Florida right-handed pitcher Cooper Walls is leaving the program for the transfer portal after one season with the Gators, according to On3’s Pete Nakos.
Walls joined the Gators last offseason as a transfer from Hawaii. He was named the 2025 Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year behind a 3.73 ERA and a 45-to-15 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Kevin O’Sullivan awarded Walls the No. 3 spot in the weekend rotation after an impressive fall, but he was replaced by Russell Sandefer two series into SEC play. Walls’s best start for the Gators was his first, when he went 5 1/3 innings against UAB, allowing just one run.
He never made it through the fifth again, and his ERA ballooned to 7.17 by season’s end. The nail in the coffin was the regional final, in which he lasted just one inning against Troy.
Other Florida Gators in the transfer portal
Florida has already seen a quartet of arms depart for the transfer portal. McCall Biemiller, Matthew Jenkins and Cooper Moss announced on Monday, the first day the portal opened, and Christian Rodriguez followed on Thursday.
Infielder Kolt Myers and outfielder Blake Brookins are the two position players to enter the transfer portal so far.
Florida earned its first transfer commitment from former FGCU catcher Jon Embury, the 2026 ASUN Player of the Year, on Thursday.
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