One of Alabama football’s top contributors at running back, Justice Haynes, is one his way to the transfer portal. Haynes leaves behind a Crimson Tide group that will have five players on scholarship, barring any more transfer portal activity.

Even without Haynes, much of the production from Alabama’s 2024 running backs is set to return. Here’s a look at where the position group will stand entering Kalen DeBoer’s second season in charge.

Jam Miller

Miller was one of the Crimson Tide’s top two backs this season, splitting carries with Haynes. He finished the regular season with 641 rushing yards and seven touchdowns.

The junior had 135 carries throughout the regular season, most among Alabama RBs, ahead of Haynes’ 79. Miller scored seven touchdowns on the ground, and also contributed 119 yards and another score in the passing game.

He figures to continue atop the UA depth chart in 2025, absent a transfer portal decision.

Richard Young

With Haynes out of the picture, Young could see more carries in 2025. As a redshirt freshman this season, he went for 140 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

The 5-foot-11, 216-pound Young joined Alabama as a four-star prospect in the 2023 signing class.

Daniel Hill

One of Alabama’s young running backs who could see more action in Haynes’ absence is hill. He brings a different sort of threat than Miller and Young, playing more of a power style.

Hill is listed at 6-foot-1, 241 pounds. He finished the 2024 regular season with 21 carries for 61 yards and a touchdown.

Hill was a four-star recruit in the 2024 class.

Kevin Riley

A Tuscaloosa County product, Riley redshirted his freshman season with the Crimson Tide. The four-star 2024 signee played in two games, finishing with 10 carries for 30 yards.

AK Dear

The newest addition to the Alabama group is Dear, who joins as a signee in the 2025 recruiting class. Dear was initially committed to Ole Miss before flipping to the Crimson Tide.

The 6-foot-1, 200-pound Dear, from Quitman, Miss., was ranked as the No. 2 running back in the 2025 class by 247Sports. He’s a four-star prospect.

“Displays good patience and vision at the line of scrimmage while demonstrating the short area burst and explosiveness to change gears from the first to second level to create separation between the tackles,” 247Sports national recruiting analyst Cooper Petagna wrote in his scouting report of Dear. “An efficient mover that can make defenders miss with his one cut elusiveness or contact balance, Dear excels finding hidden yardage and accounting for yards after contact utilizing his powerful lower half.”

Former Alabama quarterback nd longtime NFL coach Freddie Kitchens was announced as Bill Belichick’s first hire for his new coaching staff during his introductory press conference at North Carolina. Kitchens has spent the last two seasons as the tight ends coach for the Tar Heels.

Kitchens was a three-year starter at quarterback for the Crimson Tide from 1995-1997. He threw for over 4,600 yards and 30 touchdowns. Shortly after his Alabama career, Kitchens began his coaching career.

He has been in the coaching business since 1999 and spent over a decade in the NFL. Kitchens was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns in 2019. He will now work under the six-time Super Bowl winning coach who is making his first foray into the college football world at UNC.

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December 13, 1969: Wilbur Jackson, a running back from Ozark, and Bo Mathews, a back from Huntsville, became the first two black football players to sign with Alabama. Both signed SEC letters of intent. – Bryant Museum

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“To me it’s kind of like mouse manure when you’re up to your ears in elephant doo-doo.” – Nick Saban’s reaction to an NCAA rule capping the number of headsets that could be worn on the sidelines

For as long as they can remember, Jaden and Devin Voisin have been not only teammates, but roommates.

That’s soon to change for the twin brothers on the South Alabama football team, which faces Western Michigan in Saturday’s IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl in Montgomery. Jaden — a two-time All-Sun Belt Conference safety — will suit up for the Jaguars for the final time as a sixth-year senior, while Devin — a starting wide receiver — has one year of eligibility remaining thanks to a knee injury that led to a medical redshirt in 2023.

“Not everyone in this world can do that stuff, and I was blessed to do that for all my years here, so it’s awesome,” Jaden said. “… My parents come to every game, have not have to go to different games. We both grew as men and as football players here, and it’s just a blessing to be here.”

The Voisin twins starred in multiple sports at Crestview High School, winning a state championship in basketball and playing for one in football. They signed with South Alabama in the 2019 recruiting class, and were joined their first two years on the team by older brother Keon, who eventually transferred away and finished his career at West Florida.

Both had fits and starts in their early years at South Alabama, including a knee injury in fall camp that cost Jaden the entire 2020 season. But both blossomed during the 2022 season, with Jaden becoming a starter at safety and Devin one of the team’s top receivers.

Devin caught 64 passes for 867 yards and five touchdowns that season, but had his career sidetracked when he tore his ACL in Week 2 the following year. Following a grueling rehab, he has returned this season to catch 31 passes for 365 yards in 12 games.

Because he missed virtually the entire 2023 season, Devin was able to secure a rare seventh season of eligibility. Asked if he’ll spend that final season at South Alabama, Voisin said that’s the most likely outcome.

“We’re still talking about that,” he said, “but that’s the plan right now, to come back here.”

Jaden Voisin also had a breakout season in 2022, when he 79 tackles, five pass breakups and two interceptions in his first year as a starter. He followed that up with 71 tackles, seven PBUs and a team-high four interceptions in 2023, earning first-team All-Sun Belt honors.

After briefly entering the NCAA transfer portal during the offseason, Jaden has been even better in 2024, totaling 74 tackles, five PBUs and five interceptions. His 11 career interceptions are a South Alabama program record, and he’s on a very short list of Jaguars players to twice earn first-team All-Sun Belt recognition.

“It’s all a salute to my teammates, honestly, and my coaches,” Jaden said. “I could have been somewhere else and my career could have been something different. So it’s honestly a blessing that I was here, and I’m just going to say it’s a salute to them, honestly.”

Assuming he returns to South Alabama, Devin Voisin will be leaned on even more as part of an offense that loses four senior receivers — including All-Sun Belt pick Jamaal Pritchett. Quarterback Gio Lopez did announce Wednesday that he’s planning to return in 2025 rather than explore a possible transfer.

But for the first time in six years, the South Alabama program won’t have multiple Voisins on the roster. Jaden is likely to be in an NFL camp somewhere, while Devin will be preparing for his final college season.

There’s one more game to go, however, as the Jaguars (6-6) take on the Broncos (6-6) at 8 p.m. Saturday at Montgomery’s Cramton Bowl. The game will air live via ESPN.

“It’s bittersweet, because I know he (Jaden) will have a chance at the next level which is good thing,” Devin said “But it’s just different because I’m losing my roommate. And then, me and Jaden have been together forever, from all the way through elementary (school) to college. We haven’t really been apart, so it’s gonna be new to both of us.

“It’s gonna be cool. I guess I won’t be known as ‘Twin’ anymore. It’s more like, that’s Devin.”