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Everything was on track for Dylan Moses a year ago as the junior linebacker prepped for his statement season. All-American hype came with Butkus Award talk and a sure first-round pick should he leave early. Everything changed Aug. 27, just days before opening the season with Duke in Atlanta. A torn ACL on Tuesday of game week sent a shock through a Crimson Tide defense that would be decimated by injuries all season. So, instead of participating in his first NFL training camp, Moses is back in Tuscaloosa for a senior season few predicted this time last August. The Baton Rouge product is again healthy and itching for redemption in this unconventional season.

At times, Moses admits, he might have been too eager to get back out there. "I was trying to rush my process, but my body kept telling me no," Moses said Tuesday. "As time went on and I got more and more strong there were times I would go out on the field without a brace. And I feel great." There's no hesitation to test the knee two practices into his return. "I don't think about it, don't have any second thoughts or do second guessing when I'm on the field," he added. "I actually feel really good. I feel once it's game time, I'll be ready." - Birmingham News

(DS#7 ILB) rJr/2021

ILB *Dylan Moses, Alabama
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08/18/20 - DeVonta Smith, Sr/2021, Alabama, 6-0, 170 (DS#2 WR) + More +

Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith said Tuesday he is not opting out of the upcoming fall football season. "I believe if I was thinking about not playing, I wouldn't be here right now," Smith said during a video news conference, which was his first organized media availability since the Citrus Bowl in January. Smith chose to return to Alabama in January for his final season of eligibility after leading the Tide with 1,256 receiving yards and 14 touchdown catches in 2019. "[It was] just really [about] getting my degree and wanting to come back and finish things the right way," he explained Tuesday. "I didn't like the way we did things last year and the way we finished. Just coming back to finish things the right way this year." - Birmingham News

(DS#2 WR) Sr/2021

WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama
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08/18/20 - *Bryce Young, Jr/2023, Alabama, 5-10, 204 (DS#2 QB) + More +

In a return to something resembling normalcy, a few on-field questions were asked when Alabama football players did interviews Tuesday afternoon. And if there's one non-pandemic storyline that's peeking its head above the crowd, it's the quarterback dynamic. Mac Jones is the returning veteran while Bryce Young is the mystery blue-chip recruit whose yet to be seen publicly in a crimson jersey. Senior receiver DeVonta Smith got a good look at the No. 1 QB recruit from southern California. He's impressed. "He's going to be a great quarterback," Smith said via video conference. "With him not having a spring and just coming during the summer, he learns quick."

Young was the No. 2 overall recruit in the 2020 signing class who enrolled early for spring practice. Only the 15-date rehearsal was canceled a few hours before the first pads were set to pop in March. The 6-foot, 194-pound rookie still had a chance to work out with teammates away from the official workouts. "I like what I'm seeing. He's ready," Smith said. "Just the way that he approaches the game and handles himself, he's going to be a great quarterback." - Birmingham News

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QB *Bryce Young, Alabama
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08/15/20 - Najee Harris, Sr/2021, Alabama, 6-1, 232 (DS#1 RB) + More +

Reserved by nature, Alabama running back Najee Harris took a step outside his comfort zone earlier this week when he became one of the leading social-media voices in college football promoting the #WeWantToPlay movement for the upcoming season. He explained his reasoning in a videoconference with local reporters Friday, the first time that the school has held player news conferences since before the Citrus Bowl in January. "I am a pretty closed-in guy, but it's just so much, like, uncertainty going around," he said. "Now I'm not in a position to be quiet. I have to speak up for others who can't speak."

Harris made his plea for college football to be played this fall, in part, because of concerns about how missing the upcoming season would affect the NFL futures of him and other players. "Us athletes want to play to create value for ourselves," he said Friday. "We're kind of iffy about the season, [but] age and time still moves on. We can't take that back. We probably could run back the season but we can't take back age and time. "For a running back, age plays such a factor in the next step, I guess if you want to go to the NFL and whatnot. They look at age so much nowadays...I came back [for a senior season] and I'm already 22. Then if I come back another season and I'll be 23, they can probably use that as something against me. It probably won't but it's just another thing to say about it." - Birmingham News

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RB Najee Harris, Alabama
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08/08/20 - DeVonta Smith, Sr/2021, Alabama, 6-0, 170 (DS#2 WR) + More +

The SEC will require football players to be tested at least twice each game week during the upcoming season. That is among multiple protocols related to covid-19 that were announced by the SEC on Friday. In a news release, the conference said it made the decision in consultation with a 14-member medical task force that was assembled in April. Football players and anyone in close contact with the team will typically be tested six days and three days prior to scheduled games. The league's medical task force recommends exploring ways to conduct a third test with a rapid response closer to the time of a game. Game officials will be tested once each week. The SEC will use a third party to conduct the testing. According to the task force, team medical personnel must have "unchallengeable autonomous authority" related to determine when players can return to play, consistent with NCAA rules. - Northwest Arkansas Times

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WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama
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08/06/20 - DeVonta Smith, Sr/2021, Alabama, 6-0, 170 (DS#2 WR) + More +

For the first time since 2015, the SEC will enter the college football season without a team ranked No. 1 in the Amway Coaches Poll. Alabama owned that spot each of the past four years. This year, that honor went to Clemson. But that doesn't mean the best conference in the sport isn't well-represented at the top. Six SEC teams were ranked in the preseason poll, which was released Thursday. Three of those - Alabama, Georgia and defending national champion LSU - rounded out the top five behind Clemson and No. 2 Ohio State, in that order. Florida came in at No. 8, Auburn at No. 11 and Texas A&M at No. 13. No other conference had more than four teams ranked in the top 15 (No. 2 Ohio State, No. 7 Penn State, No. 12 Wisconsin and No. 15 Michigan represent the Big Ten). - Montgomery Advertiser

(DS#2 WR) Sr/2021

WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama
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08/05/20 - Thomas Fletcher, Sr/2021, Alabama, 6-1, 236 (DS#1 LS) + More +

2020 PRESEASON PATRICK MANNELLY LONG SNAPPER AWARD WATCHLIST: Thomas Fletcher, Alabama,...Fletcher was the long snapper on all punt attempts as a freshman...assumed all long-snapping duties in his second season at UA and resumed that role as a junior...perfect on all snapping opportunities to date...contributed his first career tackle on punt coverage against Auburn as a sophomore...notched one tackle against Duke in the 2019 opener. - Alabama Football

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LS Thomas Fletcher, Alabama
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07/28/20 - Alex Leatherwood, Sr/2021, Alabama, 6-5, 312 (DS#5 OT) + More +

2020 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: OL Alex Leatherwood, Alabama,...Leatherwood earned first team All-America honors from the AFCA in 2019...named to the All-SEC First Team by the league coaches...selected as an All-SEC second teamer by the Associated Press...made 28 career starts for Alabama, including all 13 games in 2019...graded out at almost 89 percent as a junior. - Alabama Football

(DS#5 OT) Sr/2021

OT Alex Leatherwood, Alabama
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07/28/20 - *Dylan Moses, rJr/2021, Alabama, 6-1, 225 (DS#7 ILB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: LB Dylan Moses, Alabama,...Moses did not play after suffering a season-ending injury during fall camp in 2019...received a medical redshirt...was a finalist for the Butkus Award in 2018, presented annually to the nation's top linebacker...recorded a team-high 86 tackles. - Alabama Football

(DS#7 ILB) rJr/2021

ILB *Dylan Moses, Alabama
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07/28/20 - *Patrick Surtain II, Jr/2021, Alabama, 6-2, 208 (DS#1 CB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: DB Patrick Surtain II, Alabama,...Surtain II totaled 42 tackles to go with three forced fumbles in 2019...added eight pass breakups, two interceptions (24 yards), a fumble recovery and one quarterback pressure to his 2019 line. - Alabama Football

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CB *Patrick Surtain II, Alabama
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07/28/20 - *Jaylen Waddle, Jr/2021, Alabama, 5-10, 180 (DS#3 WR) + More +

2020 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: KR Jaylen Waddle, Alabama,...Waddle earned second team All-America accolades as a returner from the Associated Press and Walter Camp in 2019...led the nation in punt return average at 24.4 yards per return with 20 for 487 yards and a touchdown, including a long of 77...the 487 punt return yards are the fourth-most in Alabama single-season history...also returned five kickoffs for 175 yards and a touchdown...totaled 560 yards and six touchdowns on 33 catches at wideout. - Alabama Football

(DS#3 WR) Jr/2021

WR *Jaylen Waddle, Alabama
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07/28/20 - Najee Harris, Sr/2021, Alabama, 6-1, 232 (DS#1 RB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: RB Najee Harris, Alabama,...Harris was selected to the All-SEC second team by the Associated Press and league coaches in 2019...totaled 2,377 career rushing yards, good for 15th all-time by an Alabama runner...recorded seven 100-plus yard games in his career, including six as a junior...contributed 20 scores as a junior (13 rushing, seven receiving) to tie for fourth in single-season ranks for touchdowns scored. - Alabama Football

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RB Najee Harris, Alabama
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07/28/20 - DeVonta Smith, Sr/2021, Alabama, 6-0, 170 (DS#2 WR) + More +

2020 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama,...Alabama football had six total players named to the 2020 Walter Camp Preseason All-America teams. Smith finished third in the league in receiving yards with 1,256 a total that was tied for eighth in Division I in 2019...the 1,256 yards are the third-most in a single season in program history...second on the Tide with 68 catches...averaged 18.5 yards per catch to rank second in Alabama records for a single season (minimum 50 catches). - Alabama Football

(DS#2 WR) Sr/2021

WR DeVonta Smith, Alabama
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07/27/20 - Najee Harris, Sr/2021, Alabama, 6-1, 232 (DS#1 RB) + More +

2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: RB Najee Harris, Alabama,...Harris was selected to the All-SEC second team by the Associated Press and league coaches in 2019...totaled 2,377 career rushing yards, good for 15th all-time by an Alabama runner...recorded seven 100-plus yard games in his career, including six as a junior...contributed 20 scores as a junior (13 rushing, seven receiving) to tie for fourth in single-season ranks for touchdowns scored. - Alabama Football

(DS#1 RB) Sr/2021

RB Najee Harris, Alabama
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07/27/20 - Miller Forristall, rSr/2021, Alabama, 6-5, 239 (DS#23 TE) + More +

2020 WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Miller Forristall, Alabama, senior, tight end,...Veteran who stepped into the starting role following the departures of Hale Hentges and Irv Smith Jr. in 2019...caught 15 passes for 167 yards with four touchdowns to his name...suffered an injury in the Arkansas matchup that held him out until the Citrus Bowl...tabbed to the Mackey Award Watch List in the preseason. - Alabama Football

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TE Miller Forristall, Alabama
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