🏈 2026 Alabama Roster Management Chart and Portal news

Here is the 2026 Roster Management Chart. You can view last year's version here. I will keep it updated regularly as player portal in and out and early draft departures make their announcements.

Position	Seniors	Juniors	Sophomores	Freshmen	2026 Signees	Departures
Quarterback		Austin Mack*		Keelon Russell*	Tayden Kawaa Jett Thomalla	Ty Simpson^
Running back		Daniel Hill Khalifa Keith*	Kevin Riley* AK Dear		Ezavier Crowell Traeshawn Brown	Jam Miller Dre’lyn Washington
Tight End	Danny Lewis Jr.*	Jack Sammarco Josh Ford	Jay Lindsey* Kaleb Edwards Marshall Pritchett Jaxon Shuttlesworth*		Mack Sutter	Josh Cuevas Brody Dalton
Wide Receiver	MJ Chirgwin*	Noah Rogers* Ryan Williams	Lotzeir Brooks Rico Scott* Derek Meadows		Tyler Henderson~ Cederian Morgan Maurice Mathis Amari Sabb Aubrey Walker	Germie Bernard
Offensive Line		Racin Delgatty* Ethan Fields* Jayvin James*	Casey Poe* William Sanders* Michael Carroll Nick Brooks	Ty Haywood* Kaden Strayhorn* Mal Waldrep* Jackson Lloyd*	Chris Booker Bryson Cooley Jared Doughty Bear Fretwell Tyrell Miller~	Kadyn Proctor^ Parker Brailsford^ Jaeden Roberts Geno VanDeMark Kam Dewberry
Defensive Front	Devan Thompkins* Kedrick Bingley-Jones*	Terrance Green* Edric Hill* Leslie Black	Jeremiah Beaman* Isaia Faga* London Simmons Steve Mboumoua*	Caleb Smith*	Corey Howard Kamhariyan Johnson Nolan Wilson	Tim Keenan III LT Overton
Edge Linebacker	Fatutoa Henry* Desmond Umeozulu Jah-Marian Latham+	Yhonzae Pierre* Justin Hill*			Jamarion Matthews Malique Franklin
Inside Linebacker	Caleb Woodson	Cayden Jones	QB Reese* Duke Johnson II Abduall Sanders Luke Metz		Xavier Griffin Zay Hall	Deontae Lawson Justin Jefferson Nikhai Hill-Green
Safety	Bray Hubbard Keon Sabb*	Red Morgan Zay Mincey Dre Kirkpatrick Jr	Ivan Taylor		Jireh Edwards Rihyeal Kelley
Cornerback		Zabien Brown Carmelo O’Neal	Dijon Lee Chuck McDonald		Jorden Edmonds Zyan Gibson Nick Sherman~	Domani Jackson DaShawn Jones

This chart will be updated regularly to reflect the most up to date roster outlook for 2026.

The Transfer Portal will be open from Friday, January 2nd until Friday, January 16th. Players will have those 2 weeks to enter the portal, but can sign after the portal closes. The 2 teams that play in the CFP National Championship Game will have a five-day portal period from January 20-24.

Note- Players in Red were either starters or significant contributors who played 150+ non-special teams plays in 2025.
* Player has used his redshirt
^ Underclassmen entering the NFL Draft
+ Latham will apply for 6th year due to injury
Bold Player is transferring in for 2026
~JUCO signee


Players That Are Transferring To Alabama
RB Khalifa Keith (App State)
TE Josh Ford (from Oklahoma State)
TE Jaxon Shuttlesworth (from Jacksonville State)
WR Noah Rogers (from NC Sate)
OL Nick Brooks (from Texas)
OL Racin Delgatty (from Cal Poly)
OL Ethan Fields (from Ole Miss)
OL Ty Haywood (from Michigan)
OL Jayvin James (from Mississippi State)
OL Kaden Strayhorn (from Michigan)
DL Leslie Black (from West Georgia)
DL Terrance Green (from Oregon)
DL Kedrick Bingley-Jones (from Mississippi State)
DL Caleb Smith (from Washington)
DL Devan Thompkins (from USC)
EDGE Desmond Umeozulu (from South Carolina)
LB Caleb Woodson (from Virginia Tech)
DB Carmelo O’Neal (from Mercer)



Players That Are Transferring From Alabama
RB Richard Young (to Colorado)
WR Cole Adams (to Vanderbilt)
WR Bubba Hampton (to Oregon State)
WR Isaiah Horton (to Texas A&M)
WR Jaylen Mbakwe (to Georgia Tech)
WR Jalen Hale (to SMU)
OL Arkel Anugwom (to Northwestern)
OL Olaus Alinen (to Kentucky)
OL Micah DeBose (to Vanderbilt)
OL Wilkin Formby (to Texas A&M)
OL Joseph Ionata (to Georgia Tech)
OL Roq Montgomery (to Western Kentucky)
DL Jordan Renaud (to Ole Miss)
DL James Smith (to Ohio State)DL
DL Kelby Collins (to South Carolina)
DE Keon Keeley (to Notre Dame)
EDGE Noah Carter (to Georgia Tech)
EDGE Qua Russaw (to Ohio State)
DB Cam Calhoun (to Ohio State)
DB Kameron Howard (to Boston College)

 

[24and7]

So this is what College ball has come to. Many teams made up of " Hired Mercenaries "

Even the people that grew up a fan and always wanted to play for a team, will leave for more money now..Nothing is sacred..

 

[Justneedme81]

Predicting 3 Alabama football Transfer Portal commits coming this week

While Kalen DeBoer and the Alabama coaching staff are hyper-focused on the College Football Playoff and the New Year's Day showdown against No. 1 Indiana at the

bamahammer.com

 

[BamaFan615]

Seems like CKD could issue a statement that all of his players have been told to answer no comment if ask. Still might not stop it but maybe reduce it? Try to manage it to some degree.

This is the players equivalent to coaches being asked of job openings when their name is being floated around.

Not really a good way to handle it (if they’re planning on leaving).

 

[alabama mike]

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I had some of those.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

The transfer portal days are upon us, hold on tight folks!

 

[TerryP]

I looked at this Tuesday and was wondering when you would publish.

# Player is out of eligibility

This was my question Tuesday. This is departures in your graph if I'm reading this correctly.

 

[TerryP]

Nice job, Brandon.

It would be interesting to see the numbers broken down. I may do that a little later this morning. We're looking at 10 seniors if all those guys stay.

At this point it's impossible to put Freshman and Signess together even thought it really distorts the first glance at the freshman class for this fall. Imagine a class of four!

20 offensive linemen on scholarship is a little heavy. Not too bad. I've seen a half of a dozen less with 15 sounding like it's about average. A transition in the player type is something we talked about. It wouldn't surprise me to see the number drop a few.

Off the top of your head, do you have a total? (I guess we could add the numbers if you chose to...)

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I looked at this Tuesday and was wondering when you would publish.

This was my question Tuesday. This is departures in your graph if I'm reading this correctly.

Overkill on my part... the early departures tag will suffice for my intentions there.

Off the top of your head, do you have a total? (I guess we could add the numbers if you chose to...)

I don't... and I purposely left off special teams. Just wanted a meat and potatoes roster picture. I'd personally wait until the dust settles in about a month before bothering with numbers.

 

[BamaFan334]

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

When you can't get minutes as a RB with the current RB room then maybe it's time to work hard on the books for the future. There isn't a back on our team that will be a loss if they leave.

 

[Justneedme81]

 

[rick4bama]

I'm asking here ,I have read that Richard Young is going into the portal?

 

[Justneedme81]

I'm asking here ,I have read that Richard Young is going into the portal?

🏈 Thread '2026 Alabama Roster Management Chart and Portal news'

Oct 10, 2025

Here is the 2026 Roster Management Chart. You can view last year's version here. I will keep it updated regularly as player portal in and out and early draft departures make their announcements.

Position	Seniors	Juniors	Sophomores	Freshmen	2026 Signees	Departures
Quarterback		Austin Mack*		Keelon Russell*	Tayden Kawaa Jett Thomalla	Ty Simpson^
Running back		Daniel Hill Khalifa...

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[rick4bama]

I was coming in here to ask about Young?

 

[Justneedme81]

@rick4bama Its already posted go few posts up.

 

[rick4bama]

@rick4bama Its already posted go few posts up.

Why can't I be like a lot on here and not read the thread but just post about it again!!

 

[Justneedme81]

Why can't I be like a lot on here and not read the thread but just post about it again!!

you want to be like @24and7? ya'll only one.

 

[Justneedme81]

 

[Justneedme81]

 

[UAgrad93]

Mbakwe just hit the portal!