Aliou Bah becomes second Georgia OL to enter transfer portal
A 13th Georgia player has now entered the transfer portal since the end of the 2023 regular season. Redshirt freshman offensive lineman Aliou Bah is seeking a transfer and put his name into the portal. Bah has three years to play three.
The one-time FSU commitment signed with Georgia in the 2022 class. He enrolled early at UGA but did not see the field at all as a true freshman. Instead he served as an offensive tackle on the scout team as the Bulldogs went 15-0 and won a National Championship.
Bah started seeing action at both tackle and guard during the spring of 2023 but was unable to find a role for himself. He was a reserve all season, appearing in three games. As a prospect he was the No. 352 overall prospect in American in the 2022 class according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that factors in all four recruiting services. He was the No. 23 interior offensive lineman in the country and the No. 44 prospect in Florida.
Bah is the second Georgia offensive lineman to enter the portal. The first was Austin Blaske, who put his name in last week.
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More on the transfer portal…
The NCAA student-athlete transfer portal launched in 2018. It marked a change from when student-athletes had to get a release from one school to transfer to another and they could be limited as to where they transferred. The portal allows student-athletes to simply notify their current school and its compliance department that they intend to move on to another program. Entering the transfer portal does not mean a prospect has to transfer, it just means they can be recruited by other programs and take visits. Georgia has had players enter the portal in the past and elect to return.
Since its implementation, Georgia has added several notable prospects. That list includes Lawrence Cager (Miami), Eli Wolf (Tennessee), Derion Kendrick (Clemson), Tykee Smith (West Virginia), Rara Thomas (Mississippi State) and Dominic Lovett (Missouri). The Bulldogs have had years when they’ve been active in the portal, attempting to take as many as four prospects before the 2021 season. They have also had seasons like 2022 when they didn’t take a single player and went on to go 15-0, winning the National Championship for a second straight season.
Portal needs for Georgia in the current class include defensive line and wide receiver, where it is expected to land multiple players at each position. The Bulldogs could also be in the market at running back, outside linebacker, offensive tackle, or safety. If a player wants to transfer from SEC school to SEC school, he must do so by January 2 when the current window closes. There is another window that will open in the spring but, at that point, a player must transfer in from outside the conference.
