Alabama adds former ACC DB with starting experience via transfer portal
Alabama is using the spring transfer portal window to add some starting experience to its defensive back room.
The Crimson Tide landed a commitment from DaShawn Jones on Wednesday evening. Jones is heading to UA after spending his first three seasons at Wake Forest. He arrives in Tuscaloosa as a redshirt junior with two seasons of remaining eligibility.
The big news was shared on social media via Hayes Fawcett of On3:
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What Alabama is getting in Jones
Coming out of Baltimore (Maryland) Mount Saint Joseph High School, Jones was a lightly recruited prospect. Rated 3-stars on the 247Sports Composite, Jones signed with Wake Forest over offers from 10 other schools, including Kansas.
Jones did not play during the 2021 season. By taking a redshirt, he extends his eligibility through the 2025 season.
In 2022, Jones made 12 appearances. He became a starter in the second half of the season, and finished his first year of playing time with 23 tackles (19 for loss, 0.5 solo stops) and 5 pass breakups.
Jones stepped up his production this past season. As a redshirt sophomore, he logged 37 tackles, including 27 solo stops and 1.5 TFLs. He logged multiple tackles in all 10 games he played (9 starts). In coverage, Jones led the Demon Deacons with 3 interceptions and added 2 pass breakups.
Starting experience in a new-look secondary
Kalen DeBoer inherited a secondary that saw starting cornerbacks Terrion Arnold and Kool-Aid McKinstry enter the NFL Draft. On top of that, Trey Amos transferred to Ole Miss.
DeBoer’s staff has turned to the portal to help rebuild the secondary. Jones joins Keon Sabb (Michigan), Kam Howard (Charlotte) and Domani Jackson (USC) as transfer defensive backs to land in Tuscaloosa.
With starting experience against Power conference competition, Jones is a solid piece for a post-spring practice transfer portal addition.
Talk about a downgrade. Alabama does not have enough quality players in the secondary to compete for a national championship next season.
Interesting take. Yes, the current batch is probably not as talented as McKinstry and Arnold, but Jackson was a 5* out of HS and the new kid he’s 2 years of Power 5 starting.
With the change of the defensive scheme, they might fit even better.
Also, team success is rarely predicated on one section of one side of the ball. Hopefully, the new offense can compensate for any defensive liabilites.
Doug, you don’t have enough going on in your life to talk s**t about anything. Inferiority complex is an understatement
“lightly recruited”, mentally challenged, physically challenged, vertically challenged, pigment challenged…..these are all politically correct phrases.
I think I know what you were trying to say.
You and Doug need to find some friends or family that care about you. Being anti Bama trolls 24/7 is a bad look on y’all.
Some people need to find a job idk how anyone has time to constantly troll every bama article
I post from work. You can do that if you have your own private office like me.
I said some people not Doug but hey if the shoe fits
Where do you work Doug JaneFomda
We just have a kindly different nomenclature.
I say secretary, you say, “administrative assistant”.
I say used, you say, “previously owned”.
I say stinky not very good, you say, “lightly recruited”.
Man, the Bama d1ck tasters are out if full force!
You may need to let your bunkmate Donk know that he can clock into his hall monitoring job now, prez…this kid seems like a nice pickup but odd yes? I mean, according to you knowledgeable Bama fans wasn’t the reason Downs left was he didn’t want to have to battle so hard against all the competition just to keep his starting job?
Well the guy that lives his life on SDS is right on time. Downs left for business reasons. $$$. The NFL is full of 3-stars overlooked out of high school. Just to get your your process started once again here is a 27-24 to let everyone know why you troll Bama just like you do other teams. It is your life.
Downs left because he wanted to be coached by the best so when Saban retired he skipped right by the puppies and signed with OSU! Best of luck to him, i watched the kid in high school and he is a beast!
I humbly gotta give it to you, prez…you have certainly upped your counter troll game. Kudos ol boi, kudos! He is a beast.
Do have 1 follow up question however…if Downs wanted to be coached by the best, why didn’t he stay with Kalen?
His new coach gave him $2 million to go there. That will make any coach look like a good opportunity. You two enjoy your loveseat trolling Bama. 27-24
Are you saying Day is a better coach than Smart? Sounds like it.
Unlike prez, you really suk at counter trolling donke. Prez is pretty smart, he’ll figure out what I was saying, but it sure wasn’t what you think it sounds like…wouldn’t Bama hire the best coach?
Well LH, unlike Bubba, Ron and Doug, you don’t realize you are owned by Bama. They know they are and proudly admit they are trolls. LH is in denial about his affliction. Thinks he is a comedian as he lives to troll Bama. I do think DeBoer is a better coach than Day. Appears you think Day is the best coach out there even better than Kirby since Downs picked Day over Smart. Troll logic does not always make sense.
The only fallacy in your ignorant statement, besides your obvious idiocy, is that it was prez that cube’d in the skipping over Kirby to pick Day analogy. Other than entirely missing the boat you are spot on. Even Prez knows Downs picked Day over Smart simply because he wasn’t good enough to be guaranteed a starting gig in Athens, Kirby would have made him earn it.
Scared of competition on a puppies team he beat 27-24? lol. Started the entire season for Bama. All-SEC freshman team and Kirby wanted him very badly out off high school. LH is hilarious. I caught him a making a misstatement that made it look like he said Day was a better coach than Smart. Do that crawfish dance LH. Trolling will make you say dumb things when Bama controls you. Enjoy that Bama SEC championship all summer.
Odin has spoken, the Valhalla village idiot job is yours. Happy mother’s day, love daddy…
Humper, imo most of these kids left out of fear. Fear of what’s going to happen now that Saban retired and they didn’t give the University or the new coach a chance, I think if they had they might not have left but that’s college football these days with the portal rules so no need in crying about it. As far as Downs, I think he falls into that category but I don’t know the kid or his family so I can only speculate!
Well LH, keep that space in mom’s basement. Comedy is not your future. I caught you in a mistake saying Day was a better choice for Downs than Kirby Smart. It happens. Downs clearly left for money. Proctor figured out he made a mistake and came back and as usual Bama owns you forcing you to constantly comment on Bama articles. 27-24. Enjoy.
Give me a second, let me shoo away the annoying peckergnat…
Ok then, I hear you Prez. Agree about Downs and the effd up TP system, I said the same thing when he came out of HS, lot of drama and self centeredness with that kid. Got all the talent in the world. I hope as he matures he gets what it means to be a part of a team…I don’t think he is done transferring to the next great offer.
“If Downs wanted to be coached by the best why didn’t he stay with Kalen?” That would indicate LH thinks either DeBoer or Day is the best, not Kirby. The appropriate question from trolling Humper would have been why didn’t he go to play for Smart. Guess LH does not consider Kirby to be the best. Downs made a business decision just like he said. $$$
Butttime and Douchebag Doug doing their usual….slumming for another Deliverance role.
Poof, troll be gone! Oh wait, truvol the real Bama fan, my bad. Welcome back.
Stealing from WF now, huh? I remember during the Saban era that Bama generally only tampered with and stole players from UGa, Oh St and other upper echelon football programs. May need to alert Jax St that DeBoer has an eye on their talent…your thoughts bubba?
Kind of like Kirby taking a pic of the recruiting board before he left huh? Which, by the way, I thought was funny as hell! If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying!
You mean how Saban took transfers from UAB, Louisiana, and Maryland last year? Or players from Vandy and Ga Tech the year before? If I remember correctly, the UAB transfer got drafted this year. The Ga Tech transfer went #12 overall and the Vandy transfer was drafted in the 3rd round. The Louisiana transfer came in and shut Bowers down in the SECCG when the starter got hurt. You know where the one transfer came from that didn’t get drafted? Yep, UGA.
I know you’re a troll but you’re also just full of sh*t.
Never did figure out why Gibbs TPd to Bama. Had he stayed at GT he would have been a top 5 pick…oh well. Kind of like Burton, give up first day draft potential to get developed into a 3rd round pick at Bama…some things you just can’t figure out the logic to…
Got to agree with you on one thing standrd…that Louzianna DB did a great job shutting down a broken legged Bowers, that cannot be denied.
You’ve gone full troll. Congrats! At least you get WiFi under that bridge.
We just have a kindly different nomenclature.
I say secretary, you say, “administrative assistant”.
I say used, you say, “previously owned”.
I say stinky not very good, you say, “lightly recruited”.
Aw quit crying, if this crew doesn’t work out maybe we can get Jimbo.