If you take Kalen DeBoer at his word, he has no interest in leaving Alabama.

As speculation runs wild about Michigan’s potential interest in DeBoer, the Crimson Tide head coach issued a written statement Sunday declaring he and his family “very happy in Tuscaloosa” and “grateful for the support.”

“We have an incredible opportunity in front of us, so my sole focus is on Alabama football and our preparations to play Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff,” the statement, issued through Alabama’s NIL collective, Yea Alabama, read.

Alabama secured the No. 9 seed in the CFP with a 10-3 season and berth in the SEC championship game, drawing Oklahoma in Friday night’s first-round game in Norman (8 p.m., ABC/ESPN).

But losses to Florida State, Oklahoma and Georgia had the Tide on the bubble

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