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New Freshmen Make it to the roster
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:56 pm
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Ahead of the SEC Media Days, the SEC released their annual media guide, and with it we saw the first glimpse of the Crimson Tide roster since it was last updated during spring ball. The big news is that we got to see many of the incoming freshmen— their new numbers and how their height and weight differed from the numbers we got from their high schools. But we also saw slight changes in the weight of many returning Alabama players. There weren’t any big insights into team philosophy, like last year when every tight end on the team bulked up about 10 pounds to fit new OC Brian Daboll’s scheme, but there were still a couple of big movers in their weight changes.
Interestingly, freshman linebacker Jordan Davis and sophomore VanDarius Cowan are still listed on the roster. This tells me first that the roster is at least a couple of weeks old, as Davis has since not qualified academically and went to a JUCO, while Cowan was dismissed from the team.
Secondly, this tells me that the freshmen have been officially on the roster with their numbers picked out since before Davis was found to have not qualified, and RollTide.com still hasn’t updated the roster since the spring updates. For some reason, Saban and the athletic department seems to have been more close-vested with information this offseason— we never saw any combine testing numbers like we had the past few years, and saw less stats from spring scrimmages (even if they were all made up by Saban in the first place) than usual. Just something to think about.
Rollbamaroll
This post was edited on 7/16/18 at 7:58 pm
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Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:57 pm to Cobrasize
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Anyway, we’ll start with the freshmen:
LB/EDGE Eyabi Anoma: #9 — At 245 pounds, he’s 23 pounds heavier than his listed high school weight. Considering my main worry about the explosive pass rusher was his lean frame, this is a good thing
DB Jalyn Armour-Davis: #22 — Weighing 181 pounds, he’s much more college ready than his high school weight of 165.
DL Christian Barmore: #58
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:58 pm to Cobrasize
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OL Tommy Brown: #75
OL Emil Ekiyor: #55 — coming in at 342 pounds, Ekiyor is the biggest freshman by a long shot, and second biggest on the team, behind Deonte Brown.
RB Jerome Ford: #27— Ford is 11 pounds heavier than he was at high school, and now sits at a respectable 206.
QB Layne Hatcher: #18
DB Josh Jobe: #28 — Like Armour-Davis, Jobe was too light in high school, but is up to 191 pounds now.
LB/EDGE Cameron Latu: #46 — At 246 pounds, Latu is 10 pounds heavier than his high school weight, and is the perfect size for a JACK linebacker.
LB Jaylen Moody: #41
DT Tevita Musika: #91 — the JUCO transfer was listed at 300 pounds, but has now ballooned up to 338. You have to wonder if he didn’t take care of business during his time preparing to transfer and now has his work cut out for him to get back into that 300-315 range that Saban seems to prefer for his nose tackles.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:59 pm to Cobrasize
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TE Michael Parker: #80
DB Eddie Smith: #25
DB Patrick Surtain, Jr.: #2 — Not really any different than expected, but just confirming that a freshman cornerback is coming in at 6’2” 202 makes your realize just how ridiculously athletic of a specimen he is.
WR Jaylen Waddle: #17
WR Xavier Williams: #9
Posted on 7/16/18 at 8:00 pm to Cobrasize
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As for the returners, there were a few notable changes:
Junior safety Keaton Anderson has dropped another 5 pounds. The former linebacker is now under 200 pounds.
Early enrollee Slade Bolden spent his spring at safety, but is now listed solely as a wide receiver.
OG Deonte Brown was the biggest man on the team at 350 pounds. He’s still the biggest, but he did shed down to 344, and is only two pounds heavier than freshman Emil Ekiyor.
Kicker Joseph Bulovas shed 12 pounds. Hopefully it helps him win a Heisman.
DL Raekwon Davis put on 8 pounds, and is up to 316. He looks to be embracing his move to nose tackle from defensive end.
After shedding some pounds to become a more normal tight end size a year ago, Kedrick James has added 8 back to his frame. He’s now a solid 263 pounds.
It’s not a lot, but QB Mac Jones has put on 6 pounds, and is finally over the 200-pound mark. Not quite as horrifically skinny as he was a year ago.
OT Alex Leatherwood has shed 10 pounds and is now a svelte 304. He struggled some with being too big in high school, and has been steadily losing weight since coming to Bama. An encouraging sign for one who’s fighting to be a starter this year.
LB Jamey Mosley dropped 9 pounds to 239 pounds. Is he looking at a move to inside linebacker?
Senior center Ross Pierschbacher is up 8 pounds, to 309.
OL Kendall Randolph shed 11 pounds, and is now under 300. He may be looking to switch from guard to tackle.
DL LaBryan Ray is probably the biggest change. He’s up 14 pounds to 294.
Early enrollee DL Stephon Wynn shed 9 pounds and is down to 299. Considering that his lack of speed has been the biggest knock to his game, this is probably a good thing.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 8:54 pm to Cobrasize
Heard on a podcast this past week that Anoma is already between 250-260.
He finna play... a lot.
He finna play... a lot.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 10:00 pm to Cobrasize
Many thanks, Cobra.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 10:00 pm to Cobrasize
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OL Emil Ekiyor: #55 — coming in at 342 pounds
Goddamn.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 10:03 pm to prevatt33
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Many thanks, Cobra.
No problem. It doesn't look as good as it does when others do it, but at least it's here
Posted on 7/16/18 at 10:05 pm to MagillaGuerilla
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Goddamn
Yea, I'm worried about his weight. I'm also worried about Ray's weight. The coaches know a lot more than I do though
I just don't want him to lose any speed or explosiveness 
Posted on 7/16/18 at 11:42 pm to Cobrasize
I had not heard that Raekwon was moving to NT? The way I understand it and the way it was in the Spring is he and Buggs are at the DE spots and Quinnen Williams will be the nose?
Posted on 7/17/18 at 1:50 am to amders44
I also had not heard that Davis was moving to NT, at least not full time. If I had to guess, I'd guess we're doing a bit of cross-training of those d-lineman who are ready to play in order to manufacture more depth across the whole line.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 6:57 am to prevatt33
I expect Raekwon to spend time all over the DL, but I agree with you that I think he will primarily line up at DE. Things started to click for him toward the end of last season and I think he'll be a monster there this year. He's not a nose IMO. Maybe a 3-tech when they go to a four-man line.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 8:48 am to amders44
Staff might anticipate Labryan Ray being one of our best 3 defensive linemen. Up to 294 he could end up looking a lot like Jon Allen
Posted on 7/17/18 at 11:54 am to prevatt33
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I also had not heard that Davis was moving to NT, at least not full time. If I had to guess, I'd guess we're doing a bit of cross-training of those d-lineman who are ready to play in order to manufacture more depth across the whole line
That's my gues as well. We need as much flexibility with positions up front as we can get.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:39 pm to Cobrasize
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That's my gues as well. We need as much flexibility with positions up front as we can get.
Maybe. 316 at 6’7” isn’t a whole hell of a lot. I think Payne played at around that weight and is about five inches shorter.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 5:22 pm to Cobrasize
Some of you have saw my threads worrying to death about not having an elite nose tackle on the roster plus not having any quality depth either so I got wood reading this gem and hope it's true:
"DL Raekwon Davis put on 8 pounds, and is up to 316. He looks to be embracing his move to nose tackle from defensive end."
Not sure how accurate this info is but that excited me a lot more than Quinnen Williams in the middle full time. Also Anoma showing up over 240? Hell yes!!
"DL Raekwon Davis put on 8 pounds, and is up to 316. He looks to be embracing his move to nose tackle from defensive end."
Not sure how accurate this info is but that excited me a lot more than Quinnen Williams in the middle full time. Also Anoma showing up over 240? Hell yes!!
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 7/17/18 at 5:22 pm to PowHound
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Heard on a podcast this past week that Anoma is already between 250-260.
Which one? Always looking for CFB podcasts.
Posted on 7/17/18 at 5:31 pm to WW
I have been stoked about Anoma now I'm all giddy, I just hope he didn't loose that 5 star speed
Posted on 7/17/18 at 6:06 pm to WW
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Always looking for CFB podcasts.
Download the Castbox Podcast Player app. The icon is a purple, radio tower symbol.
Then sort by sports and scroll down subscribing to all the CFB podcasts in the list. You can also do a simple search for "college football." There's an absolute crapload of them.
I particularly enjoy The Solid Verbal, Shutdown Fullcast, Athlon Sprts, Podcast Ain't Played Nobody, 247sports, Saturday Down South, Herbstriet and Fitzsimmons, College Football Live, and Finebaum (you can skip all the crap if you wait an hour).
This post was edited on 7/17/18 at 6:08 pm
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