re: 2018-19 Roster/Depth Chart breakdowns and updates

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Alabama’s 2018-19 season is over, and Nick Saban is already turning his attention to 2019-20. But before players make decisions on the 2019 NFL Draft and some seniors play in various all-star games across the country, let’s reflect on the season by breaking down the Crimson Tide’s 15-game participation chart and the players that are now eligible to redshirt next year.

A total of 77 players saw the field for Alabama this fall with 21 of them playing in all 15 games, according to UA’s updated participation following the Tide’s 44-16 loss to Clemson on Monday.

As for redshirts, injured players like linebackers Terrell Lewis and Christopher Allen and corner Jalyn Armour-Davis never saw the field, so they can obviously gain another year of eligibility. Safety Daniel Wright played in four games before a suspension and should surgery, but with the new redshirt rule that allows players to appear in four games and still redshirt, he can do exactly that.

Sophomore tight end Major Tennison also played in four games, which means he can choose to redshirt this season and return next fall as a redshirt sophomore. There were six true freshmen that did this, as well, appearing in at least one game but no more than four. Those players were Stephon Wynn, Emil Ekiyor, Cameron Latu, Xavier Williams, Jerome Ford and Slade Bolden.

Scholarship freshmen that did not play in a single game this fall include Armour-Davis, Tommy Brown, Christian Barmore, Michael Parker, Jarez Parks and Layne Hatcher, bringing the total number of players that can redshirt to 16 with freshmen making up 12 of that redshirt eligibility. Older players that did not see the field but have already redshirted were Elliot Baker, Hunter Brannon and Kendall Randolph.

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