Kam Dewberry Breaks Silence on Alabama Transfer, “It Just Felt Right”

The Crimson Tide is tasked with replacing one of its best leaders and most valuable blockers along the offensive line from the last three seasons in Tyler Booker. Booker was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2025 NFL draft, extending Alabama's first-round draft streak to 17 years.

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One option to replace Booker is Texas A&M transfer Kam Dewberry. Dewberry played in 32 games for the Aggies as a member of Texas A&M's 2022 recruiting class, which featured 18 top-100 signees.

One of the signees, LT Overton, transferred to Alabama before the 2024 college football season. Now, he's joined in Tuscaloosa by Dewberry, who is entering his final season of eligibility.

Dewberry never redshirted in his three seasons at Texas A&M, which means 2025 (barring injury) will be his final season of eligibility. He chose to come to Tuscaloosa and compete for a starting spot along an offensive line that returns three starters, leaving little room for error as Dewberry competes for a starting spot. The senior chose Alabama to help launch himself into a potential NFL career.

"I just feel like, yes, there's a lot of different places I could have chose - a lot of different opportunities I had - but I feel like Bama had all the tools to get me where I want to go," he told The Bama Standard podcast. "This is literally the place that does it. I really, really just trust and believe this is always a place - me going away from home [in Humble, Texas], being able to focus and lock in someplace in a city like Tuscaloosa, just be able to create and get to where I need to go and be surrounded by success, I feel like that's going to make me successful as well."

Dewberry immediately put on weight when he got to Tuscaloosa. Texas A&M listed him at 6-foot-4, 330 pounds, while Alabama listed him at 6-foot-4, 345 pounds. He told The Bama Standard that he currently weighs 335 pounds and had high praise for the strength and conditioning program at Alabama, led by Director of Sports Performance Dave Ballou.

"My welcome to 'Bama moment would probably be in the weight room with Dave Ballou," he said. "That would definitely probably be, like, you at 'Bama now, bro. You gotta go. Once I had those first couple of workouts, I was so tired, man, I was going to sleep at 7:30 every night. Knocked you out."

When you see Ballou, you understand why a weight room workout can be a 'welcome to Alabama' moment.

Dewberry is putting his trust in Alabama to develop him in a way that makes him ready for the NFL next spring.

"They telling me, you have a really good talent. If you really just trust and us and believe in us, you gonna really F people up. You're gonna really be able to maximize the player and be who you want to be. They telling me just to trust in them. I already seen just a difference just because January 'till now, just how stronger I got and just physically how my body is changing, for real. I just got to keep going through it, have a really good summer, have a really good May and summer, leading into fall camp - and they making my boy out of metal right now. They making my body into metal. I'm just processing and doing what they tell me to do."

Dewberry is competing with second-year transfer Geno VanDeMark at left guard. VanDeMark transferred to Alabama from Michigan State last season and played significant snaps at right guard due to injuries to Jaeden Roberts.

Dewberry started five games as a true freshman for the Aggies in 2022 and three games in 2023, appearing in all 12 games for Texas A&M in 2024, but as a reserve offensive lineman.

"I feel like this year is just being in the shape I've ever been in my life to be able to play consistently," he told The Bama Standard. "I feel like, times, me not being in as good shape as I could have been has -- when plays get long and drives get longer, my play kind of dipped a little bit."

Dewberry also said he brings three qualities to the offensive line.

"I feel like I bring physicality. That's the first thing that I am," he said. "Some boys know, when I go out there, you're gonna have a headache after the game. I'm gonna keep coming.

"I played in the SEC for three years. I played over 35-plus games in the SEC. I know how physical you got to be to be able to play in this league. I bring that experience. Me knowing I can see a blitz coming before it even comes."

"I feel like I bring energy. When I'm on the field, you gonna tell. I'm gonna be in your face. I'm gonna talk. I'm gonna be a scrappy player like that. They gonna feel my energy when I'm in the game."

Every player who comes to Alabama has dreams of playing in the NFL. But for Dewberry, winning triumphs over all other goals.

"My team goals are above myself because team success will bring everybody else's success," he said. "You see it all the time. Teams that go to the natty and win the natty, they all gonna get drafted."

Want to watch Kam Dewberry's full interview with The Bama Standard? Check it out here.

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.