Alabama has had an interesting Sunday between its two major sports teams. The Crimson Tide basketball team, which just competed in the Final Four last month, landed one of the best players in the transfer portal in Rutgers center Clifford Omoruyi. Still, the football team lost one of its upcoming freshmen to a Big Ten Powerhouse.
Alabama Loses A Star Safety
Hayes Fawcett from On3.com states, “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 at Alabama in January
Will have all 4 years of eligibility remaining https://t.co/JbkUnhWmXF pic.twitter.com/8KGUFFpYZO
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) May 5, 2024
Woodyard is from Bellflower, California, and was one of the best high school safety prospects in 2024. The 6-foot-2 safety enrolled early at Alabama this winter, and after his first spring ball was completed, he hit the portal.
Dan Lanning Once Was an Alabama Coach
Oregon’s head coach, Dan Lanning, was the Crimson Tide’s defensive graduate assistant in 2015 but became famous around the college football world when he became Georgia’s defensive coordinator in 2019 was the defensive coordinator when the Bulldogs knocked off Alabama in the 2021 National Championship.
Lanning was rumored to be one of the coaches the program would go after when Nick Saban retired, but Lanning said he was staying in Eugene, and Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer would get the Crimson Tide head coaching job.
Oregon Is Building A PowerHouse
The Ducks are moving to the Big Ten this season and will be no easy out. Oregon will be one of the best teams in college football this season and could win the Big Ten title In their first season in the conference.