| 7/22 | Kent St | WR | Jeremy McCoy | Will not return to tm |
| 7/22 | Kent St | K | Kadin Kerns | Will not return to tm |
| 7/22 | Kent St | CB | Chevin Meadows | Will not return to tm |
| 7/22 | Kent St | LB | Darius Petraitis | Will not return to tm |
| 7/22 | Kent St | S | Josh Winland | Will not return to tm |
| 7/22 | Kent St | QB | Jerrod Ronyak | Will not return to tm |
| 6/12 | Kentucky | WR | Brian Adams | Gave up FB to concentrate on baseball |
| 7/18 | Kentucky | C | Sam Simpson | Retired due to back problems |
| 8/16 | Kentucky | CB | Marcus Caffey | Academically ineligible for 2012 season |
| 8/16 | Louisiana Tech | QB | Taylor Burch | Baseball Only |
| 8/16 | Louisiana Tech | K | John Hinton | Law School |
| 8/16 | Louisiana Tech | OT | Houston Lantrip | Graduated |
| 8/16 | Louisiana Tech | WR | Matthew Manning | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Louisiana Tech | DT | Tyler Porter | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Louisiana Tech | S | Kelvin Scott | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Louisiana Tech | S | Vincent Moore | Not on roster |
| 8/17 | Louisville | WR | Michaelee Harris | ACL out yr |
| 6/11 | LSU | DB | Ronnie Vinson | transferred to Tennessee State |
| 8/16 | LSU | CB | Tyrann Mathieu | Dismissed from team |
| 8/16 | LSU | CB | David Jenkins | Transferred to TCU |
| 8/16 | LSU | QB | Rob Bolden | Transfer from Penn St can play immed |
| 6/14 | Marshall | CB | Dominick LeGrande | transferred from Boston College |
| 6/14 | Marshall | CB | Okechukwu Okoroha | transferred from Boston College |
| 8/16 | Marshall | TE | Rakim Reed | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Marshall | OT | Josue Joseph | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Marshall | LB | TJ Ross | Left tm |
| 6/21 | Maryland | Will install FieldTurf | ||
| 8/16 | Maryland | QB | CJ Brown | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 6/14 | Memphis | CB | Taurean Nixon | Request transfer after spring |
| 8/16 | Memphis | WR | Curtis Johnson | Not on tm this yr |
| 8/16 | Memphis | TE | Kerwin Harrison | Not on tm this yr |
| 8/16 | Memphis | S | Fritz Etienne | Will not play TY Tore ACL |
| 8/16 | Memphis | S | Dontavious Heard | Not on tm this yr |
| 8/16 | Memphis | S | Derek Smith | Not on tm this yr |
| 7/20 | Miami Fl | WR | CJ Holton | Left tm 5/26 |
| 7/20 | Miami Fl | C | Billy Sanders | Left tm 5/26 |
| 7/20 | Miami Fl | DB | Ray Ray Armstrong | kicked off team |
| 8/16 | Miami, Fl | LB | Josh Witt | Concussions Med RS |
| 5/16 | Michigan | DL | Chris Rock | Left the program |
| 8/16 | Michigan | DE | Chris Wormley | Torn ACL |
| 8/16 | Michigan | CB | Tamano Carter | Left team |
| 8/16 | Michigan | CB | Terrence Talbott | Left team |
| 5/16 | Michigan St | DT | Matt Ramondo | Released to transfer |
| 7/19 | Michigan St | OL | John Deyo | Grad transferred from MSU to W Michigan |
| 8/16 | Michigan St | LS | Steve Moore | Fractured Neck |
| 7/22 | Middle Tennessee | WR | Jamal Gray | Transferred to Faulkner College |
| 7/22 | Middle Tennessee | WR | Jamar Brown | Graduated and won't return |
| 7/22 | Middle Tennessee | WR | Jacob Bennett | DNQ |
| 7/22 | Middle Tennessee | OT | Jordan Johnson | Quit |
| 8/16 | Middle Tennessee | OG | Alex Stuart | Graduated |
| 8/16 | Middle Tennessee | LB | Jonathan Brooks | Not on roster |
| 5/16 | Minnesota | LB | Dwayne Mitchell | Transferred to Nicholls St |
| 8/16 | Minnesota | OT | Jimmy Gjere | Quit football concussions |
| 8/16 | Minnesota | DT | Austin Hahn | Graduated |
| 8/16 | Minnesota | DE | Jordan Hinojosa | Will go to JUCO |
| 8/16 | Minnesota | LB | Judd Paffrath | Not on roster |
| 6/27 | Miss St | TE | Adarrius Perkins | Will not report to Miss St this year |
| 6/12 | Mississippi | QB | Zack Stoudt | End career health reasons |
| 7/18 | Mississippi | WR/DB | Nikolas Brassel | Will transfer (academics) |
| 8/16 | Mississippi | LB | DT Shackelford | Will miss 2012 and return in 2013 |
| 7/22 | Mississippi St | QB | Nick Schuessler | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Mississippi St | WR | Artimas Samuel | Will go to prep school |
| 8/16 | Mississippi St | OG | Nick Redmond | Will not report to Miss St this year |
| 6/12 | Missouri | DB | Tavon Bolden | Dismissed from team 5/15 |
| 7/18 | Missouri | QB | Ashton Glaser | Transferred to Missouri St |
| 8/16 | Missouri | OT | Taylor Chappell | ACL out for year |
| 8/16 | Missouri | OG | Mark Hill | Retired from football |
| 8/16 | Missouri | C | Logan Adkison | Dismissed from team |
| 8/16 | Missouri | DT | George White | Left team |
| 8/16 | Missouri | LB | Brandon Durant | Left team |
| 6/14 | Navy | CB | David Sperry | Left school violation academy rules. |
| 7/3 | Navy | FB | Mike Patrick | No longer on the team |
| 7/3 | Navy | C | Dale Howard | No longer on the team |
| 7/3 | Navy | LB | Jarvis Cummings | No longer on the team |
| 6/13 | NC State | QB | Brian Taylor | Left team 5/18, will remain in school |
| 6/13 | NC State | DB | Dean Haynes | Left team 5/18 |
| 6/13 | NC State | DB | Donald Coleman | Left team 5/18 |
| 8/16 | NC State | QB | Tyler Brosius | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | NC State | RB | Travis Leggett | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | NC State | WR | Mychal Jones | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | NC State | WR | Justin Dupree | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | NC State | OG | Dwayne O'Rear | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | NC State | DE | Theo Rich | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | NC State | LB | Ryan Hall | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | NC State | CB | Brandon McCain | Not on roster |
| 8/2 | NC State | DL | Tyler Knox | DNQ |
| 8/2 | NC State | WR | Xavier Griffin | DNQ |
| 8/2 | NC State | DL | Desmond Owino | DNQ |
| 5/16 | Nebraska | TE | JT Kerr | Transferring to USC |
| 5/16 | Nebraska | S | Dijon Washington | Transferred to Sacramento St |
| 6/12 | Nebraska | RB | Aaron Green | Transferred to TCU |
| 8/16 | Nebraska | LB | Derek Slaughter | No longer on the team |
| 8/16 | Nebraska | OT | Tyler Moore | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Nebraska | OG | Ryan Klachko | Will transfer 8/4 |
| 7/22 | Nevada | WR | Nigel Westbrooks | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 8/16 | Nevada | WR | Julian Brooks | Will greyshirt |
| 8/16 | Nevada | DE | Shane Pennix | DNQ |
| 6/21 | New Mexico | Will install FieldTurf | ||
| 7/22 | New Mexico | WR | Daniel Adams | Will transfer to Maryland and sit out '12 |
| 7/22 | New Mexico | OT | Bryan Oldenkamp | Ineligible for 2012 |
| 8/16 | New Mexico | CB | Zoey Williams | Dismissed from tm violation rules |
| 6/26 | New Mexico St | OL | Maveu Heimuli | Not on roster |
| 6/26 | New Mexico St | FB | LaFelton Traxler | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | New Mexico St | RB | Devon Dozier | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | New Mexico St | OG | Zachary Rockhold | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | North Carolina | LB | Darius Lipford | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 6/14 | North Texas | LB | Michael Stojkovic | Left team 5/7 |
| 7/22 | North Texas | WR | Robert Lancaster | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 8/16 | North Texas | TE | Daniel Prior | Shoulder surgery will RS |
| 8/16 | Northern Illinois | LB | Devon Butler | Will transfer |
| 5/16 | Northwestern | DB | Quinn Evans | Grad transferred from Stanford to NW |
| 6/14 | Notre Dame | S | Austin Collinsworth | Out 4-6 months due to shoulder surgery |
| 8/16 | Notre Dame | RB | Cameron Roberson | Not healthy Med RS |
| 8/16 | Notre Dame | OT | Jordan Prestwood | No longer on tm |
| 5/16 | Ohio St | C | Brian Bobek | Left the program |
| 7/8 | Ohio St | LB | Storm Klein | Dismissed from program |
| 8/16 | Ohio St | DT | Kenny Hayes | Asked for and given release |
| 5/16 | Oklahoma | WR | Kameel Jackson | Dismissed from tm |
| 5/16 | Oklahoma | WR | LaColtan Bester | Signed from E Miss CC; will be elig in '12 |
| 7/30 | Oklahoma | WR | Courtney Gardner | Expected to enroll in Jan '13 |
| 7/30 | Oklahoma | OL | Will Latu | DNQ |
| 7/30 | Oklahoma | OL | Dylan Dismuke | Received medical hardship |
| 8/16 | Oklahoma | OG | Tyler Evans | Out Yr ACL |
| 8/16 | Oklahoma | K | Michael Hill | Not on roster |
| 8/2 | Oklahoma | C | Ben Habern | Retired due to neck injury |
| 5/16 | Oklahoma St | WR | Kevin Johnson | Transferring to Lamar |
| 6/12 | Oklahoma St | OL | Joe Okafor | Transferred to Lamar |
| 6/12 | Oklahoma St | RB | Herschel Sims | Dismissed from tm 6/1 violation rules |
| 6/13 | Oklahoma St | DL | Diamonte Wheeler | Asked for and given release |
| 7/3 | Oklahoma St | K | Kip Smith | Transferred from UCLA; will sit out '12 |
| 8/16 | Oklahoma St | DT | Mike Mustafa | No longer on the team |
| 8/16 | Oklahoma St | OL | Gerron Anthony | Medical Hardship |
| 8/2 | Oklahoma St | OT | Michael Bowie | Dismissed from program |
| 8/3 | Oklahoma St | OL | Greg Brantley | Left program for personal reasons |
| 7/22 | Oregon | WR | Justin Hoffman | Retired due to concussions |
| 8/17 | Oregon | WR | Tacoi Sumler | Will transfer to Appalachian St |
| 7/20 | Oregon St | QB | Jack Lomax | No longer on tm |
| 7/20 | Oregon St | WR | Tyler Trosin | No longer on tm |
| 7/20 | Oregon St | WR | Geno Munoz | No longer on tm |
| 7/20 | Oregon St | LB | Will Storey | No longer on tm |
| 7/20 | Oregon St | LB | Cade Cowdin | No longer on tm |
| 7/20 | Oregon St | LB | Zeke Sanders | No longer on tm |
| 7/20 | Oregon St | CB | Keynan Parker | No longer on tm |
| 7/20 | Oregon St | WR | Jordan Bishop | Retire from football |
| 7/22 | Oregon St | WR | Kramer Ferrell | No longer w/program |
| 7/22 | Oregon St | OG | David Vieru | No longer w/program |
| 7/22 | Oregon St | OT | Darryl Jackson | Retired due to injuries |
| 7/22 | Oregon St | K | Andrew Mikkelsen | Left for mission |
| 8/17 | Oregon St | FB | Tyler Anderson | Not on roster |
| 8/17 | Oregon St | FB | Tyler Renne | Not on roster |
| 8/17 | Oregon St | LS | Troy Whalen | Not on roster |
| 8/17 | Oregon St | LS | Jacob White | Not on roster |
| 8/17 | Oregon St | OG | Stan Hasiak | DNQ |
| 8/17 | Oregon St | K | Garrett Owens | Will greyshirt |
| 5/16 | Penn St | CB | Curtis Drake | Won't return to the program |
| 6/21 | Penn St | WR | Devon Smith | Dismissed from team |
| 7/1 | Penn St | CB | Derrick Thomas | Left team for personal reasons |
| 7/30 | Penn St | S | Tim Buckley | Transferred to NC St Can play immed |
| 7/30 | Penn St | QB | Rob Bolden | Transferred to LSU |
| 7/5 | Penn St | OL | Khamrone Kolb | Transferred to Fordham |
| 8/1 | Penn St | RB | Silas Redd | Transferring to USC Can play immed |
| 8/1 | Penn St | TE | Kevin Haplea | Transferred to Florida St |
| 8/1 | Penn St | LB | Khairi Fortt | Transferred to Cal; can play immed |
| 8/16 | Penn St | TE | Dakota Royer | Left the program |
| 8/2 | Penn St | DT | Jamil Polard | Will enroll at Rutgers |
| 8/2 | Penn St | K/P | Anthony Fera | Transferred to Texas; elig immed |
| 8/3 | Penn St | OL | Ryan Nowicki | Transferred to Illinois; elig immed |
| 8/5 | Penn St | WR | Justin Brown | Transferred to Oklahoma; elig immed |
| 6/13 | Pittsburgh | WR | Derrick Burns | Suffered a stroke in May, career over |
| 8/17 | Pittsburgh | OT | Juantez Hollins | Suspended entire season |
| 8/17 | Pittsburgh | WR | Salath Williams | Left team will transfer to Div 2 |
| 8/17 | Pittsburgh | QB | Mark Myers | Will transfer to John Carroll |
| 6/19 | Purdue | RB | Doug Gentry | No longer with the team |
| 6/21 | Purdue | LB | Ruben Ibarra | Signed from City College of San Fran |
| 7/18 | Purdue | CB | Sean Collins | Kicked off team following arrest |
| 8/16 | Purdue | OT | Matt Huene | No longer on the team |
| 8/16 | Rice | DT | Dylan Klare | Will RS this yr |
| 8/16 | Rice | DE | David Wilganowski | Med condition will not play FB again |
| 8/16 | Rice | DE | Edwin Hooper | Has left the tm |
| 8/16 | Rice | FS | Andre Brackens | Has left the tm |
| 8/17 | Rutgers | RB | Delon Stephenson | DNQ and will go to prep |
| 8/17 | Rutgers | FB | Paul Canevari | Transfer to FCS |
| 8/16 | San Jose St | WR | Sam Boyd | Will go to JUCO |
| 8/16 | San Jose St | WR | Byron Fobbs | Will go to JUCO |
| 8/16 | San Jose St | WR | Kelechi Nwadibia | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | San Jose St | OT | Abasi Salimu | Transfer to Nicholls St |
| 8/16 | San Jose St | DT | Joe Nigos | Torn ACL will miss yr |
| 8/16 | San Jose St | LB | Eric Finefeuiaki | Will enroll in Jan |
| 8/16 | San Jose St | LB | Jonah Moon | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | San Jose St | CB | Marced Kelly | Not on roster |
| 8/15 | SMU | OL | Stavion Lowe | Add on to roster from JC (formerly w/LSU) |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | WR | Anthony Ingram | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | WR | Austin Powell | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | OT | Josh Terry | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | LB | Desmond Lavelle | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | DT | Terrance Jones | DNQ |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | LB | Logan Bennett | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | LB | Ramon Lewis | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | LB | Robert Terrell | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | LB | Josh Chestang | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | CB | Lawon Debardelaben | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | CB | Caleb Autry | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | South Alabama | CB | Sir'Vegias Steele | Not on roster |
| 6/25 | South Carolina | TE | Corey Simmons | Transferred to Northwestern State |
| 7/6 | South Carolina | WR | Lamar Scruggs | Transferred to N Carolina Central |
| 8/16 | South Carolina | QB | Tanner McEvoy | Will transfer |
| 7/5 | Southern Miss | OC | Steve Buckley | Will take over OC duties from Ricky Bustle |
| 8/16 | Southern Miss | WR | Keithon Redding | Not on tm this yr |
| 8/16 | Southern Miss | WR | Tray Becton-Martin | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Southern Miss | CB | Marcal Robinson | Knee injury ends ssn |
| 8/16 | Southern Miss | LB | CJ Perry | Will enroll in Jan |
| 8/16 | Southern Miss | S | De'Ante Lawrence | Will not join tm this year |
| 7/20 | Stanford | RB | Tyler Gaffney | Gave up football for baseball |
| 8/16 | Stanford | K | Eric Whitaker | Quit tm |
| 7/22 | Syracuse | DT | Myles Hilliard | Will go to prep school |
| 7/22 | Syracuse | DE | Mark Garrick | Transferred to Portland St |
| 8/17 | Syracuse | DT | Cory Boatman | No longer on the team |
| 8/17 | Syracuse | S | Shutang Mungwa | No longer on the team |
| 5/16 | TCU | RB | Ed Wesley | Has left the program (family reasons) |
| 5/16 | TCU | OT | Nykiren Wellington | Transferred to Trinity Valley CC |
| 5/16 | TCU | LB | Deryck Gildon | No longer on the team |
| 6/13 | TCU | OL | Carter Wall | No longer on the team |
| 8/17 | TCU | QB | Austin Aune | Signed by Yankees (MLB) |
| 8/17 | Temple | WR | Michael Doty | Quit Tm |
| 8/17 | Temple | K | Patrick Toole | Transferred |
| 6/12 | Tennessee | DB | Izauea Lanier | Ineligible for 2012 |
| 7/18 | Tennessee | TE | Cameron Clear | Dismissed will go to Juco |
| 8/16 | Tennessee | LB | Nigel Mitchell-Thornton | Retired from football |
| 5/16 | Texas | OT | Paden Kelly | Has given up football |
| 5/16 | Texas | OL | Camrhon Hughes | (ACL) will RS |
| 6/12 | Texas | TE | Darius Terrell | Transferred to N Texas |
| 8/16 | Texas A&M | TE | Houston Prioleau | Quit tm |
| 8/16 | Texas A&M | RB | Will Randolph | Left Tm |
| 8/16 | Texas A&M | DT | Edmond Ray | DNQ and will attend Juco |
| 8/16 | Texas Tech | OT | Matt Wilson | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 8/16 | Texas Tech | OT | Brian Thomas | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Texas Tech | S | Urell Johnson | Transfer to Southern Miss |
| 8/16 | Toledo | RB | Jody Webb | Will enroll in Jan |
| 8/16 | Toledo | WR | Armani Miller | Will enroll in Jan |
| 8/16 | Toledo | C | Kyle Cameron | Concussions Med RS |
| 8/16 | Toledo | WR | Julian Bellinger | Left tm |
| 8/13 | Troy | LB | Brandon Powe | Left tm |
| 8/13 | Troy | FS | Angelo Hadley | Dismissed from team |
| 8/13 | Troy | DL | Braylon Williams | Did not enroll |
| 8/13 | Troy | DB | Juan Neloms | DNQ |
| 8/13 | Troy | QB | Luke Barnes | Transferred to CC |
| 8/13 | Troy | RB | Andre Allen | DNQ |
| 8/13 | Troy | WR | Jamel Johnson | Academically ineligible for 2012 season |
| 8/13 | Troy | RB | John Knight | DNQ |
| 7/22 | Tulane | QB | DJ Ponder | rejoined team |
| 7/22 | Tulane | DE | Lawrence Burl | Dismissed from team |
| 8/16 | Tulane | QB | Leon Blouin | Left tm |
| 8/16 | Tulane | C | Zach Morgan | OFY Shoulder Inj |
| 8/16 | Tulane | DE | Michael Pierce | Academically ineligible for 2012 season |
| 8/16 | Tulane | DE | Brock Sanders | Foot injury |
| 8/16 | Tulsa | WR | Colt Clontz | No longer on the team |
| 8/16 | Tulsa | DT | Gary Lee | Has decided to leave program |
| 8/16 | Tulsa | DT | Nick Hall | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Tulsa | P | Sam Retzky | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Tulsa | QB/P | Gabe Davis | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Tulsa | FS | Will Noel | Not eligible this yr |
| 8/16 | Tulsa | LB | Ernest Hawkins | No grades off to CC |
| 8/16 | UAB | TE | Nolen Smith | Injured knee in may out for yr |
| 8/16 | UAB | WR | Freddie Moore | No longer on the team |
| 8/16 | UAB | LB | DA Autry | No longer on the team |
| 8/16 | UAB | DE | Roderick McKinney | DNQ |
| 8/16 | UAB | CB | Kardeem Poole | No longer on the team |
| 8/16 | UCF | QB | Nicolas Ranieri | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | UCF | DE | Toby Jackson | Will not report to tm grades |
| 8/16 | UCF | LB | Ray Cottman | Not on roster |
| 7/20 | UCLA | OL | Lacy Westbrook | Will GS, surgery to repair aneurysm |
| 8/16 | UCLA | LB | Patrick Larimore | Career Over concussions |
| 8/16 | UCLA | DE | Sam Tai | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 8/17 | UCLA | DE | Wesley Flowers | Transferred to Cal Poly |
| 8/13 | ULL | LB | Ryan Mosby | Left team |
| 8/13 | ULL | FS | Cooper Gerami | Quit |
| 8/13 | ULL | LB | Jesse Broadnax | Left team |
| 8/13 | ULL | DB | Kobie Douglas | Left team |
| 8/13 | ULL | DB | CJ Bates | DNQ and will attend Juco |
| 8/13 | ULL | RB | Deon Fowler | Transfer to Grambling |
| 8/13 | ULL | OL | Corey Schmidt | Left team |
| 8/13 | ULL | OL | Willie David | Left team |
| 8/16 | ULL | WR | Trey Carter | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | ULL | TE | Leo Jones | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | ULL | OG | Chris Frigo | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | ULL | DT | Devin Mercier | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | ULL | S | Corey Domio | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | ULM | WR | Rashaud Bell | Dismissed from tm |
| 8/16 | UNLV | WR | Kurt Davis | Transfer to Idaho St |
| 8/16 | UNLV | OG | Nick White | Transfer |
| 8/16 | UNLV | OG | Allen Carroll | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | UNLV | CB | Ken Spigner | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | UNLV | S | John Therrell | Not on roster |
| 8/8 | UNLV | DL | Nate Holloway | Left team |
| 8/8 | UNLV | RB | Dionza Bradford | rejoined team |
| 6/13 | USC | QB | Jesse Scroggins | Will transfer 6/4 |
| 8/16 | USC | QB | Anthony Neyer | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | USC | RB | Kamaron Germany | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | USC | WR | Devin Forte | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | USC | K | Joshua Alswang | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | USC | DE | De'Vante Wilson | Torn ACL will miss yr |
| 8/16 | USC | RB | Silas Redd | Transfer from Penn St immediately elig |
| 8/17 | USF | WR | Stephen Bravo-Brown | Not on roster |
| 8/17 | USF | TE | Isaac Virgin | Not on roster |
| 8/17 | USF | C | John McGhin | Graduated and won't return |
| 8/17 | USF | CB | Ricardo Dixon | ACL will not play TY |
| 8/17 | USF | S | Jarvis McCall | Not on roster |
| 8/17 | USF | FS | Spencer Boyd | Transfer |
| 6/13 | Utah | WR | Griff McNabb | Transfer to S Utah |
| 7/22 | Utah | OT | Kapua Sai | Transferred to Hawaii |
| 7/3 | Utah | RB | Harvey Langi | Mission next 2 years |
| 8/17 | Utah | OT | Marc Pouvave | Torn Achilles will miss yr |
| 8/17 | Utah | OG | Lio Lafaele | Will greyshirt |
| 8/17 | Utah | OT | Zach Lindsay | Will greyshirt |
| 8/17 | Utah | K | Cody Rogers | Not on roster |
| 8/17 | Utah | DE | Sione Tupouata | Will go to JUCO |
| 8/17 | Utah | DT | Junior Salt | Ankle injury out for yr |
| 8/17 | Utah | DE | Moana Ofahengaue | Will greyshirt |
| 8/17 | Utah | CB | Keith McGill | Will sit out TY after shoulder surg |
| 8/16 | Utah St | LB | Parker Hausknecht | Left Tm |
| 8/16 | Utah St | RB | Tavarreon Dickerson | Left Tm |
| 8/16 | Utah St | LB | Delroy Hamilton | Med RS |
| 5/31 | UTEP | QB | Jay Hall | Dismissed from team |
| 8/16 | UTEP | DT | Isaac Tauaefa | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | UTEP | DT | Herbert Gonzales | Not on roster |
| 6/12 | Vanderbilt | TB | Lafonte Thourogood | Issued release will transfer |
| 8/16 | Vanderbilt | LB | Tristan Strong | No longer on the team |
| 8/16 | Vanderbilt | DE | Thad McHaney | End career health reasons |
| 8/16 | Virginia | DT | Tyrell Chavis | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Virginia | DE | Max Valles | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Virginia | LB | Caleb Taylor | Not on roster |
| 8/16 | Virginia | LB | Mike Ahunamba | Not on roster |
| 7/20 | Virginia Tech | LB | Nick Drew | Transfer 6/27 |
| 7/20 | Virginia Tech | DB | Theron Norman | transfer to EKU |
| 8/16 | Virginia Tech | OT | Nick Acree | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 8/16 | Wake Forest | OG | Daniel Blitch | Quit Tm |
| 8/16 | Wake Forest | OT | Steven Chase | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 8/16 | Wake Forest | OT | Dylan Heartsill | Back surgery career over |
| 8/16 | Wake Forest | LB | Josh Hunt | Dismissed from team |
| 8/16 | Wake Forest | CB | Dominique Tate | Left team |
| 8/16 | Wake Forest | CB | Laronji Vaspn | DNQ |
| 8/17 | Washington | RB | Deontae Cooper | Tore ACL Will Miss Yr |
| 8/17 | Washington St | NT | Anthony Laurenzi | Dismissed from team |
| 8/17 | Washington St | DE | Jordan Pu'u Robinson | Will not play TY |
| 8/16 | West Virginia | WR | Deontay McManus | Will not join tm this year |
| 8/16 | West Virginia | WR | Darreall Joyner | Will not join tm this year |
| 8/16 | West Virginia | LB | Sam Lebbie | Will not join tm this year |
| 8/16 | West Virginia | WR | Vince Colaianni | No longer on the team |
| 8/16 | West Virginia | RB | Pete Miller | No longer on the team |
| 7/22 | Western Michigan | OG | Deon Cammock | Left tm |
| 8/17 | Western Michigan | DT | Demetrius Anderson | Left team |
| 7/18 | Wisconsin | QB | Jon Budmayr | Out ssn hip surgery |
| 7/18 | Wisconsin | QB | Bart Houston | Shoulder surgery will RS |
| 7/22 | Wisconsin | DT | Jordan Kohout | Migrane headaches Career Over |
| 7/23 | Wisconsin | S | DJ Singleton | Possibly next yr |
| 8/16 | Wisconsin | OT | Casey Dehn | Left tm |
| 8/13 | WKU | DL | Tyrone Pearson | Academically ineligible for 2012 |
| 8/13 | WKU | RB | John Evans | Academically ineligible for 2012 |
| 8/16 | Wyoming | WR | James Caraway | Left team |
| 8/16 | Wyoming | CB | Damian Greene | Will greyshirt |
| 8/2 | Wyoming | WR | Sam Stratton | Surgery OFY |