As a recruit, Nichols signed with the Volunteers as the No. 180 ranked prospect in the 2022 class, No. 8 among interior offensive linemen and No. 19 overall player in the state of Georgia. He was a key transfer to the Razorbacks portal haul last season which ranked No. 26 in the nation but will seek his third school in as many seasons.

The Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver room is going to look drastically different in 2025. On Thursday afternoon, the Sooners lost another wideout to the transfer portal. According to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports/247Sports,

Arkansas linebacker Alex Sanford became the 15th Razorback football player to announce he would enter the transfer portal. Sanford declared his intention to enter the transfer portal through his X account Saturday afternoon.