One of Alabama football’s outgoing transfers is staying in the SEC. Wide receiver Amari Jefferson, who spent his true freshman season with the Crimson Tide before entering the transfer portal, is heading to Tennessee.

Jefferson shared the news on social media Tuesday morning. The move returns him to his home state, where he played high school football at Baylor School in Chattanooga.

The 6-foot-0, 197-pound Jefferson joined the Crimson Tide in the 2024 recruiting class as a four-star prospect. He did not see the field his freshman season in Tuscaloosa.

Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer had praised Jefferson at SEC media days before the season.

“Amari just came in this summer and just extremely talented, highly touted,” DeBoer said in Dallas. “Just versatile. You see with the other sports and things that he can do. You can see that he’s gonna become a really good player in our program.”

Jefferson flipped to the Crimson Tide after initially being committed to Tennessee as a baseball player. It is not clear whether he will attempt to play both sports in Knoxville.

Alabama was thin at wide receiver in its ReliaQuest Bowl loss after a slew of injuries and transfer portal entries. The Crimson Tide pulled a top receiver out of the portal for the 2025 season, bringing in Isaiah Horton, who previously played at Miami.

The portal is now closed for Alabama players, following a five-day window that came after the Tide’s season ended with the loss to Michigan.