🏈 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	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		Cederian Morgan Maurice Mathis	Germie Bernard
Offensive Line		Racin Delgatty* Ethan Fields*	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*	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
+ Unknown if Latham will apply for 6th year
Bold Player is transferring in for 2026
~JUCO signee


Players That Are Transferring To Alabama
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 Kaden Strayhorn (from Michigan)
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 Northweatern)
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)

 

[BamaFan334]

A loaded paragraph.

You're asking if we're going to see Bama lead and we don't know the answer. It's a loaded question because some answers are self-evident. Other schools have more money. That doesn't mean other teams can't spend enough to field competitive teams; teams that can win titles.

I suggested what I'm reading here several weeks ago. The season won't be taken in its entirety; people will focus on a game here or there.

I'm not sure if unrealistic or impatient is the right word. A little of both, perhaps. We're not one calendar year into rev share and they've already changed it for next year. We're seeing schools take different approaches; players biting on different approaches. Utah is off doing her thing and it's quite different from BYU (who shouldn't lack for money.) No one in the Big 12 has gone Utah's route and I don't believe anyone has taken the same route as TTU; maybe SMU is a close one.

I'm coming of the opinion we haven't seen the last of the restructuring in the Athletic Deptartment. A lot of roles being redefined.

If we're not going to match dollars and pockets, we need tk get creative like the Dodgers or pull a Saban and have old alumni running scout team to bring an elite level of look before we go into a matchup. That's bringing a competitive advantage to the table and finding a way.

Some of this is impatience, no doubt, but a lot of it is foresight. Beating Georgia in Athens was value. The ways we lost our four games this year leads to way more questions than answers. If we lost like Ole Miss did I'm probably not questioning anything. We arguably looked worse than Texas Tech did, and that is not value. Ole Miss and Miami really opened my eyes this year with their Playoff run.

 

[bamafan9201]

 

[Bammerboy321]

I'm still not convinced that the Oline problems and running game problems were on the coaching staff. I still think the personnel was the biggest problem.

We can certainly make the argument that there are personnel issues with the offensive line, but the constant indecisiveness on the starting lineup deep into the season just seems like ineptitude. Poor fundamentals, constant miscommunication, and a total lack of physicality doesn't seem like good coaching to me. It just seems hard to me to justify keeping him after season such dismal performances the last two seasons. I'd hope for DeBoer to want to go out and create a championship culture by getting the best coaching staff possible. We're giving a ton of excuses for a lot of the staff, like Chris Kapilovic, who have never had success. His offensive lines at Michigan State were literal dog shit. But I do agree with the personnel changes being needed. But I don't think being ranked 120th in rushing is just because Alabama didn't have the personnel.

And I am still waiting on someone to justify why Nunez is still employed as the special teams coach. With competent special teams, Alabama doesn't lose to Oklahoma at home. Everything from that unit screamed incompetence from the top. A blocked punt completely changed the momentum in the SECCG vs UGA. Fumbles; missed FGs; poor punting; atrocious blocking in kick offs; kick off coverage being average. Look how special teams played such a pivotal role last night in the national title.

I just find it funny that during the season, the vast majority of us were stating that changes needed to be made in order for Alabama to be elite. As each day passes, the goal post continues to be moved every day to justify why we keep coaches who aren't doing their job well.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I don't know what this means for coaching staff....

Like Terry said, it really means very little to nothing in terms of what will happen other than he's still one of the staff members that can go out on the road to recruit.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

If we're not going to match dollars and pockets, we need tk get creative like the Dodgers or pull a Saban and have old alumni running scout team to bring an elite level of look before we go into a matchup. That's bringing a competitive advantage to the table and finding a way.

Some of this is impatience, no doubt, but a lot of it is foresight. Beating Georgia in Athens was value. The ways we lost our four games this year leads to way more questions than answers. If we lost like Ole Miss did I'm probably not questioning anything. We arguably looked worse than Texas Tech did, and that is not value. Ole Miss and Miami really opened my eyes this year with their Playoff run.

That may mean going the private equity route. I hope that isn't the case, and I very seriously doubt it would be, but it is an option. An option that some think will ultimately be necessary for Bama to remain competitive year in and year out. I disagree, but that's just me.

 

[BamaFan334]

That may mean going the private equity route. I hope that isn't the case, and I very seriously doubt it would be, but it is an option. An option that some think will ultimately be necessary for Bama to remain competitive year in and year out. I disagree, but that's just me.

No way do I want that ro happen, but I damn sure don't wanna be the 8th team in the SEC to go that route, I'd wanna be the first. It's already a shit-show, so why not blaze a path where we win a Natty, get to Omaha, compete in Oklahoma City, be a mainstay in the Elite 8/Final 4?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

No way do I want that ro happen, but I damn sure don't wanna be the 8th team in the SEC to go that route, I'd wanna be the first. It's already a shit-show, so why not blaze a path where we win a Natty, get to Omaha, compete in Oklahoma City, be a mainstay in the Elite 8/Final 4?

I don’t have the answers. But I’m of the opinion that it would probably be best to let the dust settle from these massive changes before plotting a new course. Sooner or later, I still believe that the SEC (and B1G) will split off and expand. With that will come a new structure of oversight (not the NCAA). Likely, there will be collective bargaining and player contracts introduced, along with stricter rule and roster enforcement like we see in the pros. That isn't going to happen overnight though, so patience will be key. That's one (of several) reasons I don't think going the private equity route would be smart, especially long term.

If DeBoer's recruiting strategy of building strong relationships with the players works, and if his evals are solid, that should start paying dividends next season and afterwards when the portal re-opens. I haven't looked (and probably won't), but out of all the players that have transferred out, I think only a couple were ones that were DeBoer signees (from HS). Someone is welcome to fact check that because I'm not certain at all. But if I'm right on that, it at least shows that up to this point, his strategy is working... building the team via recruiting and using the portal to shore up depth or to improve in certain spots, but not to build the team through the portal (like he's having to do with the OL right now).

Beyond that, UA pays a very fair a very competitive rate, not to mention the myriad of NIL opportunities available to UA athletes that are not always available to those at other schools. Add to that top 5% facilities, medical care, player benefits, etc. the question then becomes, should Bama overpay for players and if so, where is the line drawn? I think in some cases, yes, they have to (right now), but then again, IMO, they are all overpaid anyway. But there comes a point where it would be irresponsible (and detrimental to other UA programs) to go beyond set budgets in an effort to keep up with the Texas schools, or Ohio State, or Miami, or Oregon in spending to land the biggest fish every recruiting and portal cycle.

So I say all that to again say, I have no idea what the ultimate answer is... and I'm glad I don't have to make the call... especially since it is spending other peoples money which would make me very uncomfortable to begin with. Bu to me, the plan they have is a solid one. It may be more tortoise than hare, but we've all heard how that goes... and which one survives longer. But right or wrong, I'd say stay the course on the recruiting strategy, don't egregiously overspend on players, and get a staff together that will focus on and preach attention to details, fundamentals, accountability, and toughness.

Sorry for typos and such, having to type this one handed because the dog won't get out of my lap.

 

[Rsedge72]

IMO, they are all overpaid anyway

 

[Rsedge72]

This was just sent to me and thought it was perfect!!!!!

 

[BamaFan334]

I don’t have the answers. But I’m of the opinion that it would probably be best to let the dust settle from these massive changes before plotting a new course. Sooner or later, I still believe that the SEC (and B1G) will split off and expand. With that will come a new structure of oversight (not the NCAA). Likely, there will be collective bargaining and player contracts introduced, along with stricter rule and roster enforcement like we see in the pros. That isn't going to happen overnight though, so patience will be key. That's one (of several) reasons I don't think going the private equity route would be smart, especially long term.

If DeBoer's recruiting strategy of building strong relationships with the players works, and if his evals are solid, that should start paying dividends next season and afterwards when the portal re-opens. I haven't looked (and probably won't), but out of all the players that have transferred out, I think only a couple were ones that were DeBoer signees (from HS). Someone is welcome to fact check that because I'm not certain at all. But if I'm right on that, it at least shows that up to this point, his strategy is working... building the team via recruiting and using the portal to shore up depth or to improve in certain spots, but not to build the team through the portal (like he's having to do with the OL right now).

Beyond that, UA pays a very fair a very competitive rate, not to mention the myriad of NIL opportunities available to UA athletes that are not always available to those at other schools. Add to that top 5% facilities, medical care, player benefits, etc. the question then becomes, should Bama overpay for players and if so, where is the line drawn? I think in some cases, yes, they have to (right now), but then again, IMO, they are all overpaid anyway. But there comes a point where it would be irresponsible (and detrimental to other UA programs) to go beyond set budgets in an effort to keep up with the Texas schools, or Ohio State, or Miami, or Oregon in spending to land the biggest fish every recruiting and portal cycle.

So I say all that to again say, I have no idea what the ultimate answer is... and I'm glad I don't have to make the call... especially since it is spending other peoples money which would make me very uncomfortable to begin with. Bu to me, the plan they have is a solid one. It may be more tortoise than hare, but we've all heard how that goes... and which one survives longer. But right or wrong, I'd say stay the course on the recruiting strategy, don't egregiously overspend on players, and get a staff together that will focus on and preach attention to details, fundamentals, accountability, and toughness.

Sorry for typos and such, having to type this one handed because the dog won't get out of my lap.

We definitely agree on a lot of this. My only point to yours is the comment about overpaying players, but yet we have a potential massive buyout close that made us vulnerable as well. As I have mentioned before, I'd rather see rhat money spent to buy a Natty than the buyout of a fired coach. Atleast rhat way we keep stability and get value for our money instead of making bad investments.

 

[rammerjammer]

I hope that the relationships that DeBoer is trying to build pays off. I know that during the early round of the play offs that the stat came out that UGA had 90% recruited players and only 10% portal players. I can see CKD is trying to build that way. I hope it works and that he can consistently field competitive top 10 teams.

What I find interesting is Dabo at Clemson. He has been vehemently opposed to the portal and was always a great recruiter. How he has not managed to maintain (like Kirby at UGA) is a bit baffling to me. I think it is a multitude of things. I have always said the 15-17 year mark is tough on coaches and they usually do not make it past that. Look at Mack Brown at UT, Phat Phil at UT, Spurrier after 12 years at UF. Hell the last 3-4 years for Saban caught a lot of bitching for several things falling off (defense, penalties, not as dominant). Dabo just finished year 17 ( 18 if you count interim).

Speaking of Dabo. He sucked ass for the first few years at CU. He didn't beat his rival USC jr until his 6th year at CU. Can you imagine losing to the goat-humpers across the state for 6 years in a row and keeping our coach at Alabama?

I said all that to say this. While I would love to see DeBoer do like Saban and win it all in year 3..........I ain't holding my breath. I despise the way CFB is done now. I have no problem with paying players, but this has to be reeled back in some. The inmates running the asylum is not a good way for this to be successful. Be patient folks. I think/hope that good things will happen with some change in the future. We got spoiled under CNS and the sustained success, but remember prior to that, winning 6 games and being bowl eligible was an accomplishment.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

We definitely agree on a lot of this. My only point to yours is the comment about overpaying players, but yet we have a potential massive buyout close that made us vulnerable as well. As I have mentioned before, I'd rather see rhat money spent to buy a Natty than the buyout of a fired coach. Atleast rhat way we keep stability and get value for our money instead of making bad investments.

My initial stance on the buyout was similar, that Bama would be on the hook for every cent and it would (temporarily) put UA behind the financial 8 ball because of it. While that still may be the case, there is a feeling among some within the UA halls that if it comes down to Bama and DeBoer parting ways, a possible (if not likely) scenario would be Sexton finding DeBoer a soft landing elsewhere (within the NFL or another HC spot), which would benefit both parties (if it came to that).

 

[AirForceBamaFan]

What impact will this have?

 

[bamafan9201]

So to expand a little on how things in the money sector works for Alabama and how much we're dealing with essentially I can help a bit with that. I also do know a few ballpark numbers for other teams but this is subject to change and adjust as the year gets closer.

Current NIL $$ being floated for a roster (keep in mind this is projected 2026 numbers):

Texas, Oregon, Texas Tech, Miami, Indiana - $40-60 million
Ohio State, Michigan, Texas A&M, LSU - $30-40 million
Ole Miss, Alabama, Oklahoma, Georgia, USC, etc etc -$20-30 million (Lots of schools fall into this category. We're on the higher end ahead of most of the pack)

Some are below $20 million, even in the SEC and Big 10 that can't afford that kinda payroll yearly. I think some of the misunderstanding is that Alabama doesn't have any money or doesn't spend it, that's patently false. The way we spend it is totally different than some teams are spending. Ohio State fluctuates from high to low, they put a lot of money on last year because they felt they had a chance to win it all. It paid off for them. Bama is likely implementing a similar strategy to Michigan and Georgia. Pay players frugally, keep just the most important ones and build a solid foundation with development and talent and compete consistently but make it so 1 out of every 2-3 years you have a good chance at winning it all.

The ones on the higher echelon are overspending, some are overspending at rates they can't even afford. Ole Miss has been overspending even at a lower tier than they can really afford IMO. That remains to be seen though, some people are hoping the immediate payout of wins will result in large donations to off-set the overspending. Some are spending Billionaire money from oil guys, Nike, Mark Cuban..what have you. The issue with all of it is, how long will it really last? Similar to what Brandon said, there's a real possibility we have some rules to all of this in the next 3-5 years. If you're floating with a salary that makes sense, and building/developing you'll be in a great spot when that time comes. If you're overpaying for a roster and the cap gets set, what do you do? You owe those guys $$ and you can't legally pay them anymore, you'll lose most of your players and you'll likely be dealing with a lot of lawsuits/legal actions coming against you.

So to understand things, people have different approaches to how we are all approaching this wild west of the NIL era.

Bama's Approach:

Some of you don't seem to understand our approach just yet. I'll explain as best I can from what I've gathered and what I've heard but realistically nobody knows exact information outside of Courtney Morgan, DeBoer, and Greg Byrne.

NIL -

We use this in moderation. Doesn't mean we won't spend large $$ on a piece, it means we will only spend on pieces we deem capable of drastically changing things with the amount of money spent. Simply put, someone like Coleman, we were willing to spend $2.5 million what everyone else was offering as the going price for Coleman. The day of his decision, he fielded calls from Texas and Texas Tech both offering $3.5 million, I'm sure the agent reached out to Bama to confirm but I would bet that's where the staff decided the $$ wasn't worth the production anymore. The other thing to consider is the locker room. You start handing out 3-5 million dollar NIL deals to essentially "rental" free agents, the rest of the locker room is going to expect they should get that when they're big pieces of our team. So our approach is to stay "Competitive" in pricing, but not go over what we see as fair value for a player or asset. Another thing to understand is that Alabama tries to keep the salary cap around $20-30 million, but that doesn't mean that's the tip top cap for us....we could use more if we wanted to push more.

Recruiting vs Portal -

While the portal and NIL were incredibly helpful for Indiana's turnaround, how much of that success is sustainable? Portal players are volatile, we've seen it first hand here. You hit some evaluations, some you don't. Cignetti hit on more than he busted on he evaluated well and pulled a strategy not a lot of people were using yet. That has changed a bit, and will change more with the advent of everyone seeing it in action. The whole find diamonds in the rough strategy amongst G5 and D2 guys is something everyone started to do this off-season and it will intensify next year as people add scouting departments to evaluate talent for those areas. Cignetti has very little scouting/talent evaluation for the high school side and spend a lot of his scouting resources on finding college ready players from lower levels. A very interesting and smart strategy, the issue? There's limited players that are worth it and as more and more teams do it, you might get 1-2 players a year instead of 6-7 players so using that to build a team will quickly become impossible. You'll have to go back to development and recruiting or find a way to get players from P5 schools. Bama takes an approach to field recruits out of high school and even if they whiff, maintain a good relationship with that recruit. Especially the 4-5 stars that have immense talent. We prefer to bring in guys that can plug and play immediately and will have a positive impact. We try to build a roster with the emphasis on specific years making a big push. Right now, development will be the main goal for this year coming up. With a push likely the year after that...doesn't mean we'll be bad just means we need to temper expectations a bit here. Bama pushes for High School guys much more than the portal right now, emphasis is shifting a bit for the portal but similar to NIL spending we don't know if the portal will start to have changes when NIL contracts and stuff start to be enforced so recruiting only from the portal and losing High School relationships may be a terrible move in a few years.

Fit vs Financial -

This is something that has come up lately a lot in discussions with friends and people who are insiders. Alabama's approach unlike Miami or Oregon, is to attack guys that FIT into the mold of wanting to develop and fight for spots vs a Financially motivated player. Someone who is looking for a large bag or wanting to be paid immediately. A lot of situations show that Miami,Texas, and Oregon tend to use this strategy more, whereas Alabama likes to adjust for FIT within the program, someone hungry and willing to stick it out. Both methods can work, but ultimately we all know that the FIT version will consist of a much better locker room culture and feeling whereas the Financial group can be amazing or volatile, nobody knows until they put them all together. A lot of them are trying to just grab a "dream team" type of roster with loaded talent that can hopefully given them the edge.

I will say this, Cignetti and Indiana did NOT have a dream team this year, their roster shows they had a lot of veteran pieces but by no means were all of them insanely talented. So why did their team work this year? Why is it possible they won't work next year?

Parity -

Look no further than Indiana's strategy change, they take players willing to stick it out for less this year and developed them. Last year they developed, this year they produced. A few key pieces here and there and you can take a young team and turn it into a National Champion within two years by building a good foundation that rotates this consistently, similar to Alabama's foundation right now and how they attacked the portal this year. We aren't building for next year but rather the year after that. It suggests that the parity in college football now and the portal has destroyed the ability to "win it all" every year or consistently. Taking stabs when you feel your team is ready is likely the better strategy for now.


Finale -

Bama will be a competitive team in this new environment but it doesn't mean we'll be the top of the pecking order every year. We had a rough year this year (Missed evaluations, bad development, and losing key pieces in bad times) but we still managed to make it into the CFP and even won our first round game. I would remind everyone to temper expectations year in and year out, be hopeful but don't be unrealistic. Saban's dynasty will never be re-created by anyone ever again especially with the direction that football is going. Dynasties themselves may not see the light of day anymore either, unless someone gets lucky ala Patriots with Brady. So just enjoy the parity, hopefully they don't change it to 24 team playoff and ruin the regular season and hopefully there is some RULES and SOON. Hold on guys, going to be a wild few years here.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I don’t have the answers. But I’m of the opinion that it would probably be best to let the dust settle from these massive changes before plotting a new course. Sooner or later, I still believe that the SEC (and B1G) will split off and expand. With that will come a new structure of oversight (not the NCAA). Likely, there will be collective bargaining and player contracts introduced, along with stricter rule and roster enforcement like we see in the pros. That isn't going to happen overnight though, so patience will be key. That's one (of several) reasons I don't think going the private equity route would be smart, especially long term.

If DeBoer's recruiting strategy of building strong relationships with the players works, and if his evals are solid, that should start paying dividends next season and afterwards when the portal re-opens. I haven't looked (and probably won't), but out of all the players that have transferred out, I think only a couple were ones that were DeBoer signees (from HS). Someone is welcome to fact check that because I'm not certain at all. But if I'm right on that, it at least shows that up to this point, his strategy is working... building the team via recruiting and using the portal to shore up depth or to improve in certain spots, but not to build the team through the portal (like he's having to do with the OL right now).

Beyond that, UA pays a very fair a very competitive rate, not to mention the myriad of NIL opportunities available to UA athletes that are not always available to those at other schools. Add to that top 5% facilities, medical care, player benefits, etc. the question then becomes, should Bama overpay for players and if so, where is the line drawn? I think in some cases, yes, they have to (right now), but then again, IMO, they are all overpaid anyway. But there comes a point where it would be irresponsible (and detrimental to other UA programs) to go beyond set budgets in an effort to keep up with the Texas schools, or Ohio State, or Miami, or Oregon in spending to land the biggest fish every recruiting and portal cycle.

So I say all that to again say, I have no idea what the ultimate answer is... and I'm glad I don't have to make the call... especially since it is spending other peoples money which would make me very uncomfortable to begin with. Bu to me, the plan they have is a solid one. It may be more tortoise than hare, but we've all heard how that goes... and which one survives longer. But right or wrong, I'd say stay the course on the recruiting strategy, don't egregiously overspend on players, and get a staff together that will focus on and preach attention to details, fundamentals, accountability, and toughness.

Sorry for typos and such, having to type this one handed because the dog won't get out of my lap.

There is nothing that private equity brings that it doesn't take in spades via carried interest down the line. Nothing, but "I'll give you a hamburger today in exchange for three in two years".

The relationships may pay off unless we are left in the dust, monetarily. A very fair rate, a competitive rate, will be characterized as fools' slave wages in 24 months, perhaps twelve. I can hear the agents and competing schools....they want to pretend to be your friend so they can rip you off....I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think we have the keys to supplemental NIL sources, these other schools are raining from the sky.

Normally, after a bad end to the season, I simply ignore it and move on. This year, I've given myself a 24-hour rule to lament the permanent loss of college football as we've known it. Cuban, the Miami buffoon, Nike Oregon, oil TX/aTm/SMU/TTech/Okie State, CRE GA, chemically impregnated wood auburn, Ole Miss funded by reverse mortgages, it's all going to end each year in a pile of scat.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

What impact will this have?

Is he with us now?

 

[bamafan9201]

Is he with us now?

They haven't formally announced it, but yet looks that way.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

What impact will this have?

He takes over for the departed DPP Eron Hodges who went with Shephard to Oregon St.

 

[BamaFan334]

My initial stance on the buyout was similar, that Bama would be on the hook for every cent and it would (temporarily) put UA behind the financial 8 ball because of it. While that still may be the case, there is a feeling among some within the UA halls that if it comes down to Bama and DeBoer parting ways, a possible (if not likely) scenario would be Sexton finding DeBoer a soft landing elsewhere (within the NFL or another HC spot), which would benefit both parties (if it came to that).

Can we be patient for two more years...

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

Love this mindset. But I have a feeling we'll be seeing him play a lot.