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Tracking T Decline 2026 update

Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:25 am
Posted by GeauxBreauxs
Member since Aug 2013
655 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:25 am
Because the original thread is now locked and anchored I figured I would make a few updates here

Will continue to update as the decline develops…

12/4/23- 4Star QB Tyler Buchner enters portal
12/4/23- 4Star WR Thaiu Jones-Bell enters portal
12/7/23- 3Star DL Isaiah Hastings enters portal
12/7/23- 4Star WR Ja’Corey Brooks enters portal
12/11/23- 3Star DL Aquino Barnes enters portal
12/15/23- Ja’Corey Brooks commits to Louisville
12/17/23- Aquino Barnes commits to Colorado
12/20/23- Tyler Buchner commits to Notre Dame lacrosse
1/1/24- ALABAMA LOSES PLAYOFF GAME
1/1/24- 5Star Junior EDGE Dallas Turner declares early for the NFL Draft
1/3/24- 3Star QB Eli Holstein enters portal
1/3/24- 3Star DL Monkell Goodwine enters portal
1/3/24- 4Star WR Malik Benson enters portal
1/3/24- 4Star OL Seth McLaughlin enters portal
1/3/24- 4Star OL Terrence Ferguson enters portal
1/3/24- 3Star S Kristian Story enters portal
1/3/24- 4Star CB Earl Little II enters portal
1/3/24- 4Star WR Shazam Preston enters portal
1/3/24- 3Star TE Miles Kitselman enters portal
1/3/24- 5Star Junior OT JC Latham declares early for NFL draft
1/4/24- 4Star LB Ian Jackson enters portal
1/4/24- TE Jax Porter enters portal
1/4/24- 5Star Junior CB Kool-Aid McKinstry declares early for NFL draft
1/4/24- 4Star Senior LB Chris Braswell declares early for NFL draft
1/4/24- 4Star Senior Justin Eboigbe declares early for NFL draft
1/5/24- WR Haydon Neighbors enters portal
1/5/24- 4Star RB Roydell Williams enters portal
1/6/24- Earl Little II commits to Florida State
1/6/24- Seth McLaughlin commits to Ohio State
1/6/24- 4Star Senior WR Jermaine Burton declares early for NFL draft
1/7/24- 3Star S Jake Pope enters portal
1/7/24- Eli Holstein commits to Pitt
1/7/24- Monkell Goodwine commits to S Carolina
1/8/24- 3Star LB Kendrick Blackshire enters portal
1/8/24- Malik’s Benson commits to Florida State
1/10/24- NICK SABAN RETIRES
1/8/24- 5Star Sophomore CB Terrion Arnold declares early for NFL draft
1/10/24- Kristian Story commits to Kentucky
1/10/24- 5Star 2024 WR Ryan Williams decommits
1/11/24- 4Star Senior RB Jase McClellan declares early for NFL draft
1/11/24- Terrence Ferguson commits to Florida State
1/12/24- 5Star WR Isaiah Bond enters portal
1/12/24- Jake Pope commits to Georgia
1/13/24- 4Star DB Dezz Ricks enters portal
1/13/24- 4Star CB Antonio Kite enters portal
1/13/24- 4Star LB Shawn Murphy enters portal
1/13/24- Miles Kitselman commits to Tennessee
1/13/24- Roydell Williams commits to Florida State
1/14/24- 4Star TE Amari Niblack enters portal
1/14/24- Isiah Bond commits to Texas
1/14/24- 5Star 2025 WR Jaime Ffrench decommits
1/15/24- Isaiah Hastings commits to Syracuse
1/15/24- Shazz Preston commits to Tulane
1/15/24- Shawn Murphy commits to Florida State
1/16/24- 3Star CB Trey Amos enters portal
1/16/24- 4Star 2025 OL Mason Short decommits
1/16/24- 4Star 2025 EDGE Javion Hilson decommits; flips to Florida State
1/16/24- Dezz Ricks commits to Texas A&M
1/16/24- Kendrick Blackshire commits to Texas
1/17/24- 5Star S Caleb Downs enters portal
1/17/24- 4Star 2025 EDGE Zion Grady decommits
1/17/24- 5Star OT Kadyn Proctor enters portal
1/17/24- Antonio Kite commits to Auburn
1/18/24- 4Star 2024 CB Jameer Grimsley enters portal
1/18/24- Amari Niblack commits to Texas
1/18/24- Ian Jackson commits to UTSA
1/19/24- 5Star QB Julian Sayin enters portal
1/19/24- Trey Amos commits to Ole Miss
1/19/24- Caleb Downs commits to Ohio State
1/20/24- Kadyn Proctor commits to Iowa
1/21/24- Julian Sayin commits to Ohio State
1/21/24- Jameer Grimsley commits to Florida

Totals:
30 players have entered portal (four 5Star, fifteen 4Star, eleven 3Star)

27 players have committed elsewhere (four 5Star, fifteen 4Star, eight 3Star)

8 players have declared early for the NFL draft (four 5Star and four 4Star)

1 player has decommitted from the 2024 class (5Star)

4 players have decommited from the 2025 class (one 5Star, three 4Stars)

***UPDATE:

12/8/2024- College Football Playoff Committee selects SMU as final at-large over Alabama due to Bama losing 3 games, including two to 6-6 opponents.

*** UPDATE
Bama humiliated in the Reliaquest bowl with the most talent roster of all time per 247

*** UPDATE
Another 4 loss season ending in a blowout loss to Indiana

1/2/2026
5* DB/WR Jaylen Mbakwe enters the portal

*** UPDATE
Fernando Mendoza still owns Alabama. Most humiliating loss imaginable

They also proceed to whiff on everyone the want from the portal and are holding walk on try outs.
This post was edited on 1/22/26 at 11:27 am
Posted by Landmass
Premium Member
Member since Jun 2013
25192 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:27 am to
All that typing for bullshite that nobody will read.
Posted by GeauxBreauxs
Member since Aug 2013
655 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:29 am to
Yall are next but it will be way less satisfying because:

1. You’re ole miss
2. Lane didn’t win shite there
3. Your fall off is expected (see #1)
This post was edited on 1/22/26 at 11:30 am
Posted by Contra
Member since Oct 2016
9259 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:34 am to
Lane has less accomplishments than DeBoer.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
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Member since Dec 2011
50571 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:40 am to
quote:

holding walk on try outs.


Do you think this is unique to Alabama, or… ?

This post was edited on 1/22/26 at 11:41 am
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq
Member since Aug 2018
17246 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:40 am to
quote:

12/4/23- 4Star QB Tyler Buchner enters portal


Since 12/4/23, which you have determined is the start of tDecline, Bama is 2-0 against LSU and has outscored them 62-22.



Posted by TexToughKnuckles
Member since Oct 2025
86 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:42 am to


12/4/23- 4Star QB Tyler Buchner enters portal
12/4/23- 4Star WR Thaiu Jones-Bell enters portal
12/7/23- 3Star DL Isaiah Hastings enters portal
12/7/23- 4Star WR Ja’Corey Brooks enters portal
12/11/23- 3Star DL Aquino Barnes enters portal
12/15/23- Ja’Corey Brooks commits to Louisville
12/17/23- Aquino Barnes commits to Colorado
12/20/23- Tyler Buchner commits to Notre Dame lacrosse
1/1/24- ALABAMA LOSES PLAYOFF GAME
1/1/24- 5Star Junior EDGE Dallas Turner declares early for the NFL Draft
1/3/24- 3Star QB Eli Holstein enters portal
1/3/24- 3Star DL Monkell Goodwine enters portal
1/3/24- 4Star WR Malik Benson enters portal
1/3/24- 4Star OL Seth McLaughlin enters portal
1/3/24- 4Star OL Terrence Ferguson enters portal
1/3/24- 3Star S Kristian Story enters portal
1/3/24- 4Star CB Earl Little II enters portal
1/3/24- 4Star WR Shazam Preston enters portal
1/3/24- 3Star TE Miles Kitselman enters portal
1/3/24- 5Star Junior OT JC Latham declares early for NFL draft
1/4/24- 4Star LB Ian Jackson enters portal
1/4/24- TE Jax Porter enters portal
1/4/24- 5Star Junior CB Kool-Aid McKinstry declares early for NFL draft
1/4/24- 4Star Senior LB Chris Braswell declares early for NFL draft
1/4/24- 4Star Senior Justin Eboigbe declares early for NFL draft
1/5/24- WR Haydon Neighbors enters portal
1/5/24- 4Star RB Roydell Williams enters portal
1/6/24- Earl Little II commits to Florida State
1/6/24- Seth McLaughlin commits to Ohio State
1/6/24- 4Star Senior WR Jermaine Burton declares early for NFL draft
1/7/24- 3Star S Jake Pope enters portal
1/7/24- Eli Holstein commits to Pitt
1/7/24- Monkell Goodwine commits to S Carolina
1/8/24- 3Star LB Kendrick Blackshire enters portal
1/8/24- Malik’s Benson commits to Florida State
1/10/24- NICK SABAN RETIRES
1/8/24- 5Star Sophomore CB Terrion Arnold declares early for NFL draft
1/10/24- Kristian Story commits to Kentucky
1/10/24- 5Star 2024 WR Ryan Williams decommits
1/11/24- 4Star Senior RB Jase McClellan declares early for NFL draft
1/11/24- Terrence Ferguson commits to Florida State
1/12/24- 5Star WR Isaiah Bond enters portal
1/12/24- Jake Pope commits to Georgia
1/13/24- 4Star DB Dezz Ricks enters portal
1/13/24- 4Star CB Antonio Kite enters portal
1/13/24- 4Star LB Shawn Murphy enters portal
1/13/24- Miles Kitselman commits to Tennessee
1/13/24- Roydell Williams commits to Florida State
1/14/24- 4Star TE Amari Niblack enters portal
1/14/24- Isiah Bond commits to Texas
1/14/24- 5Star 2025 WR Jaime Ffrench decommits
1/15/24- Isaiah Hastings commits to Syracuse
1/15/24- Shazz Preston commits to Tulane
1/15/24- Shawn Murphy commits to Florida State
1/16/24- 3Star CB Trey Amos enters portal
1/16/24- 4Star 2025 OL Mason Short decommits
1/16/24- 4Star 2025 EDGE Javion Hilson decommits; flips to Florida State
1/16/24- Dezz Ricks commits to Texas A&M
1/16/24- Kendrick Blackshire commits to Texas
1/17/24- 5Star S Caleb Downs enters portal
1/17/24- 4Star 2025 EDGE Zion Grady decommits
1/17/24- 5Star OT Kadyn Proctor enters portal
1/17/24- Antonio Kite commits to Auburn
1/18/24- 4Star 2024 CB Jameer Grimsley enters portal
1/18/24- Amari Niblack commits to Texas
1/18/24- Ian Jackson commits to UTSA
1/19/24- 5Star QB Julian Sayin enters portal
1/19/24- Trey Amos commits to Ole Miss
1/19/24- Caleb Downs commits to Ohio State
1/20/24- Kadyn Proctor commits to Iowa
1/21/24- Julian Sayin commits to Ohio State
1/21/24- Jameer Grimsley commits to Florida

Totals:
30 players have entered portal (four 5Star, fifteen 4Star, eleven 3Star)

27 players have committed elsewhere (four 5Star, fifteen 4Star, eight 3Star)

8 players have declared early for the NFL draft (four 5Star and four 4Star)

1 player has decommitted from the 2024 class (5Star)

4 players have decommited from the 2025 class (one 5Star, three 4Stars)

***UPDATE:

12/8/2024- College Football Playoff Committee selects SMU as final at-large over Alabama due to Bama losing 3 games, including two to 6-6 opponents.

*** UPDATE
Bama humiliated in the Reliaquest bowl with the most talent roster of all time per 247

*** UPDATE
Another 4 loss season ending in a blowout loss to Indiana

1/2/2026
5* DB/WR Jaylen Mbakwe enters the portal
This post was edited on 1/22/26 at 11:43 am
Posted by REBEL5 AC
Member since Sep 2012
16966 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:42 am to
Pretty obsessive for a team that isn't even your rival.
Posted by Tuscaloosa
13x Award Winning SECRant user
Member since Dec 2011
50571 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:43 am to
quote:

Those days are gone. Alabama is a middle of the pack sec team at best moving forward


We finished 7-1 in the SEC this year. 8-2 vs SEC teams, including post-season play. 1-1 vs. both SEC teams we lost to.

Oh no.
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq
Member since Aug 2018
17246 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:43 am to
quote:

We had a failure of a coach, still managed to beat that arse his first year


And then lost the next 3 years, after Bama started tDecline.

So, congrats on continually losing to Bama as they got worse?
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
9927 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:47 am to
58-27-5

Y’all will never catch up, GeauxBleaux!
Posted by RTRnFlorida
Member since Mar 2024
2852 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:47 am to
quote:

CUMULATIVE GPA OF 2.5


Posted by TexToughKnuckles
Member since Oct 2025
86 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 12:13 pm to
They will if yall keep DeBoer
Posted by TigahFan85
Member since Feb 2024
658 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 12:18 pm to
There are some pretty dumb threads out there and this has to be one of them because lets go to your OP where is says:

quote:

Because the original thread is now locked and anchored


Don't you think it was locked and anchored for a reason.

Posted by Bill Parker?
Member since Jan 2013
5270 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 12:27 pm to
I wonder who this alter belongs to.

Actually, no, I don't.
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
9927 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 12:59 pm to
Bama on your brain today, ehhh, Hoss?

BS basketball thread and dumbass football remark. Do you think DeBoer will be coaching football at Bama for the next 31 years, with L3U winning every single game????

You need to take three weeks off and then, quit.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
21128 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 1:01 pm to
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Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
10419 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 1:18 pm to
For some weird reason I couldn't find the section in your post where it mentioned that we finished the 2025 regular season as the #1 seed in the SECCG, made it to the second round of the CFP, and have a top 5-ranked recruiting/portal combined class for this year. I'm sure it's there because your post is a completely objective recounting of events, I just couldn't find it because, you know, wall of text.
Posted by TideWarrior
Asheville/Chapel Hill NC
Member since Sep 2009
13173 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 1:22 pm to
quote:

All that typing for bullshite that nobody will read.


I used to find their posters entertaining but it has become sad that an inferiority complex has overtaken them so bad. I have never seen a fanbase that seeks validation as bad as them.
Posted by TexToughKnuckles
Member since Oct 2025
86 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 1:26 pm to
quote:

For some weird reason I couldn't find the section in your post where it mentioned that we finished the 2025 regular season as the #1 seed in the SECCG, made it to the second round of the CFP, and have a top 5-ranked recruiting/portal combined class for this year. I'm sure it's there because your post is a completely objective recounting of events, I just couldn't find it because, you know, wall of text.


Flexing moral victories now? Bringing up the asswhipping that occurred in Atlanta unprovoked? OP, be sure to add this to the list next update
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