UAB’s football team announced its entire list of transfer portal additions for this cycle, which includes 21 athletes.

Among the athletes are four with ties to the state of Alabama in Nicholls State linebacker and Ohatchee native Eli Ennis, UTEP transfer running back and Decatur native Jevon Jackson, former Alabama State/Troy safety Dasheen Jackson and former Miles College defensive end and Bessemer native Jamichael Rogers.

Ennis emerged as one of the top defensive players in the Football Championship Subdivision at Nicholls, earning FCS All-America nods last season after totaling a team-high 111 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, five quarterback hurries, three interceptions and two sacks.

The former Ohatchee star totaled 200 tackles and 22.5 tackles for loss during his time with Nicholls.

Jevon Jackson was the lead back at UTEP last season, running the ball 191 times for 754 yards and four touchdowns after three seasons at Austin Peay; he was a standout athlete at Austin High School, where he was an all-state and AHSAA North-South All-Star Football Game selection.

Dasheen Jackson finished the year with 22 tackles (10 solo), five tackles for loss and a sack for Alabama State this season after transferring from Troy; he played in six games for the Hornets.

Rogers was a mainstay of the defense at Miles College last season, totaling 53 tackles (39 solo), 18.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks for the Golden Bears; he was selected to the first-team Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-Super Region Two football team.

Here is the full transfer class for the Blazers:

UAB football 2025 incoming transfers

—Josh Baka, S, 6-1, 205, Sr., Ottawa, Ontario/Kent State

—Kaleb Brown, WR, 5-10, 200, R-Jr., Chicago, Ill./Ohio State/Iowa

—Ryder Burton, QB, 6-2, 200, R-So., Springville, Utah/BYU/West Virginia

—Jalen Cheek, DB, 6-2, 200, R-Sr., Sicklerville, N.J./Boston College

—Tamarion Crumpley, DB, 6-1, 195, R-Sr., Cincinnati, Ohio/Pitt

—Eli Ennis, LB, 6-2, 205, Sr., Ohatchee, Ala./Nicholls

—Antonio Ferguson, TE, 6-3, 225, R-So., Apopka, Fla./East Carolina/FIU

—Perry Fisher, DB, 6-3, 200, R-Jr., Tallahassee, Fla./Maryland

—Devin Hightower, LB, 6-1, 230, R-Sr., Twinsburg, Ohio/Michigan State/Cincinnati/Rhode Island

—Dasheen Jackson, S, 6-2, 210, R-Sr., Columbus, Ga./Hutchinson CC/Troy/Alabama State

—Jevon Jackson, RB, 5-8, 205, R-Sr., Decatur, Ala./Austin Peay/UTEP

—AJ Johnson, WR, 6-3, 195, Sr., New Orleans, La./Gardner-Webb/ETSU

—Elijah Lagg, TE, 6-4, 240, Jr., Mountain Home, Ark./Copiah-Lincoln

—Evan McCray, WR, 6-1, 190, R-Sr., Raleigh, N.C./Wingate

—Amorie Morrison, DE, 6-4, 260, R-Sr., Virginia Beach, Va./Old Dominion

—JaSire Peterson, DL, 6-4, 280, R-So., Union City, N.J./Rutgers

—Calvin Pitcher, S, 6-1, 200, R-Sr., Corona, Calif./Idaho State

—Jamichael Rogers, DE, 6-2, 250, R-Sr., Bessemer, Ala./Miles College

—Pierre Royster, DB, 6-2, 200, R-Sr., Norfolk, Va./Norfolk State/St. Francis

—Nigel Tate, DT, 6-3, 320, R-Sr., Washington, D.C./Boston College

—Denver Warren, DL, 6-2, 300, R-Sr., Chicago, Ill./Bowling Green/Independence CC/New Mexico State/Sam Houston