Hello and Roll Tide!

The offseason is in full swing! The deadline to enter the portal closed on January 16th, but schools can still add players who are in the portal. Alabama lost 21 scholarship players. This may sound like a lot, but it is comparable to other top programs: Ohio State lost 34; Oregon lost 28; Tennessee lost 28; Texas lost 26. Alabama is still working to add players from the portal, but as of right now they’ve already added 15 players. It appears that the staff is mainly focused on the line of scrimmage. Alabama lost 6 offensive linemen to the portal and have already added 5. Bama lost 4 defensive linemen and 2 edge rushers and replaced them with 4 linemen and 2 edge rushers. The staff clearly identified the line of scrimmage as an area that needed adjustment. Below is a list of portal additions and who was lost. I will send out an update later in the offseason introducing the new portal additions.

2026 Incoming Transfer Portal Class as of 1/18/2026:

  • WR Noah Roger – Rogers transferred to Alabama from NC State. He will be a Junior with two years of eligibility
  • TE Josh Ford - Ford transferred to Alabama from Oklahoma State. He will be a Junior with 2 years of eligibility
  • OL Ethan Fields - Fields transferred to Alabama from Ole Miss. He will be a Redshirt Junior with 2 years of eligibility
  • OL Racin Delgatty - Delgatty transferred to Alabama from Cal Poly. He will be a Redshirt Junior with 2 years of eligibility
  • OL Nick Brooks - Brooks transferred to Alabama from Texas. He will be a Sophomore with 3 years of eligibility
  • OL Ty Haywood - Haywood transferred to Alabama from Michigan. He will be a Redshirt Freshman with 4 years of eligibility
  • OL Kaden Strayhorn - Strayhorn transferred to Alabama from Michigan. He will be a Redshirt Freshman with 4 years of eligibility
  • DL Devan Thompkins - Thompkins transferred to Alabama from USC. He will be a Redshirt Senior with 1 year of eligibility
  • DL Kedrick Bingley-Jones - Bingley-Jones transferred to Alabama from Mississippi State. He will be a Redshirt Senior with 1 year of eligibility
  • DL Terrance Green - Green transferred to Alabama from Oregon. He will be a Redshirt Junior with 2 years of eligibility
  • DL Caleb Smith - Smith transferred to Alabama from Washington. He will be a Redshirt Freshman with 4 years of eligibility
  • LB Caleb Woodson - Woodson transferred to Alabama from Virginia Tech. He will be a Redshirt Senior with 1 year of eligibility
  • LB Desmond Umeozulu - Umeozulu transferred to Alabama from South Carolina. He will be a Senior with 1 years of eligibility
  • DB Carmelo O’Neal - O’Neal transferred to Alabama from Mercer. He will be a Junior with 2 years of eligibility

2026 Outgoing Transfers:

  • RB Richard Young transferred to Colorado
  • WR Isaiah Horton transferred to Texas A&M
  • WR Jalen Hale transferred to SMU
  • WR Cole Adams transferred to Vanderbilt
  • WR Jaylen Mbakwe transferred to Georgia Tech
  • WR Aeryn Hampton transferred to Oregon State
  • OL Olaus Alinen transferred to Kentucky
  • OL Roq Montgomery transferred to Western Kentucky
  • OL Wilkin Formby transferred to Texas A&M
  • OL Arkel Anugwom transferred to Northwestern
  • OL Joseph Ionata transferred to Georgia Tech
  • OL Micah DeBose transferred to Vanderbilt
  • DL James Smith transferred to Ohio State
  • DL Kelby Collins transferred to South Carolina
  • DL Keon Keeley transferred to Notre Dame
  • DL Jordan Renaud transferred to Ole Miss
  • LB Qua Russaw transferred to Ohio State
  • LB Noah Carter transferred to Georgia Tech
  • DB Kameron Howard transferred to Boston College
  • DB Cameron Calhoun transferred to Ohio State
  • K Peter Notaro transferred to West Virginia
  • LS David Bird

I will send an update introducing the Transfer class, later in the off-season.

Roll Tide! -Jake