Nick Saban Denies Tampering to Recruit Former Louisville WR Tyler Harrell to Alabama

The program did not tampered with Tyler Harrell before he entered the transfer portal.

In April, he transferred from Louisville to Alabama.

The man told reporters Wednesday.

"I don't know of anybody that tampered with him. You know, I don't really know that anybody's ever tampered with our players. I just think sometimes when things happen it makes you wonder. So I'm not making any accusations against anybody that's done anything to our players, and I don't have any knowledge of anybody that's done anything with anybody else's players."

Satterfield told Chris Hummer that he believes tampering took place before he entered the transfer portal.

Satterfield said that it was not the first time that it had happened here. You can see that there was something going on before they entered the portal.

Thanks to a combination of NIL money and the NCAA allowing one-time transfers without a player losing eligibility, high-profile transfers are at an all-time high. The portal created a perfect storm where star players could shop their services.

While many coaches complain about a Wild West mentality in the new system, players are finally getting a piece of the pie after being shut out of a billion-dollar business for decades.

One of the fastest players in college football is Harrell, who posted a 4.24-second 40-yard-dash time at a Louisville pro day last year. He will join an Alabama passing game that has turned speedsters into stars in recent years, though he has minimal production through two seasons at Louisville. The Miami native has just 20 career catches, but he has racked up

The scope of Alabama's football program and its history of producing NFL players dwarfs Louisville, and the national prominence of the Tide will help him market himself for NIL contracts.

Even if there was no tampering, the reason for moving from Louisville to Alabama is obvious.