re: 2013 Alabama Football Recruiting Thread

Anyone have any news on Vernon Hargreaves? He seems like one hell of a player.

Man i saw him on youtube and he seemed like a great player.

2014 OL Will Clapp is visiting UA today. Bringing his mother, father, 3 brothers and grandmother on the trip.

I hope to see guys like Clinton-Dix and Geno Smith emerge too. We have plenty of depth in the secondary, don't know how LSU thinks they are deeper than us. We have plenty of talent, as they do too. There's a reason Eddie Williams is starting out on offense.

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We have plenty of depth in the secondary, don't know how LSU thinks they are deeper than us.

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Both teams' depth is similar. We both know the talent is there, but for some of the guys it's unproven.

We're replacing a perimieter corner, a safety, and a dime back. All of whom were very key players last year. We do have Loston taking over at safety, and a couple other guys with a little experience. But our Dime and perimeter corners will likely be RS Frosh.

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Collins will get some playing time but I wouldnt say much.

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1. He will play on probably more than one ST package. Most likely kickoffs and probably on punt team too.
2. He's as talented and athletic as any player Bama has had in the secondary in a long time.
3. He's Saban's boy. Saban had been recruiting him for years and years.
4. Collins has stated he might start out learning the Nickel.
5. There isnt much of a logjam in front of him.

Im not saying he will start or even play a majority of the snaps, but anyone thinking he wont get much playing time is fooling themselves. He will be a contributer this year and a star the next two.

IMO, LC's role will be similar to HCD's last season - special teams and mop up duty. While he is very talented, we are extremely deep at safety: Lester, Vinnie, HCD, Perry, Williams. It'll be interesting to see how we keep Vinnie, HCD, and LC on the field in base defense in '13.

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Im not saying he will start or even play a majority of the snaps, but anyone thinking he wont get much playing time is fooling themselves. He will be a contributer this year and a star the next two.

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I don't expect him to contribute in the secondary until the 2nd half of the season barring injuries.

There are 3 studs at safety with several years in the system, and 2 guys with decent talent that have been there a while in williams and perry. They aren't on collins level athletically but saban doesn't care if usain bolt is on the roster, if he thinks you may get out of position because the game is moving to fast, you won't be out there.

At nickel, he is competing with a talented guy in his 3rd year in john fulton, and 2 juco guys. Juco guys are usually brought in to play. I expect collins contributions and playing time to mimic HCD last year. He'll play special teams and garbage time barring any injuries

Ok, for all the secondary talk I think we can agree that we are stacked.

Now, let's look at our CBs.

Milliner
Belue
Dixon
Fulton

Those are the main four. Geno Smith and Washington will probably be chilling on the bench and looking at some ST play.

Milliner is obviously a starter. He's a first round talent, and he'll be on the field on every down. People want to say that Fulton is our number two corner because he knows the defense so well, but he's not near as talented as Belue, AND Belue is pretty damn far ahead in terms of learning this defense. I say Belue is our second CB, BUT we'll use him like TM7. In Nickel, Dime, and potentially Quarters situations he'll be the Nickelback. In those situations, Fulton will move up to being the second CB. I think it is best if we RS Dixon. We'll need him next year, and by then he'll be well into the system. He's got a lot of upside, but he needs to learn this defense before he'll be able to prove it.

Robert Lester is our FS, though in Saban's D the FS and SS aren't that different. Lester will patrol the deep part of the field like he's Ed Reed defending a High School All Star team. Sunseri will play the SS. We'll use him in the box if the other team isn't a threat to throw it. HaHa will probably come in as the Dimeback, and Collins will be on STs a lot, but I'm sure he'll find a way into a rotation. Obviously if we go with 7 DBs he'll be on the field.


I don't see how this isn't how our setup looks.