re: Class of 2015 Recruiting MEGATHREAD - Twilight Edition

Posted on 1/26/15 at 5:10 pm to AllBamaDoesIsWin

Posted by TideSaint

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Posted on 1/26/15 at 5:10 pm to AllBamaDoesIsWin

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2. Alabama, 2009

Key Players
•OT James Carpenter
•OT D.J. Fluker
•LB Nico Johnson
•CB Dre Kirkpatrick
•RB Eddie Lacy
•QB AJ McCarron
•RB Trent Richardson
•OG Anthony Steen
•DE Ed Stinson
•OG Chance Warmack

Honors and Awards
•3 BCS National Championships (2010, 2012, 2013)
•2 SEC Championships (2009, 2012)
•2011 Doak Walker Award (Richardson)
•2011 SEC Offensive Player of the Year (Richardson)
•2013 Maxwell Award (McCarron)

The most successful (but not the best) class of the modern era, Alabama's 2009 signees won three national titles in four years. Trent Richardson won a Doak Walker Award, AJ McCarron won a Maxwell Award, and James Carpenter, D.J. Fluker, Dre Kirkpatrick and Chance Warmack all joined Richardson as Top 25 NFL draft picks.

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Posted on 1/26/15 at 5:12 pm to TideSaint

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1. Alabama, 2008

Key Players
•DB Mark Barron
•DT Terrence Cody
•DT Marcel Dareus
•LB Don'ta Hightower
•RB Mark Ingram
•OC Barrett Jones
•WR Julio Jones
•LB Courtney Upshaw

Honors and Awards
•2 BCS National Championships (2010, 2012)
•2 SEC Championships (2009, 2012)
•2008 SEC Freshman of the Year (J. Jones)
•2009 Heisman Trophy (Ingram)
•2009 SEC Offensive Player of the Year (Ingram)
•2011 Outland Trophy (B. Jones)

Nick Saban signed this monster on the heels of a 7-6 season, springboarding Alabama's modern dynasty. Mark Ingram won a Heisman Trophy, Barrett Jones is one of the most decorated interior linemen in college football history, Don'ta Hightower was a consensus All-American, and Mark Barron, Marcel Dareus and Julio Jones all became Top 10 NFL draft picks.

"I guess that class is the one that's closest to my heart," Saban told Michael Casagrande of AL.com, "because those guys bought in when they just believed that we were going to be able to be successful and they could make a great contribution to helping us."

The impact of this group can still be felt.