South Alabama on Friday added a transfer portal commitment from IBK Mafe, a defensive end/outside linebacker from St. Thomas, an FCS school in Minnesota.

Mafe (pronounced MAH-fay) totaled 33 tackles, five tackles for loss, a sack and two forced fumbles from the Tommies in 2024. The 6-foot-2, 242-pound Minnesota native — whose given first name is Ibukunoluwa — has one year of eligibility remaining.

South Alabama is looking for help at outside linebacker after returning starter Aakil Washington transferred to SMU following spring practice. Another top candidate at the position, senior Dalton Hughes, is coming off knee surgery that prematurely ended his 2024 season and caused him to miss the spring.

Mafe — whose cousin Boye Mafe was one of the stars of the 2022 Senior Bowl in Mobile and now plays for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks — is South Alabama’s seventh portal commitment for the current cycle. He joins offensive linemen Jaylen Booker (Bethune-Cookman) and Brayden Ramey (Florida Atlantic), quarterback Zach Pyron (Minnesota), defensive linemen Stephen Johnson (McNeese) and Emmanuel Waller (UAB) and cornerback Nehemiah Chandler (Georgia Tech) as spring additions for the Jaguars.

South Alabama finished 7-5 in 2024, its third straight winning season. The Jaguars open the 2025 season at home Aug. 30 vs. Morgan State.