Where are the free agents headed?
December 29, 2025 by Charlie Eisenhood in News
We’re just days away from the start of 2026, and that means pro disc golfer sponsorship news is about to flood your feed. You can always check in on the current slate of sponsorship contracts on our Active Contracts Tracker, but we’re also going to keep this post updated with news of both signings and departures.
Here’s the latest player sponsorship news:
– Kevin Jones is back with Prodigy! He left Prodigy mid-contract to join Innova in mid-2024 and spent 18 months with the company.
– Corey Ellis is signing with RPM Discs for 2026.
– Rebecca Cox is back with Latitude 64 for her ninth season.
– Anniken Steen is signing with Latitude 64 for 2026.
– Discraft announced its full tour team, including re-signings of Ben Callaway and Brodie Smith, as well as the now official signing of Evan Smith.
– Alden Harris re-signed with Discmania for two years.
– Joey Buckets is back with Kastaplast on a two-year deal.
– Austin Turner is back with Discraft and has been promoted to their highest sponsorship tier for 2026.
– Paige Shue is continuing for another year with Discraft.
– Luke Taylor is back with Discraft and has been promoted to their highest sponsorship tier for 2026.
– It’s official: Aaron Gossage is signing with MVP for 2026.
– Silas Schultz, who earlier announced he was leaving Discmania, has signed with MVP for 2026.
– Hanna Huynh is back with Discraft and has been promoted to the highest sponsorship tier after a career year in 2025.
– Chandler Kramer is back with Gateway in 2026.
– Discraft announced a two-year extension for Missy Gannon and a one-year extension for Adam Hammes.
– Calvin Lonnquist signs with MVP.
– Discraft has announced a flurry of signings, including a two-year extension for Holyn Handley, a two-year extension for Ezra Aderhold, a one-year extension for Valerie Mandujano, and Tour Team signings of Addison Woodard, Chandler Fry, Cynthia Ricciotti, Eden Fornoff, Hayden Carroll, Kelley Foster, Lexi Marx, Daniel Polk, Colten Montgomery, Kevin Kiefer, and Evan Scott.
– Ida Emilie Nesse is the first of the four buzzed-about MVP signings.
– Chris Clemons is reunited with Dynamic Discs after two years with Discraft.
– The 13-year old wunderkind Julia Fors is signing with Latitude 64.
– Daniel Davidsson, Nestori Tuhkanen, and Sintija Klezberga sign with Discraft.
– It’s a 3 year extension for Chris Dickerson at Discraft, running through 2028.
– Discmania re-signed Gavin Babcock on a two-year deal through 2027.
– Braeden Sides is continuing with Kastaplast for the third straight year.
– Jakub Semerad re-signed with Latitude 64 again in 2026.
– Harry Chace is back with Discmania for a 5th year.
– Silas Schultz is leaving Discmania after being sponsored by the Finnish brand since 2018.
– Macie Velediaz re-signed with Dynamic Discs for 2026.
– Matt Bell is back with Thought Space Athletics.
– Prodigy announced its Core Team for 2026, headlined by Luke Humphries. The rest of the team is Brandon Brown, Dylan Capaccioli, Jonathan Fletcher, Matt Hammersten, Jake Hebenheimer, Noah Higgins, Manabu Kajiyama, Jesse Longenecker, and Harper Thompson.
– DGA announced its Tour Team for 2026, which included the re-signings of Cole Redalen, Sullivan Tipton, Andrew Marwede, Eliezra Midtlyng, Catrina Allen, Jake Monn, and Andrew Miranda.
– Luke Humphries signed a two-year extension with Prodigy Discs.
– Jaden Rye is signing with DGA for 2026.
– Chantel Budinsky is dropping her Prodigy sponsorship.
– Robert Burridge is signing a one-year extension with Dynamic Discs.
– Raven Newsom is back with MVP for 2026.
– Parker Welck is re-signing with Dynamic Discs for 2026.
– Deann and AJ Carey are retiring from touring disc golf.
– As is tradition, Innova announced its full team roster on the first day of the new year. There are few big changes — the top-tier Star Team doesn’t add anyone new this year but drops from 13 players to 10: Bradley Williams, Garrett Gurthie, and Jessica Weese all drop to Champion Team. The biggest news is that Eveliina Salonen and Henna Blomroos, who were on expiring three-year deals, both return to Star Team in 2026. Iida Lehtomaki moves up to Team Champion. Of the players on Star and Champion Team in 2025, only Kevin Jones is not returning.
– Calvin Lonnquist will not return with Innova in 2026.
– The long-rumored departure is confirmed: Aaron Gossage is out at Discraft.
– Kevin Jones is leaving Innova after two years with the company.
– Alexis Mandujano is back with Discraft for another year.
– Kaidi Allsalu is departing her Prodigy sponsorship.
– Rachel Turton is out at Prodigy.
– Mason Ford is extending with Mint Discs and Meridian Discs, one of the few announcements of a re-signing so far.
– A big exodus at Dynamic Discs, with Evan Smith, Ty Love, and Raven Klein departing for 2026.
– One of Europe’s bright young stars, Ida Emilie Nesse, is leaving Innova. Another, Julia Fors, is leaving Discraft.
– Corey Ellis announced that he will be departing Discraft.
– Tuomas Hyytianen posted on Instagram that he is leaving Discmania.
– Andrew Presnell is re-signing with Discraft, though he will drop from the highest sponsorship team, Elite Team, to the second-highest, Tour Team.
– Sofia Donnecke and Anneli Tõugjas-Männiste, both coming off of their strongest seasons ever, were promoted to Team Champion, Innova’s second-highest sponsorship tier.
– Nate Sexton signed a three-year extension with Innova.
– Jaden Rye announced that he is leaving his sponsorship with Hooligan Discs and Meridian Discs.
