The Bama247 team has its finger on the pulse of Alabama football recruiting, team news and staff news under new head coach Kalen DeBoer.
Thanks to the success of Nick Saban, the Alabama Crimson Tide have been the most dominant college football program in the country for well over a decade. However, Saban retired in January after Alabama’s exit from the College Football Playoff and former Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer now takes on the challenge of replacing a generational coaching talent. DeBoer just led the Huskies to the College Football Championship national championship game and is 37-9 over four seasons as a Division-I head coach at Fresno State and Washington.
How successful DeBoer can be in Tuscaloosa largely depends on his success in Alabama football recruiting, and between filling out his staff (offensive coordinator candidate Ryan Grubb recently chose to take the same role with the Seattle Seahawks), college football recruiting and the transfer portal, he’s been a busy man over his first month at the helm. So which Alabama recruiting targets is DeBoer in on and what high-profile transfers can Alabama land to plug holes in the roster created by Saban’s departure? If you want to see the latest Alabama recruiting and coaching news, be sure to see what the proven team of insiders are saying at Bama247, the 247Sports affiliate that covers Alabama.
The team of insiders at Bama247 are providing on-the-ground updates on every development in the football coaching search, including insights from Matt Zenitz, John Talty and Mike Rodak, who have more than 25 years of experience covering the Crimson Tide. The trio has deep-rooted ties inside and around the Alabama community, and Talty wrote The Leadership Secrets of Nick Saban, a Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller.
The team at Bama247 already has extensive coverage of Alabama’s recruiting efforts under Kalen DeBoer, including a list of 2025 recruits that the staff has targeted with limited time before the Dead Period. Head to Bama247 now to see them all. Check out the site’s groundbreaking message board for the latest Alabama football recruiting news.
Kalen DeBoer Alabama recruiting updates
One player from the 2025 class that DeBoer’s staff is interested in is Folsom (Calif.) defensive lineman Josiah Sharma. A three-star prospect, Sharma was once committed to Washington but ultimately decided to open his recruitment back up late last month and then was offered by DeBoer and Alabama the next day.
However, he’s also added offers from Ole Miss, Texas and Oregon in the weeks since his decommitment and his recruitment looks pretty wide open once again. The 6-foot-5, 295-pound interior defender is currently ranked as the No. 66 prospect in California in the Class of 2025 but his stock is clearly on the rise with the offers he’s added. He visited Alabama the first weekend of February and is expected to visit Texas after the dead period.Sharma spoke to Bama247 about his trip to Tuscaloosa, which you can read about here.
Another player that DeBoer’s staff is interested in for 2025 is Philadelphia St. Joseph’s Top247 four-star linebacker Anthony Sacca. He has been in contact with Alabama since DeBoer was hired, and assistant coach Colin Hitschler took a visit to see him last month. Sacca took his first visit to Alabama earlier this month after visiting Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State in the spring and winter, among others. The four-star linebacker has 25 offers, including Florida State and Georgia. He is the No. 25 linebacker in his class and
