Overview
- Kaden Strayhorn committed to the Crimson Tide shortly after a Jan. 5 visit and arrives with four years of eligibility.
- The redshirt freshman appeared in two games for Michigan, logging 80 snaps at guard in the Citrus Bowl after a 14-snap debut at center in September.
- Strayhorn is a 6-foot-2, 308-pound IMG Academy product and three-star recruit whose father, Jason, played center at Michigan State.
- Alabama’s front has been thinned by Parker Brailsford and Kadyn Proctor declaring for the NFL, multiple seniors exhausting eligibility, and portal exits including Wilkin Formby and Joseph Ionata.
- On Wednesday, former Alabama reserve Olaus Alinen announced a transfer to Kentucky, as the undergraduate portal window remains open through Jan. 16, and the Tide have also added transfers Josh Ford, Hollywood Smothers and Caleb Woodson.