That's not to say that Williams won't take a major step forward in 2026, and Alabama does have Lotzeir Brooks, Derek Meadows and Rico Scott in tow for next season, as well. Heck, the Crimson Tide also landed Cederian Morgan on early national signing day.

Former Alabama safety Tony Mitchell has reportedly reentered the NCAA transfer portal following a season at Mississippi State.

This past offseason, the Alabama Crimson Tide were certainly active in terms of adding talent via the transfer portal. Overall, Alabama brought in over 10+ players from the transfer portal, a majority of which came on the offensive side of the ball.

Colorado defensive tackle Jehiem Oatis is planning to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3’s Pete Nakos. He originally started his collegiate career with Alabama, starting multiple games in three seasons with the Crimson Tide.

Alabama running back Justice Haynes has entered the NCAA transfer portal, ESPN has learned. Haynes started six games for the Crimson Tide this season and finished as their third-leading rusher with 448 rushing yards on 5.7 yards per carry and seven touchdowns.

The transfer portal doesn't actually open for players until Jan. 2, thanks to new rules adopted by the NCAA, but murmurs of certain players making plans to enter the portal began as soon as the regular season came to an end.

The Arkansas Razorbacks haven't seen much defection since Ryan Silverfield was hired as coach last week, but the program will be