We are in December, but Alabama football finished last month with six players entering the NCAA transfer portal.
Three athletes hit the portal on Wednesday, including veteran wide receiver Traeshon Holden. As a member of the 2020 signing class, the former four-star earned a starting job this season at receiver. He dropped several passes, but Holden managed to record six touchdown receptions. The 6-foot-3, 214-pounder is from Florida, but he will spend his final year of eligibility at a new school.
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Several Crimson Tide fans took to social media to react to Holden’s decision.
Good glad to see butter fingers moving on
— Jason Clemons (@JJBama42) November 30, 2022
SUSPECT HANDS. He ought to be glad to stay and play the amount he got. Will miss his size a bit, but the team will never miss him. Let him go and open spot for another young one.
— Coach Jack Eyer CSCS (@CoachJackEyerSr) December 1, 2022
Is it really a loss?
— Hank Voight is my spirit animal 🐘🥋🦅 (@Mattdaddy1970) November 30, 2022
No, he talked too much…and never really produced as much as he talked
— َ (@P26) November 30, 2022
… & he dropped another one. Good luck!
— TIDER (@24tider) December 1, 2022
Saw this coming from a mile away
— Joe DaFrank from Rowayton (@SheliManning18) November 30, 2022
Sorry the dude couldn’t catch a cold in the winter
— Breion Tucker (@BreionWtucker) November 30, 2022
Traeshon Droppin
— Jonathan Hurst (@J_hurst91) November 30, 2022
He couldn’t holden to the ball all season
— Jeremy Black🥋🐘🏈 (@rollmftide205) November 30, 2022
Twitter fingers. Get lost, won’t hurt us.
— Jake Edmonds (@_edmondsjake) November 30, 2022
He joins Christian Leary as the second Tide receiver to enter the portal. After seeing what Kobe Prentice, Isaiah Bond, and Kendrick Law can do, Holden saw the writing on the wall. Alabama also looks to sign a couple of wideouts in the 2023 class.
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