Alabama basketball lands 7-foot prospect, will join 2026-27 roster

Alabama basketball has made a late addition to its 2026-27 roster in TJ St. Louis, per Rivals' Joe Tipton.

St. Louis, who is from Ontario, Canada, stands at 7-feet and 266 pounds with a 7-foot-5 wingspan and a 9-foot-5 standing reach. He'll provide frontcourt depth for head coach Nate Oats, as St. Louis is the sixth player on the Crimson Tide's roster who is at least 6-foot-10.

Oats stressed after the season-ending loss to Michigan in the Sweet 16 that "we got to get bigger," and that's the theme of the new roster. Every transfer is 6-foot-8 or taller, while the other freshmen besides Anderson Diaz are roughly 6-foot-6 apiece.

The 2026 prospect isn't ranked by recruiting sites. He joins an Alabama freshman class that contains three 4-star wings in Jaxon Richardson, Tarris Bouie and Qayden Samuels, plus 4-star guard Anderson Diaz, who reclassified on July 8. NC State transfer Cole Cloer is also a freshman, as he early enrolled with the Wolfpack and never played with them before transferring to UA.

St. Louis played high school hoops for Fort Erie Prep in Ontario, Canada. This came after the 18-year-old competed at the NBA Academy Latin America.

This story will be updated

Alabama's 2026-27 Roster as of July 20

**G Aden Holloway (pending legal matter)**

G Preston Murphy Jr. (returning senior)

G Anderson Diaz (freshman)

W Jaxon Richardson (freshman)

W Qayden Samuels (freshman)

W Tarris Bouie (freshman)

F Amari Allen (returning sophomore)

F London Jemison (returning sophomore)

F Keitenn Bristow (returning junior *pending redshirt*)

F Cole Cloer (NC State transfer)

F Jamarion Davis-Fleming (Mississippi State transfer)

C/F Brandon Garrison (Kentucky transfer)

C/F Drew Fielder (Boise State transfer)

C Collins Onyejiaka (returning sophomore *pending redshirt*)

C TJ St. Louis (freshman)

BamaCentral is keeping track of the Crimson Tide’s outgoing and incoming players and coaches right here ahead of next season.

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This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/alabama as Alabama Basketball Lands 7-Foot Prospect, Will Join 2026-27 Roster.