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09/10/24 - Tim Keenan III, rJr/2026, Alabama + More +

WEEK 2 SEC CO-DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Tim Keenan III, DL, RS-Jr.,...Keenan III had a career-defining performance in Alabama's game against USF, recording a career-high nine tackles, including 2.5 for loss (12 yards) and 1.5 sacks (10 yards)—both career highs. Keenan led Alabama in tackles for loss and sacks while finishing third in total tackles for the game. His impact also included one quarterback hurry, contributing to the Crimson Tide's total of ten for the game. - SEC Football

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DT Tim Keenan III, Alabama
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09/03/24 - Ryan Williams, Fr/2028, Alabama + More +

WEEK 1 SEC CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Ryan Williams, WR, Fr.,...Starred in his Crimson Tide debut, getting the start at wideout. Led all Crimson Tide receivers with 139 yards and two scores on only two catches. Found the end zone from 84 and 55 yards away while accumulating 78 yards after the catch. - SEC Football

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WR Ryan Williams, Alabama
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09/03/24 - Keon Sabb, rSo/2027, Alabama + More +

WEEK 1 SEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Keon Sabb, DB, RS-So.,...Made his Crimson Tide debut, helping Alabama post a 63-0 shutout of WKU. Recorded a pair of tackles while picking off two passes against the Hilltoppers. Accumulated 87 return yards on his two interceptions. - SEC Football

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SS Keon Sabb, Alabama
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08/31/24 - Jalen Milroe, rJr/2026, Alabama + More +

Jalen Milroe ran for two touchdowns and passed for three more, including scores of 84 and 55 yards to highly touted freshman Ryan Williams, and No. 5 Alabama breezed through Kalen DeBoer's debut with a 63-0 victory over Western Kentucky Saturday night. The Crimson Tide rode a cascade of big plays on both sides of the ball to a 42-0 halftime lead in the first game of the season and post-Nick Saban. Justice Haynes scored on an 85-yard run and Jam Miller added a 39-yard touchdown, and Michigan transfer safety Keon Sabb set up two touchdowns with first-quarter interceptions and long returns.

Milroe played less than three quarters, completing 7 of 9 passes for 200 yards and running 10 times for 79. DeBoer replaced Saban, who led Alabama to six national titles in 17 seasons, after leading Washington to the national championship game. Saban and his family were at the game, watching his former team outgain Western Kentucky 600-145. Alabama left tackle Kadyn Proctor didn't play after an apparent let arm injury in pre-game warmups. Elijah Pritchett took his place. - AP College Football

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QB Jalen Milroe, Alabama
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11/30/23 - Graham Nicholson, Sr/2025, Alabama + More +

2023 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Graham Nicholson, PK, Miami,...Nicholson, a Lou Groza Award finalist, has been nearly perfect this season, connecting on 23-of-23 field goal attempts and 33-of-34 extra points. He is 8-of-8 on field goals over 40 yards, and has made a field goal in all 12 games this year. - MAC Football

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K Graham Nicholson, Alabama
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02/16/23 - Justin Eboigbe, rSr/2024, Alabama + More +

Two more of Alabama's seniors from its 2022 roster will return for another season in 2023. Offensive lineman Darrian Dalcourt and defensive lineman Justin Eboigbe were both listed Tuesday on the school's updated roster for the spring. Dalcourt is listed as a graduate student because he never redshirted and is using the NCAA's COVID-19 waiver for the 2020 season to retain eligibility for 2023.

Eboigbe is listed as a redshirt senior. After playing extensively over his first three seasons, Eboigbe's 2022 season was cut short after four games because of a neck injury, allowing him to redshirt. The return of both players had been expected after neither announced plans to enter the NFL draft. Dalcourt was honored on senior day in November but Eboigbe, also a senior last season, was not part of the ceremony. - Birmingham News

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DT Justin Eboigbe, Alabama
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01/23/23 - Trezmen Marshall, rSr/2024, Alabama + More +

Georgia linebacker Trezmen Marshall announced Thursday evening that he is transferring to Alabama. Marshall, who played the past four seasons for the Bulldogs, made his announcement in an Instagram post after entering the NCAA transfer portal last Friday. Listed at 6-foot-1 and 230 pounds by Georgia, Marshall played mostly on special teams.

He finished the Bulldogs' 2022 season with 19 total tackles, including 4.5 for a loss. He made one sack, against Tennessee, and one interception, against South Carolina. Alabama was thin on numbers at inside linebacker after losing senior starters Henry To'o To'o and Jaylen Moody, and having Demouy Kennedy enter the NCAA transfer portal earlier this week. Marshall joins junior college transfer Justin Jefferson as the Tide's two incoming inside linebackers this offseason. - Birmingham News

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ILB Trezmen Marshall, Alabama
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01/15/23 - *Will Anderson Jr., Jr/2023, Alabama + More +

Former Alabama outside linebacker Will Anderson and defensive back Brian Branch signed with the same NFL agent ahead of the league's Jan. 16 deadline for underclassmen to officially enter the draft. NFL agent Nicole Lynn shared photos Friday afternoon of Anderson and Branch signing with Klutch Sports. Lynn represents 21 current NFL players according to NFLPA records, including three former Alabama players in Quinnen Williams, Jalen Hurts and Phidarian Mathis.

Anderson verbally declared for the 2023 draft at a news conference alongside teammates Bryce Young and Jahmyr Gibbs on Jan. 2, and Branch announced the same later that day on social media. The NFL gives until Monday for juniors to finalize their decisions, with a full list of underclassmen entering the draft distributed next Friday. - Birmingham News

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DE *Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
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01/14/23 - Trezmen Marshall, rSr/2024, Alabama + More +

Two more Georgia Bulldogs entered the transfer portal on Friday morning, with senior linebacker Trezmen Marshall and freshman offensive lineman Jacob Hood both entering the transfer portal. Marshall signed with Georgia in the 2019 signing class out of Homerville, Ga. He battled injury throughout his Georgia career, missing time during the 2020 and 2021 seasons. He bounced back to see more snaps in 2022, playing in 14 games and registering 19 tackles as a rotation piece at linebacker.

Hood missed the entire 2022 season after undergoing ankle surgery in the spring. He signed as a member of the 2022 signing class out of Nashville, Tenn. He will have four years of eligibility at his new school. The Bulldogs will also bring back starting inside linebackers Smael Mondon and Jamon Dumas-Johnson. They ranked first and second on the team in tackles. Marshall will have two years of eligibility remaining at wherever he ends up. - Dawgnation.com

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ILB Trezmen Marshall, Alabama
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01/05/23 - Jalen Milroe, rJr/2026, Alabama + More +

So, the inevitable is now a reality. Bryce Young's time at Alabama is over and so the conversation begins. The 2023 Alabama quarterback competition is on. It's been a while since the Crimson Tide had a real battle for QB1 and it's certainly the first since transfer rules were loosened so the dynamic will be somewhat different than in the past. That said, two quarterbacks -- Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson -- with a combined 65 collegiate passing attempts, are set to be joined by two signees from the 2023 class. The transfer portal, of course, is the wildcard added to the mix -- new since Tua Tagovailoa beat Jalen Hurts for the Alabama starting gig entering the 2018 season. That makes handicapping the race a little more complicated but the next man up for the 2022 season was Jalen Milroe. A redshirt freshman, the Katy, Texas product took all the meaningful snaps after Young's shoulder injury at Arkansas. That included a start against Texas A&M in a wild ride of big plays and costly turnovers.

Milroe spoke with AL.com for a few minutes in the locker room after the 45-20 Sugar Bowl win over Kansas State about the season that ended and the offseason to come. Simpson said he was unavailable when approached in the locker room open for 20 minutes to reporters. Milroe spoke about the emotional moment in the fourth quarter of the bowl game when he replaced Young after the game was in hand. "Yeah, it was definitely a moment for both of us," Milroe said. "Just to have that moment with him. It was definitely teary eyes, for sure. That's my brother. We had a relationship beyond football so just to have that moment with him, that one final time, it meant a lot to me." The conversation shifted to the offseason. His goal is simple. "Overall, just get 1% better each and every day," Milroe said. "Just collab with the team, find our identity, come together as a team and just build on each day we have together." - Birmingham News

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QB Jalen Milroe, Alabama
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01/04/23 - *Eli Ricks, Jr/2023, Alabama + More +

Eli Ricks' time at Alabama will end after one season of high expectations for the LSU transfer that largely went unmet. Ricks declared for the NFL draft Tuesday, making the announcement on Instagram one day after three Tide juniors declared at a news conference and fellow junior Brian Branch followed later Monday. For Ricks, the decision was not nearly as clear-cut as Bryce Young or Will Anderson, or even his teammate in the secondary, Branch. Ricks played in 10 games this season but made only five starts, including one at Ole Miss that ended when he suffered a concussion on the game's first play.

Ricks finished the season with four pass break-ups, one tackle for a loss and no interceptions. But NFL teams could still be attracted to Ricks' length at 6-foot-2 and his freshman season tape in 2020 that earned the former five-star recruit a spot on the Associated Press' third-team All-America that year. Ricks, a California native who played at IMG Academy in Florida, was the No. 14 overall prospect in the 2020 class by 247 Sports' composite. He lived up to that status as a FWAA freshman All-American but a shoulder injury derailed his second season in Baton Rouge. - Birmingham News

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CB *Eli Ricks, Alabama
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01/04/23 - *Bryce Young, Jr/2023, Alabama + More +

Bryce Young was masterfully able to escape all sorts of pressure from defenses during his two seasons as Alabama's starter. But after declaring Monday for the 2023 NFL draft, Young will be able to run from questions about his size. As a potential No. 1 overall pick in April, Young's height will be thoroughly dissected, debated and analyzed over the next three-plus months in NFL draft rooms and on national television. Listed at 6-feet tall and 194 pounds by Alabama, the junior quarterback was not tipping his hand Monday about what he expects to measure at the NFL combine, which will be held in Indianapolis from Feb. 28 through March 6. "That's a good question," he said with a laugh. "I guess we'll see."

Young did not yet know how much he would participate in the combine drills, which top quarterbacks sometimes skip to let their film speak for itself. There are few comparisons at the NFL level for Young's combination of size and style of play. He is taller than fellow Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray, who is 5-foot-10, but runs much less frequently than Murray did at Oklahoma or has done for the Arizona Cardinals. Young operated mostly as a pocket passer at Alabama with impressive elusive ability, but he almost never took the ball on designed runs and rarely took off scrambling past the line of scrimmage. Even so, Young's poise under pressure, accuracy and performance in key moments of SEC games have earned him plenty of attention as perhaps the best quarterback in the draft. - Birmingham News

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QB *Bryce Young, Alabama
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01/04/23 - *Will Anderson Jr., Jr/2023, Alabama + More +

What became obvious not long after Will Anderson stepped foot on Alabama's campus three years ago became official Monday: the star outside linebacker will enter the NFL draft. Anderson was a three-year starter who made an immediate impact on Alabama's national championship team in 2020 and was considered among college football's best players the past two seasons. He made his announcement at a news conference with Nick Saban and two other juniors entering the 2023 draft, Bryce Young and Jahmyr Gibbs. Saban made it clear other juniors could decide later to enter.

Anderson as one of the most accomplished players in program history and among the more decorated defensive players in college football history. "These past three years have been the best years of my life," Anderson said Monday. He is the school's only two-time unanimous All-American, a two-time winner of the Nagurski Trophy and SEC defensive player of the year, and also won the Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award and Lott Trophy this season. He started on Alabama's undefeated national championship team as a freshman in 2020 and was named a permanent team captain after both is sophomore and junior seasons. Anderson's 34.5 career sacks place him second in the school's record book behind Derrick Thomas' 52 over four seasons in the late 1980s. As a sophomore in 2021, Anderson led Division I with 17.5 sacks and had 34.5 tackles for loss - 12.5 more than any other player in the country. His 10 sacks led the team again this season. It has been almost 75 years since Alabama last had a player drafted No. 1 overall to the NFL. Harry Gilmer, selected by Washington at the start of the 1948 draft, was the Tide's last top pick. - Birmingham News

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DE *Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
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01/04/23 - *Brian Branch, Jr/2023, Alabama + More +

Brian Branch didn't join other Alabama football juniors at Monday's press conference, but he made the same decision as those at the presser. Branch is headed to the NFL Draft 2023. He announced the decision on Instagram later Monday. Branch joins quarterback Bryce Young, running back Jahmyr Gibbs and linebacker Will Anderson Jr. in declaring early for the NFL. "I've developed so much since my freshman year and because of Alabama, I'm confident that I'm prepared to take my game to the next level," Branch wrote on Instagram. "After thoughtful conversations with my family and coaches, I've decided to forgo my senior year and enter the 2023 NFL Draft. This has been a dream of mine since I could remember and I'm ready to embrace this next journey for my life."

Branch has been the primary starter at the Star defensive back position on Nick Saban's defense the past two seasons. He is fresh off arguably his best game for the Crimson Tide after he finished with 12 tackles, one sack and an interception against Kansas State. This season, he finished with 90 tackles, three sacks, two interceptions and seven passes defensed. - Montgomery Advertiser

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FS *Brian Branch, Alabama
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01/04/23 - *Jahmyr Gibbs, Jr/2023, Alabama + More +

The term "one-and-done" has long been part of college basketball lingo, but it has taken on a different meaning for modern college football. The loosening of the NCAA's transfer portal rules last year made it easier for underclassmen to transfer and play immediately, then enter the NFL draft after one successful season. That was the case when Jameson Williams transferred to Alabama for the 2021 season after two years mostly in the background at Ohio State. Williams flourished in his starting role for the Tide and became a first-round pick in last April's NFL draft, beginning a trend that should continue this year.

Running back Jahmyr Gibbs declared Monday for the 2023 NFL draft after one season at Alabama. The junior's decision came a little more than a year after he transferred from Georgia Tech, where he was a key piece of the Yellow Jackets' offense but felt his skills could be better showcased in Tuscaloosa. Williams was picked No. 12 overall in last year's draft despite an ACL injury, and Gibbs said Monday he has heard feedback placing him in the No. 20-25 overall range of this spring's draft. The decision was not as obvious as the two others announced by Alabama juniors Monday - by quarterback Bryce Young and outside linebacker Will Anderson - but expectations still leaned heavily in favor of Gibbs entering the draft early, with two years of eligibility remaining. "I kind of knew for a little bit," he said. "If we had that sort of year we wanted, then, yeah." - Birmingham News

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