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Alabama football landed its second offensive line commitment of the day Friday evening. Nick Brooks is heading to Tuscaloosa, after starting three games for Texas last season. Brooks shared the news to his social media account on Friday. He joined former Cal Poly center Racin Dalgatty in joining the Crimson Tide’s portal class that day. The 6-foot-7, 349-pound Brooks adds a serious dose of size to Alabama’s room. He played in five games for the Longhorns last season, and will have three seasons of eligibility to use in Tuscaloosa. In his college debut against Sam Houston, Brooks played right tackle. The rest of the year, including when he started games against Oklahoma, Kentucky and Mississippi State, he slotted in at left guard. The Grayson (Ga.) product was a four-star recruit in the 2025 class for Texas. The 247Sports composite ranked him as the No. 25 offensive tackle in the class. Brooks’ addition to the portal class gives Alabama a body in a spot where it desperately needed reinforcements. The Crimson Tide lost all but one offensive line starter from last season, with Kam Dewberry, Jaeden Roberts and Geno VanDeMark running out of eligibility, Kadyn Proctor and Parker Brailsford opting to enter the NFL Draft early and Wilkin Formby transferring to Texas A&M. Alabama also lost several reserves to the portal. Joseph Ionata jumped to Georgia Tech, while Olaus Alinen headed to Kentucky, Arkel Anugwom to Northwestern and Micah DeBose to Vanderbilt. See more from AL.com's Crimson Tide beat writers Alabama lands veteran center Racin Delgatty via transfer portal Latest Alabama basketball injury updates before Oklahoma from Nate Oats Developing these 5 young Alabama players is key to success in 2026 Ex-Alabama defender Jordan Renaud transferring to another SEC school Former Alabama defensive back transferring to elite Big Ten school The Crimson Tide has made multiple offensive line additions through the portal during the current entry period. In addition to Brooks and Delgatty, UA has added Kaden Strayhorn, who played at Michigan last season. The 15-day transfer portal entry window is nearing an end, after it started the day after Alabama’s 2025 season ended with a 38-3 loss to Indiana. Undergraduate players will no longer be able to enter the portal after 11 p.m. CT on Friday.

AJ McCarron selects coordinators with Saban experience for Stallions Published: Jan. 16, 2026, 7:00 p.m. Sports Stallions coach AJ McCarron played for coach Nick Saban as an All-American quarterback at Alabama. For his coordinators in his first season as a United Football League coach, McCarron selected two men who worked for Saban with the Crimson Tide while McCarron was there. Offensive coordinator Tyler Siskey and defensive coordinator Kevin Sherrer have been on the job since Jan. 1, but the announcement of their posts with the Stallions didn’t come until Friday after the completion of the UFL Draft this week. “OC’s Tyler Siskey,” McCarron said on Friday. “Go way back. He’s an absolute genius when it comes to building rosters. He did it for coach Saban. He did it at Ole Miss. I mean, he has a track record of just being great. He’s also been an OC. He’s been a passing-game coordinator, a receivers coach. “And then my D-coordinator is Kevin Sherrer. Kevin was with me at Alabama under coach Saban. When Kirby Smart left, left with Kirby Smart go to Georgia. Left Georgia to go with (Jeremy) Pruitt to Tennessee. Ended up leaving Tennessee to go to the (New York) Giants with Joe Judge. Was a D-coordinator at Georgia Tech.” Siskey goes back even farther than Alabama with McCarron. The former Donoho High School and Troy wide receiver was the offensive coordinator for St. Paul’s Episcopal School when the Saints won the AHSAA Class 5A championship in 2007 with McCarron as the quarterback. Siskey crossed paths again with McCarron in 2013, when the quarterback finished as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy and Siskey served as Alabama’s associate director of player personnel. The next year, Siskey was the director of player personnel. An All-State linebacker at Cleveland High School in 1990, Sherrer played tight end at Alabama. He was back with the Crimson Tide as a graduate assistant from 1998 through 2000 and, while McCarron was in Tuscaloosa, director of player development from 2010 through 2012. While at Tennessee, Sherrer served as defensive coordinator in 2018 and special-teams coordinator in 2019. After working as Giants’ outside linebackers coach in 2020 and linebackers coach in 2021, Sherrer served as Georgia Tech’s co-defensive coordinator in 2023 and Georgia State’s defensive coordinator in 2024. Siskey and Sherrer also both have coached at South Alabama – Sherrer as defensive coordinator in 2013 and Siskey as receivers coach from 2015 through 2017. Sherrer’s other coaching stops have included Tuscaloosa County, Spain Park and Hoover High schools. Siskey’s list of coaching and administrative stops also includes Troy, Northwestern State, Arkansas State and Ole Miss. More stories about the UFL Former Alabama high school stars among Birmingham Stallions’ UFL Draft picks Stallions coach AJ McCarron on UFL Draft: ‘Really, really great day’ 2 players with Alabama football roots protected by Birmingham Stallions The UFL will kick off its third season on March 27. The league plans to release the 2026 schedule on Thursday. Georgia outside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer works during an SEC game against Kentucky on Nov. 8, 2014, in Lexington, Ky.(Photo by David E. Klutho /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) Mark Inabinett The 2025 season is the 12th that Mark Inabinett has covered players with Alabama football roots in the NFL. Inabinett's byline appeared in a newspaper for the first time in 1976. The intervening years have... more minabinett@al.com

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