re: Class of 2016 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: Waiting On Demetris Robertson Edition

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To address the lack of relative experience at running back Saban doesn’t rule out recruiting a graduate transfer player to help along the less-experienced backs.

"Well, I think we're always looking for good players,” Saban said. “I'm pleased (with the running backs in the 2016 recruiting class), but we're always looking for good players. And it seems with these graduate transfers, just looking at the history of it, there seems like there are more skill guys, receivers, running backs that do that type of things.

“So we'll probably be on the lookout for the next best player we can find, whether it's somebody that didn't sign on signing day or someone who is out there looking for an opportunity.”

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Two running backs that fit that description are Stanford’s Barry Sanders Jr. and Michigan’s Derrick Green. Both were recruited out of high school by Alabama, both graduate this spring and both have expressed interest in transferring.

Green, a five-star rated rusher out of high school, was buried on the Wolverines’ depth chart in 2015 as a junior. He compiled 157 yards on 47 rushes in 2015 after a promising sophomore season that was derailed by a shoulder injury in which he rushed for 471 yards on 82 carries in six games.

Sanders Jr. is on schedule to graduate in June. During his three-year career he rushed for 701 yards and four touchdowns on 117 carries, serving as a back-up to Heisman Trophy finalist Christian McCaffrey this past season.

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