Alabama defensive tackle Jehiem Oatis announced Monday that he plans to sit out the rest of this season with a redshirt and enter the transfer portal. The news was first reported by ESPN and came on the heels of Alabama’s shocking loss to Vanderbilt this past Saturday.
Oatis was a key contributor for Alabama’s defense in his first two seasons in Tuscaloosa, but cited the primary reason for redshirting was playing just 25 combined snaps against Wisconsin and Georgia.
Alabama junior DT Jehiem Oatis plans to redshirt and enter the NCAA transfer portal, he told ESPN. Oatis started 13 games his first two years and was a Top 40 recruit. He said the reason for leaving is playing time, as he played 25 total snaps against Georgia and Wisconsin. pic.twitter.com/pksgmAWsGY
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The 6-foot-five, 325-pound junior from Columbia, Mississippi, was a former four-star recruit and top-100 player nationally. He lost over 75 pounds his freshman year and earned a starting job in year one. He will have two years of eligibility remaining.
