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UAB Football Adds 21 Through the Transfer Portal
1/16/2025 12:05:00 PM | Football
BIRMINGHAM – The UAB football team has added 21 players through the transfer portal. Below is a list of the new players who have signed with the Blazers and are enrolled at UAB.
The following players are listed in alphabetical order:
Josh Baka – S – 6-1, 205 – Sr. – Ottawa, Ontario/Kent State
AT KENT STATE:
2024: 12 GP, 90 tackles (led team), 2.5 TFL, 5 PBU, 1 FR
2023: 9 GP, 25 tackles, 2 PBU
2022: 3 GP, 3 tackles
Kaleb Brown – WR – 5-10, 200 – R-Jr. – Chicago, Ill./Ohio State/Iowa
AT IOWA:
2024: 3 GP, 1 catch, 18 yards
2023: 11 GP/4 GS, 22 catches, 215 yards, 1 TD
AT OHIO STATE:
2022: 5 GP, 1 catch, 5 yards
Ryder Burton – QB – 6-2, 200 – R-So. – Springville, Utah/BYU/West Virginia
AT WEST VIRGINIA:
2024: DNP
AT BYU:
2023: DNP
Jalen Cheek – DB – 6-2, 200 – R-Sr. – Sicklerville, N.J./Boston College
AT BOSTON COLLEGE:
2024: 10 GP, 6 tackles, INT
2023: 10 GP, 6 GS, 26 tackles, 3 PBU
2022: 3 GP, 3 tackles
2021: 3 GP
Tamarion Crumpley – DB – 6-1, 195 – R-Sr. – Cincinnati, Ohio/Pitt
AT PITT:
2024: 11 GP, 6 tackles, 1 INT
2023: 12 GP, 3 tackles
2022: DNP
2021: DNP
Eli Ennis – LB – 6-2, 205 – Sr. – Ohatchee, Ala./Nicholls
2024 FCS All-America linebacker…In three years at Nicholls, tallied 200 career tackles, 22.5 TFL and 5.5 sacks.
AT NICHOLLS:
2024: 12 GP, 111 tackles (led team), 7.5 TFL, 2.0 Sacks, 3 INT, 3 FF, 2 FR, 3 PBU, 5 QBH
2023: 11 GP, 44 tackles, 5 TFL, 1.0 sacks
2022: 9 GP, 45 tackles, 10 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 4 PBU, FF
Antonio Ferguson – TE – 6-3, 225 – R-So. – Apopka, Fla./East Carolina/FIU
AT FIU:
2024: 12 GP, 7 catches, 90 yards, 1 TD
AT EAST CAROLINA:
2023: 4 GP, no stats
Perry Fisher – DB – 6-3, 200 – R-Jr. – Tallahassee, Fla./Maryland
AT MARYLAND:
2024: 12 GP, 27 tackles, 2 PBU
2023: 11 GP, 10 tackles, 1.0 Sack, 2 PBU, FR
2022: 3 GP
Devin Hightower – LB – 6-1, 230 – R-Sr. – Twinsburg, Ohio/Michigan State/Cincinnati/Rhode Island
AT RHODE ISLAND:
2024: 14 GP, 13 GS, 92 tackles, 10.0 TFL, 305 sacks, 3 PBU
2023: 10 GP, 8 tackles, 1 PBU
AT CINCINNATI:
2022: Suffered season-ending injury in fall camp
2021: 4 GP, 5 tackles
AT MICHIGAN STATE:
2020: 1 GP
Dasheen Jackson – S – 6-2, 210 – R-Sr. – Columbus, Ga./Hutchinson CC/Troy/Alabama State
AT ALABAMA STATE:
2024: 10 GP, 29 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 1.5 Sacks, 1 INT, 1 PBU
AT TROY:
2023: 1 GP
AT HUTCHINSON:
2020-22: 21 GP, 74 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 3 PBU, 2 FF, 1 INT
Jevon Jackson – RB – 5-8, 205 – R-Sr. – Decatur, Ala./Austin Peay/UTEP
AT UTEP:
2024: 12 GP, 191 att., 754 yards (led team), 4 TD, 3.9 YPC, 62.8 YPG
AT AUSTIN PEAY:
2023: 12 GP, 252 att., 1,373 yards (led team), 10 TD, 5.4 YPC, 114.4 YPG
2022: 11 GP, 95 att., 572 yards, 4 TD, 6.0 YPC, 52.0 YPG
2021: 2 GP, 7 att., 35 yards, 1 TD
AJ Johnson – WR – 6-3, 195 – Sr. – New Orleans, La./Gardner-Webb/ETSU
AT ETSU:
2024: 11 GP, 40 catches, 662 yards, 6 TD, 16.5 YPC, 60.2 YPG – Three 100-yard games
AT GARDNER WEBB:
2023: 9 GP, 20 catches, 284 yards, 3 TD, 14.2 YPC, 31.6 YPG
2022: DNP
Elijah Lagg – TE – 6-4, 240 – Jr. – Mountain Home, Ark./Copiah-Lincoln
AT COPIAH-LINCOLN
2024: GP 9, 5 catches, 70 yards
2023: 5 GP, 2 catches, 15 yards
Evan McCray – WR – 6-1, 190 – R-Sr. – Raleigh, N.C./Wingate
AT WINGATE:
2024: 11 GP, 46 catches, 678 yards, 7 TD – Three 100-yard games
2023: 11 GP, 43 catches, 520 yards, 2 TD – One 100-yard game
2022: No Stats
2021: Redshirt
Amorie Morrison – DE – 6-4, 260 – R-Sr. – Virginia Beach, Va./Old Dominion
AT OLD DOMINION:
2024: 10 GP, 19 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks
2023: 9 GP, 21 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 1.0 sack
2022: 3 GP, 9 tackles (suffered season-ending injury)
2021: 12 GP, 32 tackles, 5.0 TFL, 3.5 sacks (CUSA All-Freshman Team)
JaSire Peterson – DL – 6-4, 280 – R-So. – Union City, N.J./Rutgers
AT RUTGERS:
2024: 1 GP, No stats
2023: DNP
Calvin Pitcher – S – 6-1, 200 – R-Sr. – Corona, Calif./Idaho State
AT IDAHO STATE:
2024: 4 GP, 20 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 1 FF, 1 PBU (season-ending injury)
2023: 11 GP, 87 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 2 FF, 1 INT
2022: 10 GP, 62 tackles, 1 FF, 1 FR, 1 PBU
2021: 9 GP, 16 tackles
Jamichael Rogers – DE – 6-2, 250 – R-Sr. – Bessemer, Ala./Miles College
AT MILES:
2024: 13 GP, 53 tackles, 18.5 TFL, 8.0 sacks, FF
2023: 3 GP, 4 tackles, 2 TFL, 2.0 sacks, FF
2022: 5 GP, 14 tackles, 3 TFL, 2.0 sacks, FF, 2 FR
2021: DNP
Pierre Royster – DB – 6-2, 200 – R-Sr. – Norfolk, Va./Norfolk State/St. Francis
AT SAINT FRANCIS:
2024: 11 GP, 65 tackles, 6 TFL, 1.0 Sack, 2 PD, FF
2023: 10 GP, 45 tackles, 1 TFL, 1.0 Sack, 1 INT, 2 PD, 2 INT
AT NORFOLK STATE:
2022: 10 GP, 31 tackles, 2 TFL, 1.0 Sack, 1 PD
2021: 4 GP, 4 tackles
Nigel Tate – DT – 6-3, 320 – R-Sr. – Washington, D.C./Boston College
AT BOSTON COLLEGE:
2024: DNP
2023: 9 GP, 8 tackles
2022: DNP
2021: 3 GP, 1 tackle
Denver Warren – DL – 6-2, 300 – R-Sr. – Chicago, Ill./Bowling Green/Independence CC/New Mexico State/Sam Houston
AT SAM HOUSTON:
2024: 13 GP, 25 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 2 PBU, 1 QBH
AT NEW MEXICO STATE:
2023: 6 GP, 4 tackles, 1.5 TFL
AT INDEPENDENCE CC:
2022: 7 GP, 19 tackles, 2.0 sacks
AT BOWLING GREEN:
2021: DNP
The following players are listed in alphabetical order:
Josh Baka – S – 6-1, 205 – Sr. – Ottawa, Ontario/Kent State
AT KENT STATE:
2024: 12 GP, 90 tackles (led team), 2.5 TFL, 5 PBU, 1 FR
2023: 9 GP, 25 tackles, 2 PBU
2022: 3 GP, 3 tackles
Kaleb Brown – WR – 5-10, 200 – R-Jr. – Chicago, Ill./Ohio State/Iowa
AT IOWA:
2024: 3 GP, 1 catch, 18 yards
2023: 11 GP/4 GS, 22 catches, 215 yards, 1 TD
AT OHIO STATE:
2022: 5 GP, 1 catch, 5 yards
Ryder Burton – QB – 6-2, 200 – R-So. – Springville, Utah/BYU/West Virginia
AT WEST VIRGINIA:
2024: DNP
AT BYU:
2023: DNP
Jalen Cheek – DB – 6-2, 200 – R-Sr. – Sicklerville, N.J./Boston College
AT BOSTON COLLEGE:
2024: 10 GP, 6 tackles, INT
2023: 10 GP, 6 GS, 26 tackles, 3 PBU
2022: 3 GP, 3 tackles
2021: 3 GP
Tamarion Crumpley – DB – 6-1, 195 – R-Sr. – Cincinnati, Ohio/Pitt
AT PITT:
2024: 11 GP, 6 tackles, 1 INT
2023: 12 GP, 3 tackles
2022: DNP
2021: DNP
Eli Ennis – LB – 6-2, 205 – Sr. – Ohatchee, Ala./Nicholls
2024 FCS All-America linebacker…In three years at Nicholls, tallied 200 career tackles, 22.5 TFL and 5.5 sacks.
AT NICHOLLS:
2024: 12 GP, 111 tackles (led team), 7.5 TFL, 2.0 Sacks, 3 INT, 3 FF, 2 FR, 3 PBU, 5 QBH
2023: 11 GP, 44 tackles, 5 TFL, 1.0 sacks
2022: 9 GP, 45 tackles, 10 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 4 PBU, FF
Antonio Ferguson – TE – 6-3, 225 – R-So. – Apopka, Fla./East Carolina/FIU
AT FIU:
2024: 12 GP, 7 catches, 90 yards, 1 TD
AT EAST CAROLINA:
2023: 4 GP, no stats
Perry Fisher – DB – 6-3, 200 – R-Jr. – Tallahassee, Fla./Maryland
AT MARYLAND:
2024: 12 GP, 27 tackles, 2 PBU
2023: 11 GP, 10 tackles, 1.0 Sack, 2 PBU, FR
2022: 3 GP
Devin Hightower – LB – 6-1, 230 – R-Sr. – Twinsburg, Ohio/Michigan State/Cincinnati/Rhode Island
AT RHODE ISLAND:
2024: 14 GP, 13 GS, 92 tackles, 10.0 TFL, 305 sacks, 3 PBU
2023: 10 GP, 8 tackles, 1 PBU
AT CINCINNATI:
2022: Suffered season-ending injury in fall camp
2021: 4 GP, 5 tackles
AT MICHIGAN STATE:
2020: 1 GP
Dasheen Jackson – S – 6-2, 210 – R-Sr. – Columbus, Ga./Hutchinson CC/Troy/Alabama State
AT ALABAMA STATE:
2024: 10 GP, 29 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 1.5 Sacks, 1 INT, 1 PBU
AT TROY:
2023: 1 GP
AT HUTCHINSON:
2020-22: 21 GP, 74 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 3 PBU, 2 FF, 1 INT
Jevon Jackson – RB – 5-8, 205 – R-Sr. – Decatur, Ala./Austin Peay/UTEP
AT UTEP:
2024: 12 GP, 191 att., 754 yards (led team), 4 TD, 3.9 YPC, 62.8 YPG
AT AUSTIN PEAY:
2023: 12 GP, 252 att., 1,373 yards (led team), 10 TD, 5.4 YPC, 114.4 YPG
2022: 11 GP, 95 att., 572 yards, 4 TD, 6.0 YPC, 52.0 YPG
2021: 2 GP, 7 att., 35 yards, 1 TD
AJ Johnson – WR – 6-3, 195 – Sr. – New Orleans, La./Gardner-Webb/ETSU
AT ETSU:
2024: 11 GP, 40 catches, 662 yards, 6 TD, 16.5 YPC, 60.2 YPG – Three 100-yard games
AT GARDNER WEBB:
2023: 9 GP, 20 catches, 284 yards, 3 TD, 14.2 YPC, 31.6 YPG
2022: DNP
Elijah Lagg – TE – 6-4, 240 – Jr. – Mountain Home, Ark./Copiah-Lincoln
AT COPIAH-LINCOLN
2024: GP 9, 5 catches, 70 yards
2023: 5 GP, 2 catches, 15 yards
Evan McCray – WR – 6-1, 190 – R-Sr. – Raleigh, N.C./Wingate
AT WINGATE:
2024: 11 GP, 46 catches, 678 yards, 7 TD – Three 100-yard games
2023: 11 GP, 43 catches, 520 yards, 2 TD – One 100-yard game
2022: No Stats
2021: Redshirt
Amorie Morrison – DE – 6-4, 260 – R-Sr. – Virginia Beach, Va./Old Dominion
AT OLD DOMINION:
2024: 10 GP, 19 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks
2023: 9 GP, 21 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 1.0 sack
2022: 3 GP, 9 tackles (suffered season-ending injury)
2021: 12 GP, 32 tackles, 5.0 TFL, 3.5 sacks (CUSA All-Freshman Team)
JaSire Peterson – DL – 6-4, 280 – R-So. – Union City, N.J./Rutgers
AT RUTGERS:
2024: 1 GP, No stats
2023: DNP
Calvin Pitcher – S – 6-1, 200 – R-Sr. – Corona, Calif./Idaho State
AT IDAHO STATE:
2024: 4 GP, 20 tackles, 1.0 TFL, 1 FF, 1 PBU (season-ending injury)
2023: 11 GP, 87 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 2 FF, 1 INT
2022: 10 GP, 62 tackles, 1 FF, 1 FR, 1 PBU
2021: 9 GP, 16 tackles
Jamichael Rogers – DE – 6-2, 250 – R-Sr. – Bessemer, Ala./Miles College
AT MILES:
2024: 13 GP, 53 tackles, 18.5 TFL, 8.0 sacks, FF
2023: 3 GP, 4 tackles, 2 TFL, 2.0 sacks, FF
2022: 5 GP, 14 tackles, 3 TFL, 2.0 sacks, FF, 2 FR
2021: DNP
Pierre Royster – DB – 6-2, 200 – R-Sr. – Norfolk, Va./Norfolk State/St. Francis
AT SAINT FRANCIS:
2024: 11 GP, 65 tackles, 6 TFL, 1.0 Sack, 2 PD, FF
2023: 10 GP, 45 tackles, 1 TFL, 1.0 Sack, 1 INT, 2 PD, 2 INT
AT NORFOLK STATE:
2022: 10 GP, 31 tackles, 2 TFL, 1.0 Sack, 1 PD
2021: 4 GP, 4 tackles
Nigel Tate – DT – 6-3, 320 – R-Sr. – Washington, D.C./Boston College
AT BOSTON COLLEGE:
2024: DNP
2023: 9 GP, 8 tackles
2022: DNP
2021: 3 GP, 1 tackle
Denver Warren – DL – 6-2, 300 – R-Sr. – Chicago, Ill./Bowling Green/Independence CC/New Mexico State/Sam Houston
AT SAM HOUSTON:
2024: 13 GP, 25 tackles, 3.0 TFL, 2.5 sacks, 2 PBU, 1 QBH
AT NEW MEXICO STATE:
2023: 6 GP, 4 tackles, 1.5 TFL
AT INDEPENDENCE CC:
2022: 7 GP, 19 tackles, 2.0 sacks
AT BOWLING GREEN:
2021: DNP
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