Texas lands top tight end transfer from SEC program

Texas lands top tight end transfer from SEC program

The Texas Longhorns continued their offseason success through the transfer portal Thursday evening, as head coach Steve Sarkisian added another solid piece to his 2024 offense in Alabama transfer tight end Amari Niblack.

A former four-star prospect in the 2022 class, Niblack has spent the first two seasons of his collegiate career at Alabama. After catching only one pass in 2022 as a freshman, which went for a touchdown, Niblack had a breakout 2023 campaign this past fall in Tuscaloosa, catching 20 passes for 327 yards and four touchdowns.

Niblack is now the seventh transfer portal addition for the Longhorns so far this offseason, as well as the third from Alabama alongside Isaiah Bond and Kendrick Blackshire. The former four-star is also Texas’ first transfer addition at tight end, which was a likely position of need for the Longhorns after 2023 starter Ja’Tavion Sanders departed for the NFL.

A rising junior, Niblack is now set to join a loaded Texas pass-catching group next season, and should be one of the top targets for Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers.