🏈 2026 Alabama Roster Management Chart and Portal news

BamaFan334 said:
I'll just be blunt and honest about all of this. This is a small study that proves most people have zero control on how to run their lives. Guard rails in life are necessary, because there are a lot of people that don't think for themselves, have no drive or direction, and simply built to do what others tell them to do. Without rules/laws it gets extremely messy, because so many people are simply idiots.

As you stated, thousands of portal entrants with zero clue where they will be playing ball in their coming season. Think about that. Had a scholarship to play sports and get a free education and other perks to losing that and not having a clue what is next. Tell me how dumb that is and how they have sabotaged their future.

I never wanted them to be paid. I valued the scholarship and benefits from that. It created value, built a future, and make athletes hungry for the real pay day. Story hasn't been written yet, but the immediate gratification generation hasn't shown if the get rich quick model has helped them or cursed them. We've all seen "Broke" and heard the stories. Most of these even younger athletes have an even larger chance of going broke because their families are idiots and their agents only care about themselves as usual. Momma's and uncles, cousins and dad's all getting in the ear of their athletes has always been there, but now it's legal and a whole new variety of failures have come from it. Atleast before there were rules and it made it hard to fuck up. Now you can legally fuck up and prevent yourself from having a future before it ever got started.
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You're right, most kids and many adults can't see past the end of their own nose in terms of desires, goals and decisions. For the vast majority of the players, the most valuable thing they'll get from college is an education; however, the payments being made to starting college QBs who may never earn an NFL roster spot is the kind of money that - IF managed correctly - gives them a leg up for the rest of their lives. The kid from Cincinnati going to Texas Tech is getting 7.5MM for the next two years (3.5 and 4.0). If he never plays in the NFL, he could get a degree and start life with a nest egg it would take decades of earning and saving to approach. Plus, maybe he gets to an Allstate or Dr. Pepper commercial - he could live off of that and bank the rest.

This is a really good article on current rates for P4 starters and stars - link below and pdf attached. In it, they believed Coleman would go for 2MM. Interesting, there is an auburn connection when they noted the G5's payrolls were down in $1 to $10MM range, with the vast majority under $5MM. Here's the quote:

What are Group of 5 programs paying transfers?​

The rates for transfers who sign with Group of 5 schools are much lower because roster budgets are much smaller than at their Power 4 counterparts. While Power 4 programs’ football roster budgets can range from $13 million up to $30 million, G5 schools mostly ranged between $1 million and $10 million in 2025.

The vast majority of Group of 5 schools have roster budgets below $5 million, with a few exceptions. The top spending schools in the American, like USF, Memphis and Tulane, are believed to be above that.

Because of those budgets, you won’t find seven-figure players at G5 schools. Quarterbacks get the most, usually topping out around $500,000 or $600,000. One Group of 5 GM, whose school will have roughly a $3 million roster budget, said he expects to pay between $300,000 and $400,000 for his top quarterback transfer target this cycle.
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The Florida money driving USF's success, I believe, suggests auburn has bought into another coach who does well when he's at a monetary advantage over his counterparts, but who will struggle on a level playing field. Their coach may differ in many ways from Freeze, but in that key area I truly believe the results will be the same.

www.nytimes.com

How much do college football transfers earn in the NIL and revenue-sharing era?

Quarterbacks are at the top of the pay scale, but offensive tackles and defensive linemen also cost a premium.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

In the end, this portal process is a complete disaster and I'll not live and die with hourly predictions. I'll see who we have when the dust settles.

RTR,

Tim
 

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I'll see who we have when the dust settles.
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One thing that has stuck out to me in this thread and it just changed in the last few hours. Someone finally mentioned a guy who is already on campus and with the team; Crowell. I don't think Morgan has been mentioned in days.

The focal points of the attention of some ... 🤷‍♂️

In my perspective I find people questioning the perspective of players to have a questionable perspective.
 
TerryP said:
We've known this. But, I don't think I've ever written or said it out loud until today. I can't say I've even considered the question.

Have we seen a true All-Purpose back at UA this century? Think about it for a second, Kevin. If we go back 20 years we'd be looking at all-purpose yards on a Sunday morning. When is the last time we've discussed a back, post game, and were looking at his rushing yards, receiving yards (or return yards) when we were critiquing his performance? I'm thinking the player would be Freddie: and Bama certainly didn't send him between the tackles. Or was it Prothro with APY?
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If I had to say last all-purpose back would be Shaun Alexander. Damn! That’s going back a ways!!
 

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