The college football world has changed quite a bit over the last few years. It started with the introduction of NIL, and that has led us to where we’re at now with the rise of the transfer portal era.
Every year, it seems like an overwhelming number of superstar college football players are entering the transfer portal, looking for an opportunity to join a new school that can offer them more money and playing time. This has led to some players playing for multiple programs over the course of their college football careers.
That brings us to Bear Alexander.
The 22-year-old defensive lineman began his college career at the University of Georgia in 2022, winning a national title with the Bulldogs while recording a sack in the championship game against TCU.
In 2023, Alexander moved out west to join the USC Trojans, where he would remain for a year-and-a-half, before deciding in September 2024 that he was going to redshirt the rest of the season and enter the transfer portal.
That brings us to where we’re at now, as Bear Alexander appears to be headed to his third college football program after announcing his intentions to join Penn State for 2025. He even posed for a photo in his new uniform, and the result has unintentionally gone viral after many people on social media noticed that it depicts everything that’s wrong with college football right now.
In the photo, Alexander is wearing the Nittany Lions uniform while flexing and showing off his Georgia tattoo on his right bicep. And in the corner, there’s an Instagram profile pic of Alexander wearing his USC uniform.
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Three different schools. One viral photo.
USC profile picture, Georgia tattoo on his bicep and now is visiting Penn State. College football is funny💀 pic.twitter.com/BWboVUGgRZ
— IcyVert (@IcyVert) December 16, 2024
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Fans Had Plenty To Say About Bear Alexander’s Photo
Needless to say, this odd mix of elite football programs in one pic didn’t go unnoticed on social media.
“Gotta love the USC profile pic, in the Penn state locker room, posing with his Georgia tattoo,” one fan said on X.
Gotta love the USC profile pic, in the Penn state locker room, posing with his Georgia tattoo😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/S9FapNHe5K
— MichiganMotorCity (@MotorMichigan) December 16, 2024
“The Modern Day transfer portal,” joked another.
The modern day transfer portal.
— Ben Cary (@Ben_Cary_) December 16, 2024
Georgia tatted on the arm, Penn state jersey and a USC profile pic. pic.twitter.com/7yV2q2rNkp
Someone even did their own research and noticed that Bear Alexander went to four high schools, on top of his three universities.
He also went to 4 different high schools lmao pic.twitter.com/Jxkl3zdGoa
— BOOG (@BoogCB) December 16, 2024
That was clearly a “red flag” for some.
Red flag. Kid has been to like 8 different schools since middle school lmao
— Based Jargon (@BasedJargon) December 16, 2024
Like it or not, we are clearly in a new era of college football that’s not like anything we’ve ever seen before. And it doesn’t look like that’ll change anytime soon.
