{"id":468592,"date":"2025-12-24T09:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/468592\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T09:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:23:57","slug":"tcu-running-back-to-enter-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/468592\/","title":{"rendered":"TCU Running Back to Enter Transfer Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"62\">The transfer portal hasn\u2019t opened yet, but players from across the country have already stated their intent to enter it when it officially opens for business on Jan. 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/tcu\/football\/two-hometown-talents-are-ready-to-rock-in-the-alamo-bowl-01kd1w36h9hm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TCU<\/a> quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/tcu\/football\/tcu-quarterback-josh-hoover-enters-the-transfer-portal-01kcsqkvyqem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Hoover<\/a> already announced that he was leaving Fort Worth several days ago, and now backup running back Nate Palmer has done the same.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">Palmer, a former three-star recruit out of Decatur, Texas, has been with the Frogs for two seasons. Over that period, he\u2019s intermittently been a figure of the rushing attack \u2014 especially this past season when several Horned Frogs running backs went down with injuries. In total, he\u2019s accumulated 164 rushing yards on 41 carries throughout two seasons in college, with 139 of those yards coming in 2025. He has yet to score a touchdown in his college career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.\u201d\u201d<br \/>Genesis 28:15<\/p>\n<p>3 Years of eligibility left! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ezOC4WuLSR\">pic.twitter.com\/ezOC4WuLSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Palmer \u271e (@NatePa7mer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatePa7mer\/status\/2003248972421562662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">\u201cI\u2019m blessed to have had the opportunity to represent the City of Fort Worth and TCU the last 2 years,\u201d Palmer said in a post on X on Dec. 22. \u201cThank you to ALL of TCU staff for believing in me and pushing me to be the best version of Nate Palmer on and off the field. Thank you to my teammates for all the memories we have created the last 2 years. I have formed relationships and met friends I will call brothers the rest of my life. After careful consideration with my family, I\u2019ve decided to enter the transfer portal. God bless &amp; Thank you Horn Frog Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">Palmer\u2019s best performance came in the team\u2019s opening win over North Carolina, where he ran it seven times for 61 yards. In the Frogs\u2019 final game of the season against Cincinnati, he carried it a career-high eight times for 33 yards.<\/p>\n<p>What Will TCU\u2019s Rushing Attack Look Like Next Season?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/01kd64v0yref3k37qq26.jpg\" alt=\"TCU Horned Frogs running back Jeremy Payn\" title=\"TCU Horned Frogs running back Jeremy Payn\" width=\"4425\" height=\"2950\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6q\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nov 29, 2025; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; TCU Horned Frogs running back Jeremy Payne (26) runs with the ball during the game between the Horned Frogs and the Bearcats at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">While it\u2019s difficult to forecast exactly how TCU\u2019s roster will shake out in 2026, it can be safe to assume that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/tcu\/football\/jeremy-payne-emerges-as-tcu-future-feature-back-01kbc6s943e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremy Payne<\/a> will be the featured running back for the Horned Frogs next season. With Kevorian Barnes being a senior and Palmer entering the portal, the opportunity is Payne\u2019s for the taking.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6x\">It\u2019s deserved, too. The sophomore from Missouri City, Texas, had a productive season that saw him put up 550 yards on 97 carries. He reached the end zone on four occasions as well. Should he parlay that success into 2026 \u2014 perhaps with an additional boon thanks to the arrival of new offensive coordinator Gordie Sammis \u2014 then TCU will be set when it comes to running the football.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Recommended Articles<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The transfer portal hasn\u2019t opened yet, but players from across the country have already stated their intent to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":468593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-468592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fortworth","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115773824932459686","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}