The Bama247 team has its finger on the pulse of Alabama transfer portal news, recruiting, staff moves and more as Kalen DeBoer enters a critical second year in Tuscaloosa

Alabama players received a five-day window to enter the transfer portal following the end of the 2024 season. The campaign came to an end Tuesday, when UA lost the ReliaQuest Bowl to Michigan.

Deontae Lawson, a redshirt junior linebacker out of Mobile, announced Saturday he would return to the Crimson Tide in 2025, joining linebacker Justin Jefferson and defensive lineman LT Overton.

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.

Alabama football will lose another name on defense to the transfer portal. Linebacker Jeremiah Alexander will enter the transfer portal, according to multiple reports. Matt Zenitz and Chris Hummer of 247Sports were the first to report the news. Alexander had five tackles for the Crimson Tide throughout the 2024 season.

An Alabama football starter who was once of of Nick Saban's 5-star signees has made his decision on whether to enter the NCAA transfer portal.