Alabama finished with the top ranked recruiting class in 2019. That’s nice, but how did it pan out so far? Not so impressively.
Total players enrolled: 27
Transferred out: 17
Remained with Alabama; drafted or signed to NFL: 7
Still playing at Alabama: 3
Here’s how their two highest rated players’ college careers have gone:
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Five-star DL Antonio Alfano (No. 5 in 247 Sports’ industry composite): After getting one season from top prospect Eyabi Anoma in 2018, Alabama got even less from its top 2019 recruit. Alfano faced internal discipline before the 2019 season and later “disappeared a little bit” according to Nick Saban, entering the transfer portal before playing in a game. “The guy basically quit,” Saban said. Alfano transferred to Colorado but was suspended from that team and later not cleared to play because of seizures caused by epilepsy. He transferred again in 2021 to Independence Community College in Kansas, but did not play and transferred again earlier this year to Lackawanna College, a junior college in Pennsylvania.
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Five-star RB Trey Sanders (No. 6): Sanders’ tenure at Alabama was marked by injury after he missed his freshman season in 2019 with a foot injury, then was involved in a car accident midway through the 2020 season. He returned in 2021 and spent the past two seasons in a spot-duty role in the backfield while contributing on special teams. He transferred to TCU for a fifth season this year.
Not pretty.
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