Scooby Carter is now officially out of the transfer portal and will return to Alabama instead of transferring.

The rising sophomore cornerback’s name was withdrawn from the portal Thursday morning, according to a source.

The former four-star recruit had been in the portal since Nov. 18.

While Carter took part in some workouts with Alabama in early December, Carter didn’t practice at all with the Tide leading up to the Citrus Bowl and hadn’t taken his name out of the transfer portal.

He has now, though. And he’ll add to the competition for the starting cornerback spot previously occupied by Trevon Diggs.

Carter was rated as the ninth-best cornerback and 91st-best overall prospect in last year’s recruiting class, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.

Matt Zenitz is an Alabama and Auburn reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz.