In 2015, the Crimson Tide looked to rebound from a terrible 7-6 campaign the season before. After a slow start to the season, the Tide were able to rebound and finish the season 9-4 and an Outback Bowl victory. Coach Davis feels the next two seasons give the Tide a shot at returning to the championship form that led them two back to back titles in 2012 and 2013.
Quarterbacks
After a rough beginning to last season, redshirt Sophomore QB Darrell Anderson found his grove and led the Tide on offense while accounting for close to 3,000 yards passing and 34 TD's. His signature game came in the last, as he surpassed 300 yards through the air and 4TD's as he led the Tide past a top 5 Texas Longhorn team. Backing him up will be fellow redshirt Sophomore Ryan Shroeder and redshirt Freshman Bryan Williams. Shroeder has a decent arm, but his legs are his best weapon and may be brought in in certain situations. Williams is a favorite of the coaching staff, and looks to be the future and could possibly push Anderson this season if he has another slow start.
Pos Player Name YR OVR SPD AGI ACC
BTK
CAR
THP
THA
INJ
QB Darrell Anderson SoRS 89 80 82 87 86 88 90 88 91 QB Bryan Williams FrRS 83 70 75 76 66 51 88 93 88 QB Ryan Shroeder SoRS 88 90 83 82 83 53 88 85 90
Halfbacks
At Halfback, the Tide look to use a two back rotation resembling a "Thunder and Lightning" duo. Redshirt Sophomore HB Dustin Bell will provide the "Lightning" aspect after the coaching staff decided it was best to redshirt Bell last season. Bell has all world speed and agility, and will look to add a big play threat the Tide offense has been missing the past few seasons. In the "Thunder" role will be redshirt Senior HB TJ Yeldon. At 6'1 and close to 220lbs, Yeldon will be counted on to wear down the defense as well as get the tough yards between the tackles. Behind Yeldon and Bell will be two more big backs in Derek Chavez and Jon Roland. They will look to get playing time only in blowout situations barring any injuries this season.
Pos
Player Name
YR
OVR
SPD
AGI
ACC
CAR
BTK
TRK
JKM
SPM
ELU
STF
HB Dustin Bell SoRS 89 98 95 99 72 85 69 94 94 99 78 HB TJ Yeldon SrRS 91 91 87 92 86 89 80 88 88 90 96 HB Derek Chavez SoRS 86 87 83 87 82 88 83 90 87 87 90
Fullbacks
This season the Tide will be starting a True Freshman at fullback. The coaching staff was excited when Tyler Brown decided he would play for the Tide as it gives them a true FB for the next 4 seasons. Brown is a big, road grading fullback and will allow the tide to pound the ball in the upcoming seasons. He also has soft hands for sneaking out of the backfield to catch a pass or two. Tight ends Abrams and Jacques will also get time at fullback with last year's starter Paul Smith redshirting.
Pos
Player Name
Yr
OVR
SPD
STR
BTK
TRK
CTH
PBK
RBK
IBK
FB Tyler Brown Fr 78 74 78 68 71 71 81 79 83 FB Paul Smith So(RS) 71 83 71 73 72 64 71 69 55
Wide Receivers
Alabama has a good mix of experience and youth at the Wide Receiver position for the 2016 season. Leading the group is Redshirt Senior Eddie Williams. Williams has a combination of size and speed that have NFL scouts just drooling, as well as soft hands and great route-running abilities. Opposite of Williams will be Redshirt Sophomore Grant White. White has great ball skills and can run any route even at his young age. Taking over the duties of slot receiver will be Senior Chris Black. Chris is small but extremely quick and is dangerous once he gets in the open field. Backing up the starters are 4 big body guys all at least 6' with good ball skills. With the studs at tight end, Coach Davis likes to keep at least 1 tight end on the field at almost all times so they will see playing time sparingly.
Pos
Player Name
Yr
Ht
OVR
SPD
AGI
ACC
CTH
SPC
CIT
RTE
RLS
WR Eddie Williams SrRS 6'4" 92 92 82 89 93 90 87 91 94 WR Grant White SoRS 6'2" 89 87 87 88 88 84 88 93 88 WR Chris Black SrRS 5'11" 88 94 83 99 84 86 79 85 74 WR Daniel Miles SoRS 6'0" 87 95 85 96 83 76 78 87 83 WR Brett Bennett SoRS 6'2" 84 89 84 84 83 83 84 88 87
Tight Ends
Tight End is a position of strength for the Tide, with two road graders in the blocking game that are also very good receivers. Jordan Abrams and Jason Jacques are like mirror images of one another. They are both big and fast men who just dominate in the run game. But as a added bonus, they both also very good hands and route running abilities which make Coach Davis smile whenever their names are brought up. If that is not enough, Redshirt Senior Kurt Freitag is a Wide Reciever in a Tight Ends body as he would be the best Receiver on most teams.
Pos
Player Name
Yr
Ht
OVR
SPD
STR
CTH
SPC
CIT
RTE
RLS
RBK
PBK
IPK
TE Jordan Abrams JrRS 6'7" 91 83 81 75 73 83 85 76 86 82 88 TE Jason Jacques JrRS 6'8" 91 83 82 76 74 83 84 78 86 82 86 TE Kurt Freitag SrRS 6'3" 85 87 76 91 79 90 89 87 72 71 70
Offensive Line
The Offensive Line has been a weak spot for Alabama the last few seasons, but it looks like things are starting to turn around. There is a nice balance of upperclassmen and underclassmen, which gives Coach Davis the hope that his O-line will be a strength for years to come. Brandon Greene and Josh Pickens will start at Left and Right Tackle respectively, and will look protect Anderson in the passing game while paving the way for the Tide's talented backs on the ground. Backing both up will be Redshirt Freshman Dan Scott as Scott Gibson will redshirt this upcoming season. At Guard, Tyrone Welsh and Courtney Clark look to work with Center George Crawford to solidify the center of the offensive line. With only Greene being a Senior, the Offensive line looks to be returning to a position of strength for forseeable future.
Pos
Player Name
Yr
Ht
Wt
OVR
STR AGI ACC
PBK
RBK
IPK
LT Brandon Greene SrRS 6'5" 296 86 91 72 99 86 86 87 LG Tyrone Welsh JrRS 6'3" 310 93 95 76 93 96 87 83 LG Donald Weaver FrRS 6'0" 299 79 84 74 85 81 86 73 C George Crawford JrRS 6'3" 300 89 88 67 92 89 89 86 C Luke Johnson SoRS 6'2" 316 86 85 65 85 87 86 82 RG Courtney Clark SoRS 6'3" 298 85 86 67 93 87 88 87 RG Caleb Gulledge SrRS 6'5" 294 84 85 73 95 79 93 77 RT Josh Pickens SoRS 6'8" 306 85 85 68 94 86 87 86 RT Dan Scott FrRS 6'6" 331 84 86 59 93 87 86 85
I am going to try and do the defense tomorrow but definitely some time this weekend.
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