The Alabama football programme has been in flux for the past two months, with Nick Saban retiring and Kalen DeBoer taking over. As with any coaching changes, there is turnover at several levels of the programme, one of the most visible being on the pitch in terms of personnel.
While the football programme has lost some players to the transfer site, DeBoer and his staff have worked hard to replace the roster with quality from the portal. Alabama had previously seen three outstanding Washington players depart Seattle and follow DeBoer in Parker Brailsford, Germie Bernard, and Austin Mack, but on Monday, the Tide got two more players out of the portal: former Washington tight end Josh Cuevas .
Cuevas makes the fourth former offensive Husky to leave Washington and join the Tide and he’ll rejoin his former position coach Nick Sheridan in Tuscaloosa. He’s formerly out of Cal Poly where he played for two seasons before joining Washington. Cuevas played in all 15 games for the Pac-12 champions, making four receptions for 164 yards and a touchdown.
Sabb comes to Tuscaloosa by way of Michigan and is in the transfer portal because Jim Harbaugh accepted an NFL head coaching job with the Los Angeles Chargers. The 6-foot-1 safety is the first defensive transfer that DeBoer has secured. He played his high school football in New Jersey before transferring to IMG Academy in Florida
The 4-star prospect from the Class of 2022 joined with the Michigan Wolverines and has played in 18 games over the last two years. During the national championship season, he had 28 tackles, two interceptions, and a defensive score, one of which came in the Rose Bowl triumph over Alabama.
During this offseason cycle, the Crimson Tide has added eight players via the transfer portal, with five of them choosing Alabama following DeBoer’s arrival. The spring transfer portal window begins in April, providing DeBoer with even more opportunities to add quality to his team.
