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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Alabama
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  07/28/22 - Jordan Battle, Sr/2023, Alabama, 6-1, 209 (DS#1 SS) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON JIM THORPE AWARD WATCHLIST: Jordan Battle, Alabama, Sr.,...After seeing a lot of playing time as a freshman, Battle became starting safety as a junior (2020) and ranked third with 66 tackles, including three for a loss. Had four pass breakups and 45-yard pick six. As a junior in 2021, Battle earned All-SEC First Team honors from both the AP and the conference coaches ... tied for the UA team lead and fifth in the SEC in interceptions with three ... accumulated 111 return yards on his three picks, taking two of the interceptions back for a touchdown ... added 86 tackles to rank fourth on the UA defense. He was named first, second or third team All-America on most lists. - Alabama Football

(DS#1 SS) Sr/2023 SS Jordan Battle, Alabama
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  07/27/22 - *Will Anderson Jr., Jr/2023, Alabama, 6-4, 253 (DS#1 DE) + More +

  Will Anderson can easily make his way to second place on Alabama's all-time sacks chart this season, but he's got a long way to go to catch Derrick Thomas, who was credited with 52 sacks from 1985-88 in years before sacks were included as official NCAA stats. Anderson, who had 17.5 sacks last season to lead the FBS, will open the season with 24.5 career sacks, fourth on the Alabama list behind Thomas, Jonathan Allen (28) and Kindal Moorehead (25). "I'm going to approach the season just like I approached it last year," Anderson said when asked about chasing sack records. "I'm just going to be Will Anderson. I'm not going to try to do anything special. I'm not going to go out there and try to be a hero. I'm just going to go out there and be myself, be the player that I was when I first got here and just help my teammates play good team football."

Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson was asked what he thought of Alabama outside linebacker Will Anderson's "game," and how difficult he is to prepare to play. "He's a dog," Jefferson said. "I love his game, He's very explosive and athletic. Going into the preparation for that week and Will Anderson, the main thing was just to try to get double-teams on him to slow him down, try to knock him off his path a little bit because once he gets going he's hard to stop." - Northwest Arkansas Times

(DS#1 DE) Jr/2023 DE *Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
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  07/26/22 - *Will Anderson Jr., Jr/2023, Alabama, 6-4, 253 (DS#1 DE) + More +

  The Football Writers Association of America released its 2022 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List today, selecting 85 defensive standouts from 61 schools in all 10 Division I FBS conferences plus independents. The watch list roster includes five returning players from last season's FWAA All-America team including 2021 winner Will Anderson Jr. of Alabama, five of the top 13 tacklers from last season, the top two sack leaders and six of the top 13, and two players in the secondary who each had five interceptions last year. The FWAA and the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce finalists for the 2022 trophy on Nov. 16 and the winner will be unveiled Dec. 5 at the Bronko Nagurski Awards Banquet in Charlotte, N.C.

Anderson, the Alabama linebacker who earned consensus All-America status as well as the 2021 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, headlines a trio of returning All-Americans coming off First Team honors. Anderson did it all last year for the College Football Playoff runner-up Crimson Tide, leading the nation in sacks with 17.5 to go with 33.5 tackles for loss and 101 total tackles – 57 solos – in his 15-game season. - Football Writers Association of America

(DS#1 DE) Jr/2023 DE *Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
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  07/25/22 - *Bryce Young, Jr/2023, Alabama, 5-10, 204 (DS#2 QB) + More +

  The media vote is in and...it's a lot like previous years. For the seventh straight year, Alabama was picked to win the SEC championship in balloting at SEC media days. Defending champion Georgia was picked to win the East Division but received just 18 voting points to win the championship. Alabama had 158. Alabama's been the pick in 11 of the past 13 years. The only deviations came in 2012 when LSU was picked and 2015 when it was Auburn. Alabama would go on to win the league title in both of those seasons. In the string of six straight years of media picking the Tide, Alabama finished the season as SEC champions four times. - Birmingham News

(DS#2 QB) Jr/2023 QB *Bryce Young, Alabama
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  07/25/22 - Cameron Latu, rSr/2023, Alabama, 6-4, 242 (DS#12 TE) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST: CAMERON LATU, ALABAMA,...Earned a starting spot in the 2021 season opener against Miami and never looked back...set the Alabama record for touchdown catches by a tight end with eight, surpassing Irv Smith Jr.'s previous record of seven from 2018...finished tied for seventh in the SEC for touchdown receptions...registered 26 total catches for 410 yards on the season. - Alabama Football

(DS#12 TE) rSr/2023 TE Cameron Latu, Alabama
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  07/24/22 - *Jahmyr Gibbs, Jr/2023, Alabama, 5-09, 199 (DS#2 RB) + More +

  Alabama placed 10 players on the 2022 Media Days preseason All-SEC first team, as voted on by members of the media this week in Atlanta. Earning first-team honors on offense for the Crimson Tide were quarterback Bryce Young, running back Jahmyr Gibbs, wide receiver Jermaine Burton and offensive lineman Emil Ekiyor. Linebackers Will Anderson and Henry To'oTo'o and defensive backs Jordan Battle and Eli Ricks were named to the first-team defense. Gibbs actually made the first team twice, also earning a nod as an "all-purpose" back. He was joined among the first-team specialists by Alabama kicker Will Reichard. Georgia was second behind Alabama with six first-team selections. Auburn had two first-team picks, running back Tank Bigsby and defensive lineman Derick Hall. - Birmingham News

(DS#2 RB) Jr/2023 RB *Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama
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  07/23/22 - Dallas Turner, Jr/2024, Alabama, 6-3, 247 (DS#1 OLB) + More +

  Nick Saban dropped some clear markers in his Tuesday speech at SEC media days about position groups of most concern as fall camp approaches -- cornerback, offensive line and wide receiver. Saban, though, can rest easy about his outside linebackers. Alabama has struck gold when recruiting the position in recent years and could have its best group of pass rushers in Saban's 16-season tenure to show for it this fall. And if the group was not already the nation's best last season -- a strong argument could be made it was -- junior Will Anderson wants to make sure of it this season. "As a room, that's our ultimate goal: we're going to be the best outside linebacker group in the nation," he said Tuesday in Atlanta. "We're going to prove that to everybody this year." The Tide finished third in the country in averaging 3.8 sacks per game last season, while Anderson led the country with 17.5 sacks.

Anderson lost his bookend in fifth-year senior Christopher Allen to an injury in the opener and five-star sophomore Drew Sanders was also injured after replacing Allen. But five-star freshman Dallas Turner emerged midseason to finish with 8.5 sacks while earning freshman All-America honors. "Dallas has always been a really good player," Anderson said. "I remember, like, watching him in practice and everything like that. He's always been the factor. He's gonna be really good for us this year. He's gonna be a big piece of our defense this year and I'm excited to watch him play." - Birmingham News

(DS#1 OLB) Jr/2024 OLB Dallas Turner, Alabama
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  07/22/22 - *Will Anderson Jr., Jr/2023, Alabama, 6-4, 253 (DS#1 DE) + More +

  One of the many qualities that has endeared Will Anderson to Alabama fans was his decision last season to focus on football instead of pursuing financial gain from his name, image and likeness. Anderson said last November he would wait until after the season to strike NIL deals, a comment that drew praise from fans at the time as "refreshing" and "smart." But as the star pass rusher enters his junior and almost certainly final college season -- he is set to graduate in December -- Anderson has decided it is the right time to embrace NIL opportunities.

"I've been doing NIL deals," Anderson confirmed Tuesday at SEC media days in Atlanta. "It has [changed my life] a lot. It's been tremendous. It's been able to help me and family. I put money aside for, like of course myself, but I'm really doing NIL to help my family out a lot. "I don't want my parents to be stressing, worrying about how to get to my games, any of that stuff like that. To be able to take care of all that, help them out, make sure they're living well enough to balance everything out has been great." Anderson said during an appearance earlier this month on Atlanta's 92.9 The Game that he is driving a 2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS, which currently has resale prices in excess of $120,000. "It's smooth," he said. - Birmingham News

(DS#1 DE) Jr/2023 DE *Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
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  07/22/22 - *Bryce Young, Jr/2023, Alabama, 5-10, 204 (DS#2 QB) + More +

  Tim Tebow appeared as a guest on "The Paul Finebaum Show" on Tuesday from the 2022 Southeastern Conference Media Days in Atlanta. Bryce Young, the Alabama quarterback and 2021 Heisman Trophy winner, was one of the first topics that Tebow and Paul Finebaum discussed. Finebaum asked Tebow what he remembers about coming to SEC Media Days. Tebow played quarterback at Florida from 2006-09, and he won the Heisman Trophy in 2007.

Tebow briefly talked about himself then transitioned to talking about Young. Tim Tebow on Bryce Young, Nissan Heisman House commercials..."Bryce is so poised," Tebow said. "I was with him just this past week in Pasadena, California, for the Nissan Heisman House commercials, which are so much fun to film with him. We filmed several together. He's just so calm and poised and nothing flusters him. You'll say, 'Well that's silly, you're comparing him to a commercial.' But that's just who he is. It's just his presence around all these former winners and on camera and everything. It never changes. He is always so steady and so even and calm." - Montgomery Advertiser

(DS#2 QB) Jr/2023 QB *Bryce Young, Alabama
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  07/22/22 - Jermaine Burton, Sr/2024, Alabama, 6-0, 196 (DS#20 WR) + More +

  The Crimson Tide last year, after all, welcomed a rival in Henry To'o To'o, previously of Tennessee, and Jameson Williams, fresh off a meeting playing for Ohio State in a national title game loss to Alabama. But the two-part Alabama-Georgia postseason series from last season was especially emotional and Burton made the move so soon after the 33-18 Bulldog win. Did anyone in the Crimson Tide locker room look at Burton sideways upon arrival? "We didn't have much reaction," Alabama safety Jordan Battle said Tuesday at SEC media days. "I mean, I'm pretty sure Georgia fans, Georgia people and the media out there have a reaction, but we welcomed him with open arms. He's doing great right now and I think he's going to be a big factor on the field. He's allowing us to compete in 7-on-7 every day. As a DB in the secondary, we love that addition."

And what about that Georgia national title ring? Has it been spotted in the Alabama complex? "I don't think so and probably think he never will around Alabama, of course," Battle said. "But I love Jermaine, of course. He's a great guy. I think he's a great addition to the team. Very explosive down the field. And I love competing against him in practice as well." Burton had two catches for 28 yards against Alabama in the national championship game after having a three-catch, 36-yard night in the SEC title game loss to the Tide. - Birmingham News

(DS#20 WR) Sr/2024 WR Jermaine Burton, Alabama
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  07/22/22 - *Jahmyr Gibbs, Jr/2023, Alabama, 5-09, 199 (DS#2 RB) + More +

  Perhaps it's the Jameson Williams effect or maybe Jahmyr Gibbs is just that explosive. But the preseason chatter surrounding this transfer from Georgia Tech would indicate Alabama is expecting a breakout season from the speedy running back. And the Williams comparisons could extend to the big-play capability Gibbs brings not just to the running game but the passing game as well. Gibbs caught 60 passes in his two seasons with the Yellow Jackets that netted 773 yards with five touchdowns. Crimson Tide linebacker Will Anderson flashed a smile when asked about Gibbs on Tuesday. "He's like a little wide receiver sometimes," Anderson said. "When we have to take the wheel routes with him, you really have to get on your horse because he has wheels and he can run. He's dangerous out of the backfield but I love it. It's fun to watch."

The 5-foot-11, 200-pound junior from Dalton, Georgia averaged 5.2 yards a carry playing for a Georgia Tech program that went 6-16 in his two seasons there. Stepping into a primary role this spring, Gibbs was the A-Day MVP thanks mostly to a 75-yard touchdown run. Alabama safety Jordan Battle wasn't on the field for that sample of Gibbs' open-field speed. The secondary veteran, however, is well-acquainted with Gibbs as locker mates who recently traveled together. Their on-field meetings will benefit both down the line. But who wins more? "I think it's 50/50," Battle said. "I stood him up a couple of times. He got me a couple of times but that's the thing about Alabama. You're going to compete every day. You're going to be that competitor every day. You're going to make a play. You're going to miss a play. That's how you learn how to not miss that play in the game." - Birmingham News

(DS#2 RB) Jr/2023 RB *Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama
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  07/20/22 - *Eli Ricks, Jr/2023, Alabama, 6-2, 190 (DS#23 CB) + More +

  In breaking down his team Tuesday at SEC media days in Atlanta, Nick Saban isolated cornerback as a particular area of potential concern on the defense. "Defensively I think we've got seven starters back," Saban said of a group that returned several players, including safety Jordan Battle and linebacker Henry To'o To'o, for their senior seasons. "Again, the biggest challenge is how do we replace the corners that we lost, because corner is probably the one position that puts the greatest restriction on what you can do on defense. That's going to be a significant challenge for us, as well." Expectations might be highest for Ricks, who was a third-team Associated Press All-America pick as a freshman at LSU in 2020 before a shoulder injury prematurely ended his 2021 season. Saban noted at the beginning of Alabama spring practice how the shoulder injury affected Ricks' physical development and how he needed to gain back weight.

But by the spring game in mid-April, Ricks was part of the second team behind McKinstry and Jackson, who started the game with the first-team defense. Saban said after the game that Ricks was part of a three-way competition for a starting job but he needed to continue to learn the system, something Battle acknowledged Tuesday at media days. "He's fits in very well. Week in, week out, we can tell -- I mean, when he first got there, he had a problem with comfortability because the defense and the playbook but since he's been going up and seeing Coach T-Rob [Travaris Robinson], he's acclimated very quickly," Battle said. Saban's lone comments about Ricks at Tuesday's session were more pointed. "Eli Ricks is a guy that has started in this league," Saban said. "He has to, sort of, prove that he has a good understanding of what we want him to do, how we want him to do it and why it's important that way." - Birmingham News

(DS#23 CB) Jr/2023 CB *Eli Ricks, Alabama
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  07/20/22 - *Bryce Young, Jr/2023, Alabama, 5-10, 204 (DS#2 QB) + More +

  The monumental shift that name, image and likeness laws brought to college athletics often came with more questions than answers. How does it really work? And how much money is circulating above the table with athletes now able to legally profit from their status? Nick Saban put a number to it at SEC media days Tuesday in Atlanta. The Crimson Tide football coach said Alabama players brought in $3 million in NIL money in the first year after the laws and rules changed. "I'm all for the players being able to do as well as they can and use name, image and likeness to be able to create value for themselves," Saban said. "We have a great brand at Alabama so their value is going to be enhanced because of the value our brand helped them create."

Saban previously said that number was made by 25 of the Alabama football players. And before the 2021 SEC media days, Saban told a group of high school football coaches in Texas that quarterback Bryce Young was already approaching the $1 million mark in NIL money before starting a game with the Tide. The money Alabama players made last year came before the state repealed its NIL law that prohibited the collectives that have become such a part of this shifting landscape. - Birmingham News

(DS#2 QB) Jr/2023 QB *Bryce Young, Alabama
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  07/20/22 - *Bryce Young, Jr/2023, Alabama, 5-10, 204 (DS#2 QB) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON DAVEY O'BRIEN NATIONAL QUARTERBACK AWARD WATCH LIST: Bryce Young, Alabama, Jr., 6-0, 194, Pasadena, Calif.,...Young set the Alabama single-season marks for passing yards (4,872) and touchdowns (47) ... selected as one of the Crimson Tide's permanent team captains for the 2021 campaign ... recipient of the Heisman Trophy, the Crimson Tide's fourth winner since 2009 and second in as many seasons ... also recognized as college football's Player of the Year by the Associated Press and The Sporting News. - Alabama Football

(DS#2 QB) Jr/2023 QB *Bryce Young, Alabama
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  07/20/22 - *Jahmyr Gibbs, Jr/2023, Alabama, 5-09, 199 (DS#2 RB) + More +

  Alabama added four players on offense from the transfer portal, and Bryce Young is developing chemistry with the fresh faces. New transfers include offensive lineman Tyler Steen, running back Jahmyr Gibbs and wide receivers Tyler Harrell and Jermaine Burton. Young said he is particularly excited about the addition of Gibbs, who earned three spots on the 2021 All-ACC team with Georgia Tech, to the running back mix. "(Gibbs) is super explosive, super dynamic, and he's really smart," Young said. "He understands the offense really well, even in the short time that he's been here." Young is also working with Burton, who caught 26 catches for 497 yards and five touchdowns for Georgia last season. "It's been a lot of timing that we developed," Young said. "A lot of chemistry (and) work that's going on, (and) it's only going to improve, so I'm really excited." - Montgomery Advertiser

(DS#2 RB) Jr/2023 RB *Jahmyr Gibbs, Alabama
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