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re: Class of 2019 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: That's a Wrap Edition
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:28 am to CapstoneGrad06
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:28 am to CapstoneGrad06
Scholarship totals need to go from 85 to 90
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:43 am to TideSaint
Pretty simple, we need to embarrass Georgia in the sec championship, like Notre Dame 2012 kinda embarrass. Flowby saban has kids thinking he's the hot shite, we need to crush them on the field.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:45 am to biggsc
Also I know he has NCAA issues. What about Bo Davis to replace Dunbar if he goes to Pittsburgh
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:47 am to labamafan
Keeping Dunbar would have been a better option than Bo Davis. He can’t recruit until after NSD 2019.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:47 am to TideSaint
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TideSaint
This man is a machine
Posted on 2/8/18 at 10:54 am to labamafan
quote:how many times do we have to go over this. Bo Davis is not going to have recruiting value until like 2021. None of the kids we are recruiting in the next 3 years are going to know who the hell he is because he can't recruit until 2019. You might as well keep Dunbar in that case, since he's a better coach
What about Bo Davis to replace Dunbar if he goes to Pittsburgh
This post was edited on 2/8/18 at 10:55 am
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:01 am to narddogg81
jesus I really wish the Bo Davis stuff would stop. Not sure where he turned into a complete legend all the sudden.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:02 am to narddogg81
I think Bo would only be able to recruit on campus.
If that's true I'd take it. I have no doubt Bo could recruit better than Dunbar even without the ability to travel. Get that man a cell phone and he would have DL recruits coming to visit him at Bama no doubt.
If that's true I'd take it. I have no doubt Bo could recruit better than Dunbar even without the ability to travel. Get that man a cell phone and he would have DL recruits coming to visit him at Bama no doubt.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:04 am to narddogg81
Bo Davis is some mythical recruiting unicorn all of a sudden.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:09 am to PowHound
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I have no doubt Bo could recruit better than Dunbar even without the ability to travel.
Dunbar couldn't travel either.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:11 am to narddogg81
Why Alabama’s lowest-rated class since 2007 should still be considered a success
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Alabama put a bow on its 2018 recruiting class on Wednesday. The Crimson Tide didn’t sign the nation’s top class, and it’s the lowest-rated signing class since 2007, according to 247Sports’ team rankings. But, at the end of the day, it should still be considered a success. Let’s give out some grades.
Grading Alabama’s 2018 offensive signing class
Alabama didn’t sign a quarterback in the 2018 class. There were points throughout the recruiting cycle that the Crimson Tide led or were close to landing one. In early October, Miami signee Jarren Williams was close to flipping from Kentucky, which is where he was committed to, to Alabama. The team decided to push for Florida signee Emory Jones instead, who was committed to Ohio State, but there was a small chance he was actually going to sign with the Buckeyes. Jones told SEC Country that he was leaning toward Alabama after taking an official visit to Tuscaloosa for the Tennessee game. Then Dan Mullen, a coach Jones had a relationship with, was hired at Florida. Jones took an official visit there late in the process and the rest is history. Alabama then tried to get Princeton commit Brevin White to change his mind, and he didn’t. The Tide didn’t strongly pursue Brock Purdy or James Foster. It was going to be tough to sign a quarterback when you consider Alabama had the reigning SEC Offensive Player of the Year in Jalen Hurts and the nation’s No. 1 dual-threat prospect in Tua Tagovailoa.
Running back was going to be another hard position for the Tide to land an elite-caliber player with the players who are currently in Tuscaloosa. Alabama tried to get 5-star prospect Zamir White. The Tide were close, but early playing time is easier in Athens than it is in Tuscaloosa. The team then shifted focus to Asa Martin. Martin signed with Auburn. The Tigers drilled the message into his head that he’d play early at Auburn. Alabama ended up signing 3-star prospect Jerome Ford, who, in my opinion, is underrated. He has track speed, runs a low 4.4 40-yard dash and can catch the ball out of the backfield. He may not play right away, but I think he’ll end up being a good player.
Alabama did well at wide receiver. It landed 4-star prospects Xavier Williams and Jaylen Waddle plus 3-star prospect Slade Bolden. The Tide missed on 4-star prospects Justyn Ross (Clemson) and Jacob Copeland (Florida) on National Signing Day. It was a surprise Ross ended up choosing Clemson. According to sources, he had told Alabama he was signing with the Tide. But, that’s recruiting for you. Still, Waddle is one of the most electrifying prospects in the 2018 class. Even with the wide receiver room being young, expect him to make an immediate impact next year. He’s Christian Kirk 2.0. He’s that explosive.
At tight end, Michael Parker is overlooked. He is someone who was all in with Alabama. Parker was willing to take a greyshirt or blueshirt in order for Alabama to fill its needs on Wednesday if it was getting close to being a full class. You want players like Parker in your locker room. But the tight end position is definitely a position that Alabama fans should second guess. The team decided to strongly pursue Dominick Wood-Anderson, the nation’s No. 1 junior college tight end, who was arguably the flakiest recruit in the 2018 class. He silently committed to at least 4 schools, told Nick Saban on two separate occasions that he was going to choose Alabama only for him to choose Texas and then sign with Tennessee. Meanwhile, Luke Ford, who signed with Georgia, had Alabama as his leader, but the Tide didn’t pursue aggressively.
Alabama was planning on signing 3 offensive linemen. It only landed 2 players in tackle Tommy Brown and Emil Ekiyor. It missed on 5-star tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere (Ohio State) and Penei Sewell (Oregon). That’s fine. The Tide are absolutely loaded on the offensive line.
While this group definitely had it’s fair share of misses, it’s also highlighted by lots of talented players who will make an impact in Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:11 am to TidalSurge1
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Grading Alabama’s 2018 defensive signing class
Alabama needed to strike gold with its defensive backs after losing every single starter in the secondary. The Tide landed the nation’s No. 1 cornerback in Patrick Surtain Jr. What a recruiting win that was for Alabama. LSU led for over a year. He’s now going to play for LSU’s rival. The Tide also landed the nation’s No. 1 overall junior college prospect in Saivion Smith, who transferred to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College after spending a year at LSU. Surtain and Smith will likely see the field early next season. Alabama also addded Josh Jobe, one of the best defensive backs in the class who may end up at safety, the top DB in the state of Alabama in Jalyn Armour-Davis, and Eddie Smith, who may end up being the steal of this class.
The Tide needed to add more depth on the defensive line heading into next season, but the team only added 4-star defensive tackles Christian Barmore and Stephon Wynn. Both of those guys have the ability to play early, but the Tide needed at least one more body here. Alabama missed on Bobby Brown, who fiipped from the Tide to Texas A&M on Signing Day and 4-star defensive end Malik Langham, who signed with Florida.
The outside linebacker group this cycle is excellent. Eyabi Anoma is going to be a freak. Jordan Davis has the potential to grow into a defensive end and so does Cameron Latu.
Inside linebacker is where the Tide missed on, and this is where coaching turnover really hurt Alabama. The Tide were going to sign Quay Walker and JJ Peterson if Jeremy Pruitt remained in Tuscaloosa, but Tennessee’s coaching search turned out to be a dumpster fire and it led the Volunteers to Pruitt, eventually. Vernon Jackson wasn’t pushed out of this class, but the Tide knew he wasn’t going to end up in Tuscaloosa. Brandon Kaho was leaning toward Alabama before he signed with Washington. I am not sure what happened there. Alabama did sign Jaylen Moody after giving him a late offer. The team needed at least one inside linebacker, and it got one in Moody.
You can’t forget about Skyler Delong, either. He was identified as the team’s top punter target and Delong flipped from Tennessee to Alabama. He’s likely going to be JK Scott’s replacement.
This post was edited on 2/8/18 at 11:17 am
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:24 am to TidalSurge1
Tracking and tweaking the roster: Alabama may not be done after National Signing Day
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Even though National Signing Day has come and gone, Nick Saban may not be done adding to his Alabama roster.
Saban dropped a pair of hints about two positions during his press conference on Wednesday night, quarterback and defensive end, and his desire to add some depth.
It may not be possible to make additions who could impact the team in 2018, but Alabama only signed 19 players during the past recruiting cycle.
Although Saban doesn’t release scholarship numbers, the Crimson Tide appears to have 84 players set for the upcoming season. That Alabama was trying to fill three, if not four, more slots on Wednesday may indicate that a couple of departures may be looming after the spring, which isn’t unusual.
Regardless, the coach has some room to maneuver, which is something that the Crimson Tide don’t normally have. Here’s where the roster stands as of now:
Alabama roster breakdown
Quarterbacks: 3
Running backs: 7
Wide receivers: 9
Tight ends: 6
Offensive line: 18
Defensive line: 8
Linebackers: 17
Secondary: 13
Special teams: 3
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:24 am to TidalSurge1
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With Alabama listing incoming freshmen Eyabi Anoma, Jordan Davis and Cameron Latu all as outside linebackers, there’s only eight defensive linemen on the roster, and that includes early enrollee Stephon Wynn (listed as 6-foot-4, 308 pounds) and defensive tackle Christian Baramore (6-foot-5, 290).
“Well, were actually hoping to maybe get one more defensive lineman in this class,” Saban said “We feel really good about the two guys we got. Stephon Wynn is a really good player, really big power guy. Baramore is the same kind of guy.
“I think some of the outside backer type guys we’ve recruited here in the past have become defensive linemen. The fact that we got some really good guys at outside backer that have some really good size and really good size potential may grow into something else in their career here. That’s something that remains to be seen.”
The heaviest linebackers on the roster are starter Anfernee Jennings at 262 pounds, freshman grayshirt Jarez Parks at 260 and Terrell Lewis at 254.
Looking to see if someone might have slipped through cracks is another possibility, albeit an unlikely one, and the door is open for a graduate transfer.
Saban hinted that something was in the works at quarterback, although it wasn’t clear if he meant preferred walk-on Braxton Barker, the son of former Crimson Tide quarterback Jay Barker.
“I think that we’ll probably have a quarterback join us, some kind of way between now and then, which I don’t think I can comment about,” he said. “Look, when you have really good young players at a position, sometimes it’s hard to attract another guy at that particular position. I think you all know our circumstance at quarterback right now with the players we have here, the grade they are in and how much more eligibility they have.
“So rather reach for somebody, we would rather try to solve the issue another way. Maybe get a more experienced guy down the road, and certainly think that next year we might be in a position to get a really good player at that position who could be someone who could impact us in the future.”
Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa are expected to compete for the starting job this spring, while Mac Jones is the only other scholarship quarterback on the roster. Hurts is heading into his junior year and Tagovailoa will be a sophomore, while Jones redshirted in 2017.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:32 am to TidalSurge1
Some news relative to recruiting from the UA System board meeting.
A new recruiting lounge is expected to be added.
A new recruiting lounge is expected to be added.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:39 am to TidalSurge1
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quarterback
A+
Happy here as I would hate to waste a scholarship on another clipboard QB that will never see the field
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Running back
A
We need one for depth and someone that would be alright to red shirt.
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wide receiver
A+
Already stacked and Waddle to me was the one we had to sign. Slade and Williams are also really good. Our WR evaluations are a lot better then the first couple of years.
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tight end
C
Depth maybe if we move someone to the DL, but not costing a scholarship yet
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offensive linemen
A
Just adding to an already loaded position on the roster.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:46 am to TizzyT4theUofA
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Dunbar couldn't travel either.
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:47 am to TidalSurge1
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defensive backs
A
I feel the staff got who they wanted and we filled the need except maybe having one more guy in there. The ones we got I think have the potential to be home run signings. S Smith hopefully can step right in.
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defensive line
C-
Missed here big time and hopefully we do not have injuries
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outside linebacker
A
Already stacked and these guys will be the future of continuing that position
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Inside linebacker
C
I hope Moody can turn into that LB we need but hate we missed on Kaho because I think he was ours if we really pushed.
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Punter
C
Only because it will be hard to replace Scott and until I see it I will hold my judgement
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Kicker
D
No faith as we seem to be cursed at UA
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:49 am to phil4bama
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Almost 24 hours since our last commitment or any news.
Are you just going to ignore the fact that Saint decided to come back for his senior season?? That's big news
Posted on 2/8/18 at 11:50 am to Cobrasize
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I'm glad someone got my joke.
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