Report: Indiana transfer Kobee Minor to visit Alabama
Indiana transfer defensive back Kobee Minor is expected to visit Alabama next week, per Matt Zenitz. Minor initially entered the transfer portal on April 29.
Minor spent one season with the Hoosiers. During that season, he played in 11 games and Indiana finished with a 3-9 overall record. Minor tallied 29 total tackles and four passes defended, both of which were career highs. For his efforts, Minor was named an All-Big Ten honorable mention.
Prior to his lone season at Indiana, Minor spent three seasons at Texas Tech. He redshirted during the 2020 season before playing in 22 games, often as a specialist, in 2021 and 2022 for the Red Raiders.
Minor played high school football at Lake Dallas (Texas), where he was a three-star prospect. He was the No. 1,286 overall recruit in the 2020 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
Indiana underwent a coaching change following the 2023 season, with Tom Allen being let go in the middle of the season. Allen is now the defensive coordinator at Penn State. Meanwhile, Curt Cignetti has come to lead the program from James Madison. While at James Madison, Cignetti went 52-9 and oversaw the team’s transition to FBS.
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Kalen DeBoer embracing challenge at Alabama
Alabama has added 10 players in the transfer portal during or since the 2023 campaign. However, largely due to the retirement of head coach Nick Saban, the program has also lost 34 players to the portal. Alabama currently sits at No. 69 in On3’s Transfer Portal Team Rankings.
Despite the obvious obstacles in his way, Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer is confident he can churn out a fantastic debut campaign at the helm of the Crimson Tide.
“I always go back to when I was a player at Sioux Falls, we were 2-8 my freshman year and we were 14-0 and national champs my senior year,” DeBoer said. “I knew what the culture looked like what it felt like as a player the first year and also what it took to get there. Over those four years, and I always just remember that it was the relationships. It was the consistency you got from the people that were in the building or on the team and just the work that it put in, so it was fun.
“I enjoyed the process, which, I think our entire team did and so I try to make that what we have here [at Alabama], and wherever I’ve been trying to make an environment, or facilitate an atmosphere that’s full of energy.”
On3’s Dan Morrison also contributed to this article.