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  01/14/21 - *Mac JonesrJr/2021, Alabama, 6-3, 217 (DS#3 QB) + More +

  Four stars from Alabama's national championship team, including Heisman Trophy finalist quarterback Mac Jones, are leaving early to enter the NFL draft. Jones, wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, cornerback Patrick Surtain II and defensive lineman Christian Barmore announced their intentions to leave on Thursday - all are considered potential first-round picks. Jones arrived as a skinny recruit along with much more heralded prospect Tua Tagovailoa, a No. 5 overall pick by the Miami Dolphins last season. Both played behind young quarterback Jalen Hurts, now with the Philadelphia Eagles. There also are several Alabama seniors considered first-round picks, including Heisman Trophy-winning wide receiver DeVonta Smith, All-America tailback Najee Harris and Outland Trophy winner left tackle Alex Leatherwood. - AP College Football

(DS#3 QB) rJr/2021 QB *Mac JonesAlabama
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  01/13/21 - Najee HarrisSr/2021, Alabama, 6-1, 232 (DS#1 RB) + More +

  Najee Harris scored three touchdowns in the Crimson Tide's 52-24 national championship game win Monday night over Ohio State, becoming the SEC's single-season record holder in total rushing and receiving touchdowns. With two rushing scores and one receiving, Harris totaled 30 for the season, passing Derrick Henry's 28 touchdowns in 2015 as the best mark in conference and school history. The running back finishes his four seasons with 57 total touchdowns - 46 rushing and 11 receiving - tying Tim Tebow's 57 as the most in a career by any SEC player in history. - Birmingham News

(DS#1 RB) Sr/2021 RB Najee HarrisAlabama
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  01/13/21 - Landon DickersonrSr/2021, Alabama, 6-6, 333 (DS#2 C) + More +

  When all eyes in Hard Rock Stadium were trained pregame Monday night on Jaylen Waddle's right ankle, out of the tunnel trotted a No. 69 in a crimson uniform. About an hour before kickoff of the national championship game, Landon Dickerson was not only wearing his game jersey, but was fully dressed and ready to play with all his usual athletic tape and braces. The only problem: Dickerson was only about three weeks removed from season-ending knee surgery.

The center had no chance of playing against Ohio State - or in any competitive football game for several months - but wanted to close his college career as more than a spectator. Dickerson had been carted off the field of the SEC championship game Dec. 19, marking the fourth time his five-year college career has been cut short by an injury. After three seasons at Florida State and two at Alabama, Monday night was his first opportunity to play in a championship game - and he was not going to miss it. - Birmingham News


(DS#2 C) rSr/2021 C Landon DickersonAlabama
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  01/13/21 - *Jaylen WaddleJr/2021, Alabama, 5-10, 180 (DS#3 WR) + More +

  Jaylen Waddle's labored trot on and off the field was obvious to everyone in Hard Rock Stadium on Monday night. Also evident was the junior wide receiver's desire to play in a national championship game less than three months after fracturing his ankle. Waddle caught three passes for 34 yards in Alabama's 52-24 win over Ohio State, playing a limited role for an offense that did not need its most explosive playmaker but welcomed his presence on the biggest stage of the season. "I have a lot of respect for Jaylen Waddle, his mental toughness and his ability to be able to come back," coach Nick Saban said Tuesday.

Waddle had not played since Oct. 24 but returned to practice last week. He went through about a 25-minute pregame warmup before giving coaches the go-ahead that he would play. That put into motion a plan that saw Waddle not start the game but enter late on the first drive of the game. On his first play, Waddle caught a pass over the middle from quarterback Mac Jones and turned downfield for a 15-yard gain. "We just had a limited plan for him," Saban said. "We really had, like, plays that he could run where he could run in a straight line and didn't have to do a lot of cutting, didn't have to do a lot of route running and changing direction, doing some of the things he's so good at, which is going in motion, running bubbles, orbits, all that kind of stuff. - Birmingham News


(DS#3 WR) Jr/2021 WR *Jaylen WaddleAlabama
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  01/13/21 - DeVonta SmithSr/2021, Alabama, 6-0, 170 (DS#2 WR) + More +

  It was almost the perfect ending for DeVonta Smith but a finger injury ended his final Alabama game early. The Heisman Trophy winner left with a dislocated finger on the second snap of the second half of Alabama's 52-24 win over Ohio State in the national championship game. "It was dislocated and they couldn't get it back in," Nick Saban said in the aftermath. "If they'd have got it back in, he would have been fine. He actually wanted to play, we just didn't allow him to." Smith was in the sideline injury tent for an extended period before walking back to the locker room.

ESPN cameras caught Smith under the stadium, walking between the locker room and other medical rooms after going down early in the second half. He later emerged on the sideline but no longer in uniform. Saban smiled when talking about the situation in the postgame. "I told Smitty after the game, I said, You're the only player that I know that missed a whole half because of your finger," Saban said - Birmingham News


(DS#2 WR) Sr/2021 WR DeVonta SmithAlabama
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  01/12/21 - *Mac JonesrJr/2021, Alabama, 6-3, 217 (DS#3 QB) + More +

  Alabama finished the season No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the 12th time, extending its record by completing the program’s first perfect season since 2009. The Crimson Tide were a unanimous No. 1 in the final poll, getting 61 first-place votes, after beating Ohio State 52-24 in the College Football Playoff championship game Monday night. Alabama was the preseason No. 3, but when it started playing this strange season amid a pandemic in late September it moved up to No. 2. The Tide jumped to No. 1 in early November and finished as major college football's only undefeated team. - AP College Football

(DS#3 QB) rJr/2021 QB *Mac JonesAlabama
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  01/11/21 - *Mac JonesrJr/2021, Alabama, 6-3, 217 (DS#3 QB) + More +

  DeVonta Smith was uncoverable, Najee Harris unstoppable and Mac Jones impeccable. With a performance that was both surgical and explosive, No. 1 Alabama won the College Football Playoff national championship game 52-24 against No. 3 Ohio State on Monday night. The final game of a college football season in a pandemic, a season that was uncertain to be played in the summer and filled with disruptions in the fall, ended in the most predictable fashion: Alabama (13-0) as national champion for the sixth time in the last 12 years under coach Nick Saban.

For Saban, it was career title No. 7 overall, breaking a tie with Alabama great Paul "Bear" Bryant for the most by a major college coach. Ohio State (7-1) just couldn't keep up. Justin Fields, playing what might be his last game before heading to the NFL, passed for 194 yards and a touchdown. Whether Fields was 100% after taking a brutal hit to the side during his brilliant semifinal performance against Clemson was hard to know for sure. - Alabama/AP College Football


(DS#3 QB) rJr/2021 QB *Mac JonesAlabama
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  01/11/21 - DeVonta SmithSr/2021, Alabama, 6-0, 170 (DS#2 WR) + More +

  DeVonta Smith did not catch a single pass after halftime. He didn't have to, either. He'd done plenty. The Heisman Trophy-winning receiver from Alabama put his stamp all over the College Football Playoff championship game in the first two quarters, and the Crimson Tide are national champions once again. Smith had 12 catches for 215 yards and three touchdowns - all those scores coming in the second quarter - to lead the Tide past Ohio State 52-24 on Monday night. He won everything there was to win this season: the national title, the Heisman, and became the first FBS player since Michael Crabtree in 2007 to lead the nation in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. Next stop, the NFL. - AP College Football

(DS#2 WR) Sr/2021 WR DeVonta SmithAlabama
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  01/11/21 - DeVonta SmithSr/2021, Alabama, 6-0, 170 (DS#2 WR) + More +

  Alabama's Heisman Trophy-winning receiver DeVonta Smith injured his right hand Monday night in the College Football Playoff national championship game. Smith went to the medical tent early in the third quarter after a huge first half against Ohio State. He was later taken to the locker room. Smith was hit trying to bring in a pass and appeared to jam his hand against a defender. ESPN reported his return was questionable. Smith made 12 catches for 215 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. He passed Vanderbilt's Jordan Matthews to become the Southeastern Conference's career leader in receiving yards. - AP College Football

(DS#2 WR) Sr/2021 WR DeVonta SmithAlabama
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  01/11/21 - *Jaylen WaddleJr/2021, Alabama, 5-10, 180 (DS#3 WR) + More +

  Alabama wide receiver Jaylen Waddle remains a game-time decision for Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship Game, UA coach Nick Saban said Sunday. Defensive back Malachi Moore remains, "very questionable," while defensive lineman LaBryan Ray has returned to practice and has a better chance of playing. Waddle has been the headline of the week from the UA side of things after his return to the practice field on Tuesday from the ankle injury that was thought to end his season. The successful surgery and smooth rehabilitation process allowed Waddle to return to physical activity leading up to the SEC Championship Game and return to practice after the semifinal. - Birmingham News

(DS#3 WR) Jr/2021 WR *Jaylen WaddleAlabama
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  01/09/21 - DeVonta SmithSr/2021, Alabama, 6-0, 170 (DS#2 WR) + More +

  Six Alabama players were named to the first team of the Walter Camp All-America list Thursday night, the most first-team selections by one team in the 131-year history of the list. Of that group, five became unanimous All-America selections: running back Najee Harris, wide receiver DeVonta Smith, left tackle Alex Leatherwood, center Landon Dickerson and cornerback Patrick Surtain. Each was named to the first team of all of the five lists recognized by the NCAA. The five unanimous All-America selections are the most in any single season in school history. The previous high was three players in both 2011 and 2016. Nationally, Alabama matched Oklahoma's five unanimous selections in 2003. - Birmingham News

(DS#2 WR) Sr/2021 WR DeVonta SmithAlabama
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  01/07/21 - DeVonta SmithSr/2021, Alabama, 6-0, 170 (DS#2 WR) + More +

  2020 MAXWELL AWARD (COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S TOP PLAYER) WINNER: DeVonta Smith, Alabama...Smith leads the nation in receptions (105), receiving yards (1,641), receiving touchdowns (20) and all-purpose yards (1,912)...Holds the Alabama single-season record for receiving scores while ranking second in both receiving yards and receptions...Past Alabama Maxwell winners – AJ McCarron (2013), Derrick Henry (2015), Tua Tagovailoa (2018). - Alabama Football

(DS#2 WR) Sr/2021 WR DeVonta SmithAlabama
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  01/07/21 - *Mac JonesrJr/2021, Alabama, 6-3, 217 (DS#3 QB) + More +

  2020 MAXWELL AWARD (COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S TOP PLAYER) FINALIST: Mac Jones, Alabama...Jones, a junior, has connected on 250 of 327 passes (.765) for 3,739 yards and 32 touchdowns against four interceptions. He leads the nation in passing efficiency (202.4), total quarterback rating (95.6) and completion percentage. The native of Jacksonville, Fla., also ranks second nationally in both passing yards and passing touchdowns. - Alabama Football

(DS#3 QB) rJr/2021 QB *Mac JonesAlabama
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  01/07/21 - DeVonta SmithSr/2021, Alabama, 6-0, 170 (DS#2 WR) + More +

  2020 WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Alabama football senior wide receiver DeVonta Smith has been named the 2020 Walter Camp Player of the Year, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced Thursday evening. Smith joins past Alabama winners Derrick Henry (2015) and Tua Tagovailoa (2018) for the award presented annually to the most outstanding player of the year in college football who has exemplified the qualities of self-discipline, unselfish team play, desire to excel, mature judgement and respect for leadership. - Alabama Football

(DS#2 WR) Sr/2021 WR DeVonta SmithAlabama
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  01/07/21 - Najee HarrisSr/2021, Alabama, 6-1, 232 (DS#1 RB) + More +

  2020 DOAK WALKER AWARD (TOP RUNNING BACK) WINNER: Najee Harris, Alabama,...Presented annually to the nation's premier running back for his accomplishments on the field, achievement in the classroom and citizenship in the community...Harris leads the nation in total touchdowns (27) and rushing touchdowns (24) along with scoring (162)...Alabama's all-time leader for total touchdowns in a career with 54 (44 rushing, 10 receiving)...Totaled two or more rushing touchdowns in eight of 12 contests with at least one score in 10 games this season...Past Alabama winners - Trent Richardson (2011), Derrick Henry (2015). - Alabama Football

(DS#1 RB) Sr/2021 RB Najee HarrisAlabama
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