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The All-Impact Team: 2020 recruits who will play right away (247Sports)

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247Sports put together its "All-Impact Team" for the 2020 class. The 24-player unit (11 offensive players, 11 defensive players, two special teams) doesn't necessarily include the most talented players this cycle. Instead, it spotlights the prospects with the best combination of ready-to-play skill and depth chart opportunity.

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Bryce Young, Alabama
247Sports Composite: No. 2

There is no more ready-to-play quarterback this cycle than Young. Young may be slender-framed (5-foot-11, 183 pounds), but his ability to read defenses, feel pressure within the pocket and deliver throws from different platforms and angles is special. He’s experienced, too. Young has put up record-setting numbers at Mater Dei High School, which plays one of the toughest schedules in the country. Young is instantly the most talented QB on Alabama’s roster. Mac Jones waited his turn in Tuscaloosa and played well in Tagovailoa’s absence late in the season. But he’s not BY. Don’t be surprised if Young is starting Week 1 against USC, a school Young was committed to for much of his recruitment.

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Identifying the top 10 playmakers in the 2020 class (247Sports)

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1. Alabama Quarterback Bryce Young

Pound for pound, there wasn’t a better football player in high school football than Bryce Young. In fact, there really wasn't a better player regardless of stature or qualifier than Young, who finished No. 1 in the To247. In his career at Mater Dei, Young threw for 13,250 yards and 152 touchdown passes while rushing for 26 of them. His senior year was one to remember. Young threw for a career-best 4,528 yards with 58 TD passes to just six interceptions and ran for 10 TDs. He left his mark on football in the Golden State for years to come.

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Nick Saban compares Tua Tagovailoa to Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers (BamaOnLine)

Charlie Strong expected back in Tuscaloosa this week (AL.com)

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Alabama may be on the verge of adding a well-known coach to its staff. Charlie Strong, who was in Tuscaloosa for two days last week, is expected to return to Tuscaloosa this week and possibly as soon as tomorrow, according to sources.

It’s looking like things continue to move toward Strong joining the Alabama staff in a support staff capacity, per sources. Strong would become the latest big-name coach to join Nick Saban’s staff in an off-field role.

The 59-year old has been a head coach at Louisville (2010-13), Texas (2014-16) and South Florida (2017-19) and was previously Florida’s defensive coordinator under Urban Meyer.

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Re-ranking Alabama's 25 Most Important Players for 2019: No. 12 (BamaOnLine)


Henry Ruggs III

Greatest plays of Saban Alabama era: No. 1 (BamaOnLine)

Charlie Strong joins Nick Saban's staff at Alabama as analyst (BamaOnLine)

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Another former head coach is joining Nick Saban’s coaching staff at Alabama.

After spending the latter part of last week in Tuscaloosa, former Louisville, Texas and South Florida head coach Charlie Strong has agreed to join the Crimson Tide as a defensive analyst, according to Chris Low of ESPN. BamaOnLine reported last week this move was expected.

Strong was initially tied to an analyst role at Florida, returning to a place he knows well to work under third-year head coach Dan Mullen. But he ultimately chose Saban and Alabama.

Strong got his start at Florida as a graduate assistant in 1983 and made a name for himself as the Gators defensive coordinator from 2003-09 where he helped Florida win two national titles in 2006 and 2008. His Gator defenses played their best in national championship games, holding Ohio State to 82 yards in 2006 and limiting Oklahoma to only 14 points in 2008.

Before the 2010 season, Strong was hired as the head coach at Louisville. He compiled a 37-15 record leading the Cardinals, including a Sugar Bowl victory, in four seasons and helped the team to two Big East Conference championships in 2011 and 2012. After two years of producing double-digit wins, Strong was courted by Texas and left Louisville for Austin, Texas.

As the head coach of the Longhorns, Strong never won more than six games in his three years, and because of that, he was fired before the 2016 season ended and landed at South Florida. His tenure in Tampa started off strong with a 10-2 record in his first year, but the Bulls’ win totals dropped by three each of the next two seasons. He was fired after the 2019 season.

Strong is the latest former head coaches to join Saban’s staff. Current assistants or staffers that were once head coaches include Steve Sarkisian (Washington, USC), Kyle Flood (Rutgers), Butch Jones (Tennessee), Mike Stoops (Arizona) and Major Applewhite (Houston).

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Sources: Charlie Strong joins Nick Saban's staff at Alabama (ESPN)

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Charlie Strong is the latest former head coach to join Nick Saban at Alabama.

Strong, who has had head-coaching stops at Louisville, Texas and South Florida, has agreed to a deal to become a defensive analyst at Alabama under Saban, sources told ESPN. Several other SEC schools had expressed interest in hiring Strong in a coordinator and/or analyst role since his ouster at South Florida following the 2019 season.

Florida coach Dan Mullen had also talked with Strong about filling a defensive analyst's role. Strong was the defensive coordinator at Florida under Urban Meyer when the Gators won national championships in 2006 and 2008.

Strong, 59, visited with Saban last week on Alabama's campus. The hiring of Strong continues a trend for Saban at Alabama of bringing in former head coaches either in assistant roles or analyst roles. Among them: Steve Sarkisian, Lane Kiffin, Mike Locksley, Mike Stoops, Kyle Flood, Major Applewhite and Butch Jones. Sarkisian is currently the Tide's offensive coordinator.

Strong most recently was the head coach at South Florida, where he went 21-16 in three seasons. He was fired after the Bulls went 4-8 this past season. Previously, he was at Texas and was fired after going 16-21 in three seasons. Strong's first head-coaching job was at Louisville, where he led the Cardinals to a 37-15 record in four seasons. He won at least 11 games each of his last two seasons at Louisville, including a win over Florida in the Sugar Bowl to cap the 2012 season.

Strong began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Florida in 1983 and has worked for some of the biggest names in college football. He adds Saban to a list that already includes Lou Holtz, Steve Spurrier and Meyer.

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Best play in Bama history IMO.

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Didn't read the list but has to beat out the Goal Line Stand or The Strip i/m/o

Anybody questioning whether the game has passed strong by over the years, needs to go rewatch the championship game against ohio state while he coached at Florida. Even though that offense didnt have a lot of the rpo stuff that everybody uses now, that offense was a high powered spread offense much like what everybody is running now. That was one of the best defensive performances I've ever witnessed against a high powered spread offense. The Oklahoma championship game is another good example also. Even though he is just an analyst right now, I'm freaking pumped just to have him help with the game plans. This is a huge get imo