Alabama Football Losing Large Portion Of Roster, Recruits And Transfers
The Alabama Crimson Tide have lost quite a bit since the departure of Nick Saban.
The Tide were seemingly blindsided by Saban's retirement in early January, giving way to new head coach Kalen DeBoer. Since DeBoer's hiring there has been a mass exodus of players from the program - both recruits and current players on the roster.
It hasn't been a slew of no-name, backups that didn't make a splash for Alabama. It's big-time receivers, starting safeties, important offensive linemen - 13 total starters have either graduated, declared for the NFL, or entered the transfer portal. 10 second-string players have done the same.
28 players in total have entered the transfer portal. A fair portion of which left before Saban did, to be fair, but the players that are now leaving the Crimson Tide are high-profile contributors.
Here's a breakdown of what the Tide have lost so far. Players highlighted in BOLD were starters.
Graduating Players/NFL Draft (Two-Deep)
DE Justin Eboigbe - NFL Draft
SAM Dallas Turner - NFL Draft
MIKE Trezmen Marshall - NFL Draft
JACK Chris Braswell - NFL Draft
CB Kool-Aid McKinstry - NFL Draft
CB Terrion Arnold - NFL Draft
FS Jaylen Key - NFL Draft
RG Darrian Dalcourt - Graduation
RT JC Latham - NFL Draft
WR Jermaine Burton - NFL Draft
RB Jase McClellan - NFL Draft
Transfer Portal
DL Isaiah Hastings - Syracuse
DL Monkell Goodwine - South Carolina
DL Anquin Barnes - Colorado
WILL Shawn Murphy - Florida State
LB Kendrick Blackshire - Texas
LB Ian Jackson
SS Caleb Downs
FS Kristian Story - Kentucky
S Jake Pope - Georgia
CB Dezz Ricks - Texas A&M
CB Earl Little II - Florida State
CB Antonio Kite
CB Trey Amos
QB Tyler Buchner - Notre Dame (Lacrosse)
QB Eli Holstein - Pitt
WR Isaiah Bond - Texas
WR Malik Benson - Florida State
WR Ja'Corey Brooks - Louisville
WR Thaiu Jones-Bell
WR Shazz Preson - Tulane
RB Roydell Williams - Florida State
TE Amari Niblack
TE Miles Kitselman - Tennessee
OT Kadyn Proctor
C Seth McLaughlin - Ohio State
LG Terrence Ferguson II - Florida State
Recruit Decommitments
5-star WR Ryan Williams (2024) - Auburn lean
4-star OT Dontrell Glover (2025) - Undecided
4-star IOL Mason Short (2025) - Georgia lean
4-star EDGE Javion Hilson (2025) - Florida State commit
5-star WR Jaime Ffrench (2025) - Undecided
5-star EDGE Zion Grady (2025) - Undecided
It will be interesting to watch Kalen DeBoer rebound from the massive loss of production and depth. Thankfully, the Crimson Tide have managed to hang onto their starting quarterback Jalen Milroe. Maybe he will be a piece to build around for 2024.
