Alabama basketball bolsters roster with late addition

Alabama men’s basketball has added to its roster with a reclassification.

Collins Onyejiaka, a 2026 player, has reclassified and committed to the Crimson Tide, per 247Sports and On3. He is a 6-10, 270-pound center who plays for the Newman School in Boston.

The 247Sports Composite rates him as a four-star prospect. He is the No. 95 player overall and the No. 11 center in the 2026 recruiting class.

The addition of Onyejiaka gives Alabama 14 players on its 2025-26 roster. With the House settlement set to take effect on July 1, there will no longer be scholarship limits. Just roster limits. It will be up to the schools to decide how many scholarships to fund. The new limit for basketball rosters is 15 players. That includes what would have been considered walk-ons before.

The rest of the roster: guards Labaron Philon, Aden Holloway, Latrell Wrightsell Jr., Houston Mallette, Jalil Bethea, Davion Hannah and Preston Murphy Jr; forwards Aiden Sherrell, Amari Allen, Taylor Bol Bowen, Keitenn Bristow and London Jemison; and center Noah Williamson.

Onyejiaka joins a freshman class that includes Hannah, Allen and Jemison. Philon, Holloway, Wrightsell, Mallette and Aiden Sherrell are the only returners from the roster that went to the Elite Eight this past season. Bethea, Murphy, Bol Bowen, Bristow and Williamson s

Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.