South Alabama has signed transfer running back Trae’von Dunbar, who played last season at West Virginia.

Dunbar, originally from South Carolina, did not play in a game last season for the Mountaineers while redshirting. A three-star recruit in the 2024 class, he has four years of eligibility remaining.

Dunbar joins a South Alabama running back group that returns starter Kentrel Bullock from last season, though Bullock will be a senior in 2025. The Jaguars ended the spring with three other running backs on scholarship — senior Iverson Celestine and redshirt sophomores PJ Martin and Keenan Phillips — and will welcome in freshman signee Julyon Jordan this summer.

Dunbar is South Alabama’s ninth transfer portal signee during the current cycle. The Jaguars finished 7-6 in 2024, its third consecutive winning season.

South Alabama football spring 2025 transfer portal

Additions

OT Jaylen Booker, Bethune-Cookman (4 years of eligibility)

CB Nehemiah Chandler, Georgia Tech (4 years of eligibility)

RB Traevon Dunbar, West Virginia (4 years of eligibility)

CB Greg Johnson, Navy (3 years of eligibility)

DT Stephen Johnson, McNeese/Auburn (3 years of eligibility)

OLB IBK Mafe, St. Thomas (1 year of eligibility)

QB Zach Pyron, Minnesota/Georgia Tech (2 years of eligibility)

OL Brayden Ramey, Florida Atlantic (3 years of eligibility)

DE Emmanuel Waller, UAB (2 years of eligibility)

Departures

OG Reed Buys (1 year of eligibility)#

OT Malachi Carney (2 years of eligibility)* — Georgia Tech

LB Julien Demby (3 years of eligibility)

OG Hayden Dozier (3 years of eligibility)

DE Jalyn Durgan (1 year of eligibility) — North Texas

CB Ricky Fletcher (2 years of eligibility)^ — Ole Miss

LB Gavin Forsha (1 year of eligibility)#

TE Will Loerzel (4 years of eligibility) — Wake Forest

QB Gio Lopez (3 years of eligibility)* — North Carolina

DB Lorenzo Smith (2 years of eligibility)

LB Aakil Washington (1 year of eligibility)* — SMU

CB Lardarius Webb (1 year of eligibility)* — Wake Forest

*— 2024 starter

# — 2024 full- or part-time starter; did not participate in spring practice

^— 2023 starter