Utah State has received a verbal commitment from University of Minnesota safety Craig McDonald. McDonald is 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, and will enter spring ball as a senior with two seasons of eligibility remaining.
In his final season with the Golden Gophers, McDonald saw action in just one game and did not record any stats.
According to 247sports coming out of Minnehaha Academy (MN), McDonald was rated as the 855th-best player nationally, the 66th-best safety, and the 6th-best prospect overall in Minnesota. He began his collegiate career at Iowa State University and originally held offers from Dartmouth, Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, Purdue, and Wisconsin. He played at Iowa State for two seasons before transferring and spending the 2022 season at Auburn University. In 2023, he transferred to the University of Minnesota. It appears that Utah State is his only offer out of the transfer portal this time around.
McDonald becomes the seventeenth transfer portal signing/commitment of the Bronco Mendenhall era here at Utah State and the twenty-fourth signing/commitment overall joining Snow JC (UT) safety Titan Saxton, Viewmont HS (UT) safety Ryan Tillman, Lehi HS (UT) cornerback Abe Jager, New Mexico long snapper Hyrum Hatch, New Mexico cornerback DJ Mayes, New Mexico cornerback Bryson Taylor, Hampton long snapper Owen Edwards, Utah Tech safety Brevin Hamblin, New Mexico running back Javen Jacobs, Missouri punter Will Safris, UCLA wide receiver Braden Pegan, byu running back Miles Davis, New Mexico Military Institute (NM) linebacker Sampson Alofipo, Mount San Antonio CC (CA) defensive tackle Kone Aumua Uiagalelei, Ridgeline HS (UT) quarterback Kaden Cox, Lafayette College defensive end Tyree Morris, Cincinnati kicker Carter Brown, New Mexico cornerback Bobby Arnold, Saddleback CC (CA) punter Dylan Sprague, UNLV wide receiver Corey Thompson Jr, byu offensive lineman Jake Eichorn, Cerritos Community College (CA) offensive lineman Kamuta Levasa, and Texas Tech wide receiver Brady Boyd.