ALABAMA
College football recruiting never stops, even if guys are already in your own program. Just ask Nick Saban.
Eyabi Anoma, a five-star Alabama freshman OLB, is now out of the transfer portal and staying at Alabama. Nick Saban announced the news Wednesday on ESPN. Saban explained the two “had a conversation,” and he’s now out of the transfer portal.
That’s huge news for the Tide, as Anoma was the No. 4 overall prospect in the class of 2018. He figures to be a big contributor in the coming years.
It was reported Tuesday that Anoma was exploring a transfer, but Saban appears to have settled the discussion.
Anoma is one of the few players to enter the portal and explore a transfer only to return to his original school. Once most players enter the transfer portal, they end up following through with an actual transfer.
Here’s video from Saban’s appearance on ESPN talking about Anoma, via Rivals’ Kyle Henderson:
Eyabi Anoma is now out of the NCAA transfer portal according to Nick Saban pic.twitter.com/eDfTRIMFT7
— Kyle Henderson (@Rivals_Kyle) February 6, 2019
Glad he is staying…
He may end up being really good one day but so far the only thing I’ve seen from the kid is “potential”. It’s probably best for him to stay at Bama where they can maximize that potential than going somewhere with lesser coaching just so you can play a year or two earlier.
Like Georgia.
You just saw his true freshman season. What do you expect to see already? A fully developed player? Jeez, give him a chance to play.
Potential is all you see from any freshman…
Plenty of guys come in as true freshmen ready to contribute day one even at programs like Alabama. I didn’t see “potential” from certain this last year, I saw a day 1 starter at the top SEC school. I don’t expect to see “potential” from Trey Sanders, I expect to see results. Rivals had Anoma as the number 7 player in the nation, largely based on potential and projections and not what he had done on the field as a player.
Patrick didn’t play up to his potiental last year but he did contribute… All these freshman even the ones contributing are not at their max potiential the first year in a system.