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Former Alabama and Texas WR Agiye Hall commits to Sacramento State

Former Alabama and five-star recruit transferring to Sacramento State.

Not everyone’s path in college football is linear, and such is the case for WR Agiye Hall. Coming out of high school, Hall was one of the nation’s most sought-after players, ranked as the No. 7 receiver and No. 62 overall player in the 2021 recruiting cycle.

Hall started his college career in Tuscaloosa with the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he showed a ton of promise. He dazzled in the 2021 A-Day game as an early enrollee but didn’t see as much playing time as a true freshman in a very talented WR room, including John Metchie and Jameson Williams. Hall had four receptions for 72 yards while at Alabama and did even see significant playing time in the 2022 national title game.

After just one year, Hall decided to enter the portal and join Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns. Unfortunately, Hall’s stop in Austin didn’t go much better as he just spent one season in Texas before re-entering the portal. He took the 2023 season off before committing to the UCF Knights in May of 2024. However, he never enrolled in classes and never joined the team.

Now, Hall will be joining the FCS ranks as he has committed to Sacramento State where he will join up with his former WR coach at Texas, new Sacramento State head coach Brennan Marion. Hall still has NFL talent, but this might be his final opportunity.

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Former five-star Alabama football recruit re-enters transfer portal

This former Alabama receiver is back in the transfer portal.

Former Alabama Crimson Tide and Texas Longhorns wide receiver Agiye Hall is back in the transfer portal.

A five-star recruit by On3 out of Bloomingdale, Fla., Hall committed to Alabama in 2021 but left the program after being suspended by Nick Saban in April 2022 for violating team rules. He had four catches for 72 yards in his freshman season at Alabama in 2021.

Hall joined Steve Sarkisian at Texas in 2022 but was arrested before the season on criminal mischief charges. He was suspended before appearing in three games, making one catch for seven yards. Hall left the Longhorns after the 2022 season.

More recently, Hall had committed to play for Gus Malzahn at UCF in 2024 but never joined the program. He sat out the entire 2024 season after the Birmingham News reported that Hall had been arrested in December 2023 on charges of drug trafficking.

AL.com’s Matt Stahl reported that Hall “pled no contest to first-degree felony charges of trafficking in 300 plants or 25 pounds of cannabis in Florida, according to court documents obtained by AL.com.”

On3 first reported that Hall had reentered the transfer portal.

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Former Alabama WR Agiye Hall no longer joining UCF football program as walk-on

On Monday, Knights247’s Sam Leonard reported that former Alabama wide receiver Agiye Hall will not be suiting up for the UCF Knights for the 2024-2025 season.

A long, winding road is one way to describe Agiye Hall’s college career. The former Alabama wide receiver has had a difficult time navigating the challenges of being a college football player. On Monday, Knights247’s Sam Leonard reported that Hall is no longer joining UCF’s football program as a walk-on. Several months ago, Hall was set to join the Knights as a walk-on.

Hall began his career with the Alabama Crimson Tide. The native of Valrico, Florida spent one season in Tuscaloosa. The former four-star recruit reeled in four receptions for 72 yards for the Crimson Tide. After some off-the-field issues, Hall elected to enter the transfer portal and ultimately wound up committing to the Texas Longhorns.

Hall spent one season with the Longhorns. He hauled in one reception for seven yards. As a member of the Longhorns, Hall was arrested for criminal mischief. Subsequently, he was dismissed from the team by head coach Steve Sarkisian.

In 2023, Hall did not suit up for a college football team. Now, it appears he may not suit up for a college football team in 2024 either.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to provide the latest regarding Hall’s college career as well as the latest news pertaining to the Alabama football program.

Texas culture overcame turbulence in 2022

Steve Sarkisian’s culture is weathering every storm.

Texas has a strong culture. That has never been more true than in the last couple months.

When Texas brought in Jahleel Billingsley and Agiye Hall, some believed those moves would be detrimental to their culture. Even though their exits caused a stir, the Longhorns’ culture proved impermeable to drama and division.

Texas had its fair share of on-field frustrations as well. Quinn Ewers didn’t look like himself and struggled to get the ball to Xavier Worthy in the second half of the season. Steve Sarkisian helped the team through its struggles on the field to finish strongly against Baylor.

Next season Texas will return starters at multiple positions. Those starters will be charged with bringing the leadership Roschon Johnson and Bijan Robinson brought last season. They should be up to the task.

Culture is about accountability, and from what we’ve seen key contributors welcomed that accountability this season. It should carry over to next year.

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Former Alabama WR Agiye Hall enters transfer portal after a season at Texas

Agiye Hall, who played for the Crimson Tide in 2021, announced he would be transferring from Texas.

Former Alabama wide receiver Agiye Hall has announced via Twitter that he has, once again, entered the NCAA transfer portal. He will likely be heading to his third program in just as many years.

Hall originally joined the Crimson Tide as a four-star prospect in the 2021 recruiting class. After one season with appearances in three games, in which he had four receptions for 72 yards, he entered the portal. His departure from Tuscaloosa was met with criticism from Alabama fans and he was vocal in responding online.

He decided to transfer to Texas, where he’d join former Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian and tight end Jahleel Billingsley. In one season with the Longhorns, he had one catch for seven yards in three appearances.

There’s no telling where the wide receiver will continue his college football career, but we can almost certainly cross off Alabama and Texas from the list of potential programs.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Hall’s journey, as well as other former Alabama players now in the transfer portal.

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Team Building: Where Texas football goes from here after portal losses

Texas should finish with a net gain of talent after additions despite portal losses.

The football season isn’t over yet, but free agency has begun in college football. Multiple Texas players announced that they are looking for new homes on Tuesday.

Hudson Card headlines the group of departing players. Card played solid football in his game action this season and could garner plenty of interest from teams in need of a quarterback.

Other notable departures include Andrej Karic, Jamier Johnson and Troy Omeire.

The losses in and of themselves aren’t program killers but the loss of quality depth is suboptimal for the Texas staff. The reality is, every team will deal with portal casualties and the Longhorns could see more players depart.

The likelihood is that Texas will end up with a net gain of talent this offseason. Given their resources and improved on-field play this season, Steve Sarkisian should be able to improve the roster before next fall.

Let’s look at where Texas might add talent and depth in the offseason.

Steve Sarkisian is hoping to preserve Texas WR Agiye Hall’s redshirt

“That would be in the best interest of him and the best interest of us.”

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian spoke with the media on Thursday and made an interesting comment about wide receiver Agiye Hall’s future with the program. Continue reading “Steve Sarkisian is hoping to preserve Texas WR Agiye Hall’s redshirt”

Dose of Hope: Texas HC Steve Sarkisian’s quotes indicate competency

It appears Steve Sarkisian’s staff is fixing the Longhorns’ most glaring issues.

Texas had very fixable issues in the aftermath of the Texas Tech loss. It appears Steve Sarkisian and his staff are working to eliminate those problems.

Texas Tech picked the Longhorns apart with short yardage passes last week, a recurring theme of the Sarkisian era. The theme was most visible on third and fourth down conversions, where Texas allowed Tech free passes to the first down marker. The problem is being addressed this week.

The Texas head coach discussed the extra work the team is putting in on money downs for both sides of the football, among other things. Sarkisian’s confidence also shined through in his media availability on Thursday. He appeared assured that the team is prepared for West Virginia this week.

Here are a few of his quotes from Thursday’s media availability.

WR Agiye Hall finding a role in the Texas offense

Sarkisian hinted that we could be seeing more of the redshirt freshman wideout as early as this weekend. 

Texas wide receiver Agiye Hall hauled in his first pass as a Longhorn in the 37-34 loss to Texas Tech. Continue reading “WR Agiye Hall finding a role in the Texas offense”