Kadyn Proctor, the previous 5-star offensive sort out prospect who transferred to Iowa in January, is planning to switch again to Alabama when the portal reopens on April 15, as first reported by Scott Dochterman of The Athletic.
Head coach Kirk Ferentz confirmed the information in an announcement launched Tuesday. “It’s unlucky that Kadyn has knowledgeable us of his intentions to go away our program right now. We want him properly sooner or later,” Ferentz mentioned.
Proctor’s impending departure the most recent and maybe cruelest twist within the gifted lineman’s younger profession.
Proctor, who hails from Nice Hill, Iowa, was a high-school teammate of Class of 2022 5-star security Xavier Nwankpa at Southeast Polk; Proctor led the Rams to 2 state titles, the primary coming in Nwankpa’s senior yr.
Nwankpa signed with the Hawkeyes, and Proctor dedicated to Iowa in June 2022, over a proposal checklist as huge because the 6’8″ prospect himself. Sadly, Iowa was undercut the night time earlier than Signing Day by Alabama, as Proctor decommitted proper in time to signal his Letter of Intent with the Crimson Tide, spurning Kirk Ferentz and the Hawkeyes.
Proctor began at left sort out for Alabama as a real freshman final season, struggling within the early a part of the season earlier than settling in as an anchor of the road as Bama made a late surge into the Faculty Soccer Playoff. Proctor then entered the switch portal after legendary head coach Nick Saban retired, and Iowa eagerly reaped the rewards of sustaining a relationship with Proctor.
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The pleased reunion barely lasted a pair months.
Based on Dochterman, Proctor went on spring break with former Alabama teammates — the week earlier than Iowa’s spring soccer interval begins on Wednesday.
Based on NCAA guidelines, Proctor cannot enter the portal till April 15, so he’ll have a number of weeks to rethink. If he desires to return although, there’s little disincentive; after the NCAA’s current ruling that multi-transfer athletes will not lose eligibility, Proctor could be allowed to compete for the Tide this fall.
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From a soccer perspective, that is about as dire as information can get.
Iowa’s offensive line has but to get better its elite degree of play from the current years of Tristan Wirfs and Tyler Linderbaum, and Proctor was a straightforward plug-and-play celebrity on the essential place of left sort out.
The one factor that Iowa will not be shedding, no less than, is continuity. Proctor has but to observe with the crew, so there are not any reps being wasted if he leaves once more. That is chilly consolation to the twice-jilted Hawkeyes and their followers, after all.
Left sort out appears to be like to be again up for grabs between senior Mason Richman and sophomore Jack Dotzler; Richman has been a multi-year starter at sort out, however hasn’t taken the leap to an All-Huge Ten-caliber participant but, whereas Dotzler’s solely taking part in time in his Hawkeye profession so far got here within the closing minutes of the win over Western Michigan final season.
Presumably, Iowa will now be available in the market for a left sort out within the switch portal as properly.
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