Where Bama stands statistically after Week 4

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DEFENSE

Scoring defense: 12.8 points per game (T-4th, 2nd)

-- Before last game: 9.3 points per game (8th, 3rd)

Rushing defense: 108.5 yards per game (23rd, 5th)

-- Before last game: 101.33 yards per game (24th, 8th)

Passing defense: 216.5 yards per game (70th, 9th)

-- Before last game: 201.0 yards per game (59th, 8th)

Total defense: 325.0 yards per game (27th, 6th)

-- Before last game: 302.3 yards per game (24th, 4th)

Opponent third down conversions: 24.59 percent (8th, 5th)

-- Before last game: 24.49 percent (11th, 4th)

Opponent red zone conversions: 60.0 percent (T-5th, 1st)

-- Before last game: 40.0 percent (T-2nd, 2nd)

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OTHER STATS

-- Alabama’s 524 yards in total offense against A&M marked the fourth time the Tide has topped 500 yards this year and the 16th time in the last 48 games. This is Alabama’s first four-game run of 500-yard total offensive performances since the first four games of the 2014 season.

The Los Angeles Rams have one of the best offenses in the National Football League, and on Sunday, they compiled 521 yards of total offense in a 35-23 win over the Chargers. According to ESPN’s Jeff Darlington, it was their highest non-overtime yardage total in the last 18 years. The Tide has surpassed that number twice in 2018 and recorded 519 and 516 in two other games.

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-- Tagovailoa is spreading the ball around, as four different receivers have double-digit catches after the fourth week of the season. Sophomore receiver Jerry Jeudy leads the team with 17 receptions, 365 receiving yards and six touchdowns, while fellow second-year wideout DeVonta Smith is second with 14 receptions for 260 yards and a pair scores. The third sophomore wide receiver, Henry Ruggs III, ranks fourth with 10 catches for 174 yards and three touchdowns.

Third on the list, however, is junior tight end Irv Smith Jr., who has been used quite a bit this fall. He has hauled in 13 passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns, including four receptions for a career-high 74 yards Saturday, and the junior has already surpassed his 2017 receiving yards total of 128 yards in four games. In the SEC, Jeudy ranks fourth in receiving yards per game (91.3), DeVonta Smith is eighth (65.0) and Irv Smith Jr. is 19th -- or third among tight ends.

-- Senior running back Damien Harris rushed for 52 yards against Texas A&M, which gave him 2,424 career yards on the ground. That total moved him into 13th place on the Alabama career rushing chart, passing Eddie Lacy. Sherman Williams ranks 12th with 2,486 yards.

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-- Defensively, Alabama leads the conference and is tied for second nationally with 16.0 sacks after four games following its seven-sack performance against the Aggies. That total was the most sacks in a single game for the Crimson Tide since 2016 against Arkansas.

Senior defensive end Isaiah Buggs leads the league and is tied for second nationally with 5.0 sacks. Outside linebackers Christian Miller and Anfernee Jennings are tied for third and 10th in the conference with 3.5 and 2.5 sacks, respectively. Seven different players have recorded at least half of a sack for Alabama through four games (two DL, four LBs and one safety).

-- On the other side of the line, Alabama is tied with Missouri and South Carolina for first in the SEC by only allowing 3.0 sacks through four games. That total is tied for ninth-best in the country.

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Freshman punter Skyler DeLong punted the ball six times Saturday and averaged 36.0 yards per punt. He had a long of 51 yards and a short of 13 yards. Among punters that have played in 75 percent of their teams’ games and have a minimum of 3.6 punts per game played, DeLong ranks last in the SEC and 89th out of 90 nationally with an average of 35.93 yards per punt.

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How do we not have a walk on who can kick it more than 36 yards? Hell, I can kick it 36 yards with a fair amount of consistency.

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