Alabama adds DB Trey Amos from the transfer portal
Alabama is adding to its depth at the cornerback position. After hosting Louisiana-Lafayette transfer Trey Amos over the weekend, the Crimson Tide received a commitment from the junior cornerback Tuesday.
Amos started 10 games over 11 appearances last year, leading ULL with eight pass breakups to go with 35 tackles, including one for a loss. He also blocked a punt. The 6-foot-1, 197-pound cornerback has logged 12 starts over 34 career games for the Ragin’ Cajuns, tallying 59 tackles, one interception and 14 pass breakups over that span. He will have two years of eligibility remaining.
Amos is Alabama's fourth transfer addition this offseason, following quarterback Tyler Buchner (Notre Dame), tight end C.J. Dippre (Maryland) and inside linebacker Trezmen Marshall (Georgia). He'll join a Crimson Tide cornerbacks unit that doesn't feature much experience outside of returning starters Kool-Aid McKinstry and Terrion Arnold.
When asked last month about Alabama's depth at cornerback, Nick Saban said his team still has “a long ways to go,” at the position.
“We need to make a lot of progress,” Saban said. “I think we’ve got guys who have ability to do it, but they have not developed the consistency or the confidence at the position they need to be able to play the way we want them to play. I think they’re very capable, but it’s going to be a work in progress for us.”
Outside of McKinstry, Arnold and now Amos, Alabama’s cornerbacks unit consists of redshirt freshmen Earl Little II and Antonio Kite as well as true freshmen Dezz Ricks and Jahlil Hurley. Little worked at the STAR position with the first-team defense in the spring and is viewed as Alabama's top option in the slot moving forward. Ricks led all defenders with four pass breakups during last month’s A-Day game, while Kite was second with three.
Alabama's need to bolster the secondary comes after redshirt freshman Tre'Quon Fegans transferred to Southern California and redshirt junior Jahquez Robinson made way for Colorado in recent weeks.
