{"id":119477,"date":"2026-01-12T00:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/119477\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T00:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T00:45:22","slug":"alabama-football-isaiah-horton-will-transfer-to-texas-am-from-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/119477\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama football: Isaiah Horton will transfer to Texas A&M from portal"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bad day in the transfer portal<\/a> for Alabama football<\/a> got a little bit tougher on Sunday evening. Wide receiver Isaiah Horton<\/a>, a starter for the Crimson Tide in 2025, announced that he\u2019ll be transferring within the SEC.<\/p>\n

Horton will land at Texas A&M, the same place as former UA offensive tackle Wilkin Formby. The wideout shared the news on his social media Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Horton news follows a day in which Alabama missed out on a potential superstar replacement at receiver, when Cam Coleman announced his commitment to Texas. To make matters worse for the offense, running back Hollywood Smothers, who publicly committed to the Crimson Tide from NC State, flipped to Texas on Sunday as well.<\/p>\n

Horton provided valuable size in Alabama\u2019s receiver room. He caught 42 passes for 511 yards and eight touchdowns in 2025.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-4, 208-pound native of Nashville, Tenn. led the Crimson Tide in touchdown catches. He had a knack for getting open in the end zone in clutch situations, as seen most clearly in the Iron Bowl.<\/p>\n

As Alabama struggled against an Auburn team playing with an interim coach at Jordan-Hare Stadium in November, Horton caught three touchdown passes. He made his final scoring grab on a crucial fourth down late in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

With Horton gone, plus Germie Bernard running out of eligibility, Alabama has just one returning starter (Ryan Williams) at wide receiver from the 2025 season remaining. The other spots will likely be filled by the likes of Lotzeir Brooks, Rico Scott and Derek Meadows.<\/p>\n

Alabama will be facing off against the Aggies this season, for the first time since 2023. The Crimson Tide will host Texas A&M on Oct. 24 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.<\/p>\n

Undergraduate players are allowed to enter the transfer portal through Friday. Players who do can sign with a new team at any time, even after the entry window is closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bad day in the transfer portal for Alabama football got a little bit tougher on Sunday evening.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[261,300,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-119477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-college-football","tag-football","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}