Nick Saban responds to Alabama football tampering accusations with Louisville transfer Tyler Harrell

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Alabama football coach Nick Saban responded Wednesday to accusations that the program tampered with wide receiver Tyler Harrell before he entered the transfer portal.

The former Louisville wide receiver announced he would be transferring to Alabama in April, just 10 days after entering the portal, which has been compared to free agency in college football. 

Louisville coach Scott Satterfield told 247Sports last week that he believed tampering occurred, but admitted he couldn't prove it. 

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Alabama coach Nick Saban watches players warm up for the College Football Playoff championship NCAA football game against Georgia on Jan. 10, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

On Wednesday, Saban was asked about the tampering accusations before he was set to play in the Regions Tradition Pro-Am at Greystone Golf and Country Club in Hoover, Alabama.

"We don’t tamper with anybody," Saban said, via The Tuscaloosa News. "I don’t know of anything or anybody that tampered with him. I don’t really know that anybody has tampered with our players. I just think that sometimes when things happen, it makes you wonder. I’m not making any accusations against anybody that has done anything with our players, and I don’t have any knowledge of anybody that has done anything with anybody else’s players."

Under new regulations, NCAA teams are not allowed to contact a player until that player enters their name in the transfer portal. Satterfield implied that Alabama recruited Harrell before he entered the portal, which would have violated NCAA rules.

"I think it’s not only him, it’s happened before here,"