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Alabama redshirt junior DL enters transfer portal

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Trevion Ware
December 17, 2024

Alabama DL Damon Payne Jr. (#44) at practice for the Crimson Tide in the 2022 season.

Alabama defensive linemen Damon Payne is expected to enter the NCAA transfer portal, according to multiple reports.

Payne has appeared in 32 games in three seasons as a redshirt junior with the Crimson Tide as a reserve after signing as a four-star recruit in the 2021 recruiting class from Belleville (Mich.) High School.

The Crimson Tide continue to lose players to the portal with Emmanuel Henderson and Jaylen Mbakwe being among the latest.

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Trevion Ware

Trevion Ware is from Dallas, Tx, born February 16th. Trevion is a 2018 high school graduate from Dallas Carter High School. Trevion attended 3 colleges as a student & former college track athlete; Texas A&M University-Commerce, Butler Community College, and The University of Louisiana at Monroe. Trevion first attended Texas A&M University-Commerce in 2018-2019 and competed in D2 NCAA, before transferring to Butler Community College in spring 2020. Trevion then went on to compete in JUCO and graduate with his associates degree in liberal arts in spring 2021. Trevion would later transfer to the University of Louisiana at Monroe and competed in D1 NCAA during 2022, before ultimately stepping from track and deciding to focus on a career in sports journalism. Trevion then graduated in the spring of 2024 with his bachelors degree in Mass Communications. Trevion is now a team journalist & reporter, covering Alabama Football for Touchdown Alabama Magazine.