Alabama football announced the addition of Kelby Collins on Tuesday.
Collins is an Alabama native, who spent two seasons at Florida before entering the transfer portal.
Wommack shared previous relationships with the Crimson Tide’s coaching staff played a role in the former four-star coming to Tuscaloosa.
“Excited for Kelby Collins to be with us,” Wommack said. “Kelby is a guy that a number of us had a relationship with before, Freddie Roach in particular. An Alabama guy that has had production in the SEC and looking forward to seeing what he does with us.”
The 6-foot-4, 278-pounder had 29 total tackles, 1.5 sacks and one forced fumble during two seasons as the Gator.
Wommack shared Collins will start his time at Alabama at defensive end.
“He’ll be a bandit for us, play the field defensive end position. He’s a big man,” said Wommack. “It will be exciting to kind of get out there and work with him. When you go through this, you watch tons of tape, anything that you can get your hands on, just to see what the guy’s skill set would be. Then you talk to a million people and try to figure out exactly where you place him. But I think guys like that are big frames that are still developing, I don’t know if we want to put them into any one box in particular. That’s where he will start.”
Alabama football is still recruiting other players in the transfer portal.
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