Breaking: Alabama loses standout incoming freshman to one of the best teams in the Big Ten, which will sicken fans.
Alabama had an intriguing Sunday with its two big sports teams. The Crimson Tide basketball team, which had competed in the Final Four last month, has signed one of the greatest players on the transfer market in Rutgers center Clifford Omoruyi. However, the football team lost one of its incoming freshman to a Big Ten powerhouse.
Alabama Loses Star Safety
On3.com’s Hayes Fawcett reports, “Alabama safety Peyton Woodyard has committed to Oregon.”
BREAKING: Former Alabama safety Peyton Woodyard has committed to Oregon, he tells @on3sports.
The Class of 2024 Safety enrolled in Alabama in January.
Will have all four years of eligibility left. https://t.co/JbkUnhWmXF pic.twitter.com/8KGUFFpYZO
– Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) May 5, 2024
Woodyard, from Bellflower, California, was one of the top high school safety prospects in 2024. The 6-foot-2 safety enrolled early at Alabama this winter, and after his first spring ball practice, he hit the portal.
Dan Lanning was once an Alabama coach.
Dan Lanning, Oregon’s head coach, was the Crimson Tide’s defensive graduate assistant in 2015, but he rose to prominence in the college football world after becoming Georgia’s defensive coordinator in 2019. He was the defensive coordinator when the Bulldogs defeated Alabama in the 2021 National Championship.
Lanning was speculated to be one of the coaches the program would pursue after Nick Saban retired, however he stated that he would remain in Eugene, and Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer would be named the Crimson Tide’s new coach.
This season, the Ducks will make their Big Ten debut, and they will not be taken lightly. Oregon will be one of the greatest teams in college football this season, with a chance to win the Big Ten championship in their first season in the conference.
