7 minutes left: Under Kalen DeBoer, Alabama football recruiting: 2025 updates, rankings, and players to watch from leading SEC insiders.

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.