Alabama Football: Tracking the transfer portal departures, additions
The transfer portal has changed college football forever. Some programs haven’t figured out how to best utilize the new roster tool, but Alabama isn’t one of them. Nick Saban has already turned what many expected to be a blow to the program’s depth into a way to add more stars on both sides of the football.
Sure, the number of losses versus additions may tell a different story, but for Alabama, the transfer portal is about adding quality, not quantity. So far, the Crimson Tide have signed six potential new starters, four of which are on offense where there were four Day 1-2 picks lost to the NFL. Of the 17 portal losses, none were expected to be in the starting lineup against Utah State on Sept. 3.
Below, we’re keeping track of every departure and addition. We’ve also included the On3 transfer portal rankings for each player. In the end, Alabama has added more top-100 transfers (5) than it has lost (4). Plus, three of the five are ranked amongst the top-10 transfer prospects. Check it out.
Alabama – Departures (17)
TE Jahleel Billingsley (Texas Longhorns)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 11 overall / No. 1 TE
WR Agiye Hall (Texas Longhorns)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 35 overall / No. 9 WR
LB Drew Sanders (Arkansas Razorbacks)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 48 overall / No. 7 LB
DB Marcus Banks (Mississippi State Bulldogs)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 94 overall / No. 13 CB
OL Tommy Brown (Colorado Buffaloes)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 145 overall / No. 12 OT
RB Camar Wheaton (SMU Mustangs)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 146 overall / No. 17 RB
LB Shane Lee (USC Trojans)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
WR Javon Baker (UCF Knights)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
OL Pierce Quick (Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
DB Kaine Williams (Nebraska Cornhuskers)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
QB Paul Tyson (Arizona State Sun Devils)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
LB King Mwikuta (Arkansas State Red Wolves)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
LB Jackson Bratton (UAB Blazers)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
TE Caden Clark (Akron Zips)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
WR Xavier Williams (Utah State Aggies)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
DL Stephon Wynn Jr. (Nebraska Cornhuskers)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
OL Dayne Shor (UConn Huskies)
Transfer portal ranking: N/A
Alabama – Arrivals (5)
RB Jahmyr Gibbs (Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 2 overall / No. 1 RB
WR Jermaine Burton (Georgia Bulldogs)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 6 overall / No. 2 WR
CB Eli Ricks (LSU Tigers)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 8 overall / No. 1 CB
WR Tyler Harrell (Louisville Cardinals)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 66 overall / No. 14 WR
OT Tyler Steen (Vanderbilt Commodores)
Transfer portal ranking: No. 91 overall / No. 7 OT
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