This has been a busy week of transfer portal activity for the Alabama Crimson Tide and another player has decided to depart from Tuscaloosa. Redshirt junior defensive back DeVonta Smith has entered the transfer portal,

But linebacker Darrell Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound four-star out of Eastman, Georgia, said he's talked with Crimson Tide defensive back coaches before his arrival. While he said he plans to arrive as a future Mike linebacker, Johnson said his positionless versatility is what helped him catch the eye of Alabama.

The Alabama Crimson Tide got cheated out of the final spot in the Playoff. Sure, Alabama lost three games, including a loss to 6-6

Alabama's 2025 SEC schedule has the Crimson Tide facing the same conference opponents as 2024, but with home/road assignments flipped. In 2025, Alabama will face Vanderbilt, Tennessee, LSU and Oklahoma at Bryant-Denny Stadium with road games against Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri and Auburn.

It wasn’t quite good enough to make the first 12-team College Football Playoff, but head coach Kalen DeBoer faces a mandate to get the Alabama Crimson Tide back

Alabama football faces a critical offseason ahead of the 2025 campaign. Head coach Kalen DeBoer is already dealing with players exiting through the transfer portal. The Crimson Tide’s playoff snub adds to the restlessness in Tuscaloosa.