Alabama basketball 2025-26 season preview, predictions: Collins Onyejiaka

A late addition to the Alabama Crimson Tide’s 2025-26 roster, could talented freshman Collins Onyejiaka make an impact at some point this season?

Onyejiaka joined the Crimson Tide during the summer months from the high school ranks, reclassifying following a junior season at the prep level in which he certainly impressed.

As a result, Onyejiaka now enters his freshman season of college basketball with the Crimson Tide, but his exact role entering the year one could argue is a bit unknown on a deep Alabama men’s basketball team.

Here is everything you need to know about Alabama newcomer Collins Onyejiaka entering the 2025-26 season.

Collins Onyejiaka player information

• Position: Center
• Jersey Number: No. 34
• Height: 6’11
• Weight: 265
• Class: Freshman
• Hometown: Abuja, Nigeria
• High School: The Newman School

Collins Onyejiaka career stats

This will be the first season of college basketball for Onyejiaka. Onyejiaka has yet to compile any collegiate stats.

Collins Onyejiaka 2024-25 stats

Onyejiaka spent the 2024-25 season as a high school junior at The Newman School in Massachusetts. During the 2024-25 season, Onyejiaka averaged 9.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 2.7 blocks per game across 39 games played.

Collins Onyejiaka recruiting ranking

According to the 247Sports Composite rankings, Onyejiaka was considered as the No. 100 overall prospect in the 2025 recruiting class, as well as the No. 14 center nationally. Rated as a four-star recruit, Onyejiaka also ranked as the No. 2 player in the state of Massachusetts out of The Newman School, and committed to Alabama in June 2025.

Collins Onyejiaka 2025-26 season outlook

A new face to the Alabama program, it is likely an unknown as to how much action the freshman could see in 2025-26.

As to why, not only is Onyejiaka an incoming freshman this season, but the talented center also reclassified during the offseason, meaning that he is younger than other freshmen across the country. Onyejiaka also likely sits behind some experienced options on the depth chart at the center position entering this season, meaning that a starting role is potentially not in the works in 2025-26.

Overall, expect Onyejiaka to see some action though, and to potentially emerge into a larger role in which he is one of Alabama’s top interior defensive presences.

Collins Onyejiaka 2025-25 season prediction

• 2025-26 Prediction: 2.1 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 0.1 APG, 0.3 SPG, 1.1 BPG, 55 FG%, 70 FT%

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