The transfer portal has completely changed the dynamics of the college football world. Programs like Alabama and Georgia have typically been able to stash away five-star players and reload when the time comes, but now some players expect immediate playing time and will enter the portal if they don’t see the field as early as they’d like. Also, there are many reasons for entering the portal, but having the ability to play is clearly a big one.
In some senses, the portal has started to take away some of that Alabama culture where everything must be earned. Guys like Jake Coker and Blake Sims had to wait multiple years to only start for one year, but that’s what makes it all that much more special.
The Crimson Tide have been very active members in the transfer portal in both ways. They have greatly benefitted from the additions of guys like Jameson Williamson and Jahmyr Gibbs in recent years. However, they have also been purged by the portal as much as anyone in the country with 17 players departing this offseason.
Below is the list of schools where the 17 players transferred to this offseason.