There aren’t technically ‘transfer portal trades’, but we have seen a few of swaps in the transfer portal era, most notably Tennessee and UCLA last offseason, as Nico Iamaleava left Knoxville to return home and Joey Aguilar took his place in Josh Heupel’s offense.
So, when former NC State running back Hollywood Smothers flipped his commitment from Alabama to Texas this weekend, Alabama fans may have gotten their hopes up about a potential swap to bring Arizona State transfer Raleek Brown to Tuscaloosa. Brown committed to the Longhorns before Smothers flipped, but according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz, he’ll be staying put in Austin.