Louisville football fans already knew the Cards must be active in the Transfer Portal this offseason, but after today, Jeff Brohm and the staff have a lot of work to do on both sides.
The Cardinals got hit yet again by the Transfer Portal as the third and fourth Cardinals of the day entered the portal. The Cardinals fans were crushed when Kentucky native Shaun Boykins Jr. was the first Cardinal to exit, and then star edge rusher AJ Green was the second. Now, the Cards' tight end room takes a hit as redshirt junior Nate Kurisky and true freshman Grant Houser both entered the Transfer Portal.
Louisville TE Nate Kurisky is entering the transfer portal as a grad transfer, his rep @ConnorMadden24 tells @PeteNakos.
— Transfer Portal (@TransferPortal) December 24, 2025
The TE totaled 50 catches for 410 yards and 7 TDs over three seasons with the Cardinals.https://t.co/XqNM1seObc pic.twitter.com/Iyd26H8okk
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Louisville football loses two more offensive players to the Transfer Portal
The two tight ends are the second and third offensive players to enter the portal just today. While Boykins and Houser didn't see much action this season, Kurisky was one of Louisville's top tight ends for the past few seasons.
The 6-foot-3, 240-pound tight end has spent all four seasons with Louisville and has a total of 50 catches for 410 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. In 2023, he had 18 catches for 141 yards and two touchdowns, and in 2024, while he had a career low in receptions and receiving yards, he had a career-high in receiving touchdowns with three. He is coming off a career season in which he set career highs in catches and receiving yards, with 20 receptions for 157 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
As for Houser, he was limited due to his knee injury. The true freshman didn't see the field this 2025 season after committing to Louisville as a top 50 tight end in the 2025 class out of Ohio. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound tight end was ranked as high as No. 1,014 in the 2025 class and committed to Brohm's Cardinals over the No. 1 team in the nation, Indiana, and other Division I schools like Navy, Army, and Air Force.
Louisville will turn to junior Jaleel Skinner next season after leading the tight end room with 21 catches, 204 yards, and two touchdowns. Louisville has now lost four players to the portal today, and seven in total.
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