Alabama vs. Fresno State Snaps Played

Defensive & Offensive Snap Counts vs. Fresno State

DEFENSE 63 SNAPS, 50 FIRST TEAM, 13 2ND TEAM

Payne (37/0)
Davis (41/1)
Hand (26/0)
Buggs (21/0)
Williams (5/12)
Frazier (8/4)
King (4/12)
Dwight (4/9)
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Hamilton (33/0)
Holcombe (26/1)
Wilson (34/0)
Mosley (26/0)
Allen (21/3)
Moses (7/13)
McMillon (0/12)
Brown (1/10)
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Harrison & Averett (50/0)
Fitzpatrick (48/0)
Wallace (42/0)
Jones (34/0)
Brown (19/4)
Diggs (8/13)
McKinney (5/13)
Carter (0/13)
Thompson (0/13)
Mayden (0/9)
Anderson (0/1)

OFFENSE 66 SNAPS (55/11)

J Williams, Pierschbacher, Bozeman (55/0)
Cotton (50/0)
Womack (44/0)
Wills (11/11)
Casher (5/11)
Leatherwood, Owens, Kennedy (0/11)
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Hentges (28/0)
Smith (19/3)
Forristall (3/8)
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Hurts (45/0)
Tag (10/11)
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D Harris (25/0)
Scarbrough (14/0)
N Harris (16/11)
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Ridley (48/0)
Foster (38/0)
Sims (36/0)
Smith (16/11)
Ruggs (15/11)
Jeudy (16/3)
Marks (0/8)
Kief (1/0)

PERSONNEL:
OFFENSE

10 = 9 plays
11 = 54 plays
12 = 2 plays
13 = 1 play

DEFENSE
Reg = 1
Nick = 54
Dime = 5
Dime-Heavy (3-2-6) = 3 plays

*****The following comments have nothing to do with performance, just observations or thoughts based on our personnel and how played vs. Fresno State and Florida State*****

* Clear that Raekwon Davis was either serving a bit of a "light suspension" vs. Florida State - or perhaps we just overused D Hand because we knew what we'd get from him as opposed to Buggs/Davis/Williams.

*Joshua Frazier's PT went back towards 2016 levels after he had a much bigger role vs. Florida State. Will be something to monitor in upcoming games

*Pay no real mind to gross snaps at LB vs. Fresno State as we too Shaun Dion Hamilton out of the game much earlier that usual on account of the score - but technically it was still 1st team out there sans him and maybe 1-2 others.

*With Evans out, we rotated Holcombe & Wilson every other series and seemed to usually let the one that hadn't been playing that series - come in at Mike on 3rd down Dime situations (a role that SDH has not played this year but probably would if he hadn't torn his ACL so late last year)

*It was almost 50/50 Jamey Mosley & Chris Allen at OLB since we didn't have A Jennings or R Evans (on 3rd downs). My assumption there is they are just going to watch tape these next few games and see which one (or perhaps both) we can count on to spell Jennings when he's back.

*Still early but barring further injuries - expect Dylan Moses to be simply a 3rd & long Dime pass rusher this year.

*At DB - it was interesting late in the 3rd Qtr we went back to the Nickel package we finished up last year with (sans Wallace for Humphrey) as Tony Brown got to play Star in Nickel and Fitzpatrick went to S with Hootie hitting the bench.

*Very likely nothing to it based on past year but odd how X. McKinney came in at S before Deionte Thompson did vs Fresno State.

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On offense - for the first time I can ever recall we had 4 WR's on the field at the same time 9 different times (I think ONLY on 1st downs). There wasn't a TE. It was Ridley and the 3 freshman all 9 times, as well. I do not recall us ever having 4 WR's on the field at the same time under Saban - at least not that many times in "non Hail Mary situations assuming we've ever done a hail mary type play)

*Jedrick Wills spelled Matt Womack at RT for 2 full series in the 2nd quarter. Tells me that competition is close but perhaps not. No clue. Also, even though #13 was playing QB with #22 Harris at RB and the freshman at WR - for one series Josh Casher spelled Lester Cotton at RG with the other 4 starting OL's still in with the 1's.

It would be dumb, IMO, to overthink or look too much into our personnel vs Fresno State overall, but some interesting groupings we used.