re: 2020 FB Recruiting & Roster

Posted on 10/18/19 at 8:59 am to TideSaint

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Posted on 10/18/19 at 8:59 am to TideSaint

Rivals Rankings: How Spiegelman's top 5 would look

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5. Arik Gilbert

Gilbert is the top tight end for Rivals and has an argument to be made as arguably the best receiver in the country. The uncommitted prospect has an ideal blend of size (6-foot-5, 248 pounds), speed and physicality for the position. He’s an absolute freak and looked the part at the Five-Star Challenge over the summer. All I can remember is Gilbert running smooth routes, flashing a tremendous catch radius and vertical ability and making some really difficult grabs over some of the nation’s top defenders.

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Posted on 10/18/19 at 9:02 am to TideSaint

Fact or Fiction: Joe Burrows is the midseason Heisman favorite (Ignore the Heisman stuff, there's more to this article)

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3. With four defensive tackles committed, Alabama is out of the McKinley Jackson race.

Farrell's take: FICTION. Not so fast my friend. Jamil Burroughs gives Nick Saban and company four committed defensive tackles, but I don't think the Tide back off Jackson now after putting in so much work with the Mississippi product. Defensive tackles are hard to find, and Jackson could be the best of the group this year if he gets more consistent with his play, so Alabama will continue to push. The Tide might not have room in the end, but I don't think they are done here.

Gorney’s take: FICTION. I struggled with this one, though, because Jackson might turn his focus to others because of the glut of defensive tackles now in the class. I’m still interested to see if Timothy Smith considers Florida moving forward after visiting this summer, but now I think Jackson looks even more closely at Ole Miss and LSU. With Alabama loading up, I still think the four-star ends up with either the Rebels or the Tigers, but I don’t completely count out Alabama yet.

I guess they think Jayson Jones is still signing with us.