Bama Football Recruiting

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Breaking down Alabama's National Signing Day

Crimson Tide signed five additional players Wednesday, most notably five-star cornerback Patrick Surtain and four-star wide receiver Jaylen Waddle.

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The presence of rising junior Jalen Hurts and soon-to-be-sophomore Tua Tagovailoa may have dissuaded recruits at the position from coming to Tuscaloosa: https://trib.al/Qwp8GYJ


No joke. John Calipari weeps for Bama.

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Report: Alabama adding Daniel Bush to recruiting staff

Football Scoop's Zach Barnett reported that the Crimson Tide will hire Daniel Bush as part of its recruiting staff. Bush has experience in Tuscaloosa and another area of the SEC West. He worked as the director of player personnel and assistant director of recruiting for Arkansas the last three years.

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Michael Carvell
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What Alabama gets in new signee Tevita Musika, first cousin of potential top-15 draft pick https://sptz.us/2pNUMeF

Tevita Musika grew up in the same household as Tevita "Vita" Vea, a former Washington standout and likely top 15 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Because both shared the same name (Tevita is the Tongan version of David), there had to be a way to distinguish the two if called upon.

There was an easy choice. Because of their completely different body shapes, Vea is 6-foot-5 and nearly 350 pounds, while Musika is 6-2 and over 350 pounds, the family decided to give them nicknames that suited their body frames.

"Their nicknames are 'Tall Vita' and 'Wide Vita,' " College of San Mateo coach Tim Tulloch told SEC Country. "Vita Vea is 'Tall Vita' and Tevita Musika is 'Wide Vita.' "

While Vea has received an enormous amount of attention as being one of the top players in this year's draft, his cousin, Tevita, who signed with Alabama on Wednesday, didn't receive any attention from schools coming out of high school and only a few expressed interest in signing him after he finished junior college.

Musika was a first-team California Community College Athletic Association All-American last season after registering 42 tackles, 6 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. Tulloch credits Alabama defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi, who led the charge on Musika's recruitment, for landing a steal.

"Tosh always stays in touch with us," Tulloch said. "He's an unbelievably thorough recruiter. Recruiting is one of those things that never stops. The good ones are always making sure they know everybody. He knows about all of our top prospects here. When they decided they had a need and wanted to move on a JUCO nose guard, he knew where to go because he knew about Tevita. That's why Tosh [.0] is where he is today because of how great of a recruiter he is."

Alabama wanted to sign at least one more defensive lineman in the 2018 class on National Signing Day in February. The Crimson Tide had a commitment from Bobby Brown, but he ended up flipping to Texas A&M,

His perogative

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2020 4-star Muscle Shoals ILB Jackson Bratton gave a verbal to Bama.

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BREAKING: Alabama adds commitment from former Georgia DL commit Rashad Cheney Jr.

6-foot-2, 270-pound prospect said the main reason why he chose Alabama was because of a 30-minute conversation he had with Nick Saban last Friday.

"I really like Alabama because of all the off-the-field stuff, like academics," Cheney told SEC Country. "They were telling me that it's possible to graduate in 3 1/2 years. I would like to do that. Just going to a program like that will speak volumes on your name.

"They don't just teach you how to play football there. They teach you how to be man. They teach you how to cook dinners and how to properly eat when you go out to eat. It's not all about football, and that's important."

Cheney said there wasn't a No. 2 school for him.

The nation's No. 17 defensive tackle committed to Georgia in February of last year before reopening his recruitment in January. It was clear that he wasn't wanted by the Bulldogs.

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The legacy continues.

Bear Bryant's QB great-grandson Paul Tyson commits to Alabama: https://trib.al/Q3xqSE3

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Alabama's latest QB commit talks about his unique legacy in this quick Q&A: https://trib.al/eKXEXqg

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Daphne 2019 cornerback Christian Williams commits to Alabama

Four-star defensive back Christian Williams of Daphne committed to the University of Alabama on Monday afternoon.

Crimson Tide now has commitments from three of the top 10 players in the state for 2019. The others are both from Hewitt-Trussville -- offensive tackle Pierce Quick (No. 2) and quarterback Paul Tyson (No. 9). The state's top prospect, according to 247, is offensive lineman Clay Webb of Oxford.

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Gods Plan!⚪🔴

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Report: ILB Shane Lee gives a verbal to Bama.

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https://www.seccountry.com/alabama/alabama-picks-up-in-state-commitment-from-wr-dazalin-worsham/amp

3rd 4-star in Bama's 2020 class

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Alabama's best recruiting mystery in recent history has been solved, and none of the three held a fan base hostage for a tension-filled signing day reveal

There was no drama. No hat dancing. No ESPN cameras.

Alabama's 2019 recruiting class features three of the nation's top quarterback prospects, Pinson Valley's Bo Nix, Hewitt-Trussville's Paul Tyson and Thompson's Taulia Tagovailoa. All are now committed.

As the calendar turned from 2018 to 2019, the state's No. 1 recruiting story centered on one simple question: What will the quarterbacks do?

Now we know after Tagovailoa's surprise commitment Saturday.

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Why Alabama lost commitment from nation's No. 6 safety on Sunday

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Glasgow 4-star OT Tanner Bowles gave a verbal to Bama.

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https://www.seccountry.com/alabama/alabama-recruiting-amari-kight-commitment-decision

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https://articles.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/05/how_alabama_got_busy_in-state.amp

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https://articles.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2018/05/alabama_reportedly_hires_new_h.amp

Hired Scott Frost's recruiting director away from NU

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https://articles.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2018/05/alabama_lands_4-star_defensive.amp

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https://articles.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2018/05/highly-ranked_kicker_commits_t.amp

'19 kicking specialist

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Layne Hatcher, a three-star quarterback from Arkansas who had been committed to Arkansas State, announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide

"It's crazy," Hatcher told Arkansas Online. "I was thinking I was going to Arkansas State a month from now to packing my bags tonight and going down tomorrow to Alabama."

Jalen Hurts' roster spot?

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New Alabama behind the scenes staffer has SEC experience

Savannah French, who was most recently the director of football operations and recruiting coordinator at Jones County Junior College in Mississippi, will be the Crimson Tide's football marketing coordinator...

2014 Southern Miss grad, French was a football operations intern at LSU from 2014 to 2016 and a recruiting assistant at Ole Miss from 2016 until taking the job at Jones County JC.

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https://articles.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2018/06/alabama_lands_top-100_defensiv.amp

DB in '19

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4-Star DL Justin Eboigbe gave a verbal to Bama

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Bama gets a verbal from '20 QB Carson Beck

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4-star RB Keilan Robinson gave a verbal to Bama.

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Layne Hatcher, a three-star quarterback from Arkansas who had been committed to Arkansas State, announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide


Jalen Hurts' roster spot?

I don't know if he is an emergency insurance policy in case of a transfer but I am rooting for this kid. Would make a great story for him to step in at some point and win a game for Bama.

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'19 4-Star West Jones DE Byron Young gives a verbal to the Tide.

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Bama '19 verbals:

https://247sports.com/player/jahleel-billingsley-46047691

4-star Chicago TE

https://247sports.com/player/john-metchie-81170

4-star NJ WR

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Bama '20 verbal:

4-star 6-5, 322 Calera DT Jayson Jones

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'20 Akron 3-star TE Caden Clark gives a verbal to Bama.

Look for ranking to improve.

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Top LB recruit Ale Kaho leaving Washington, reportedly headed to Alabama

Ale Kaho could be headed to Alabama after all.

The four-star middle linebacker who chose Washington over the Crimson Tide was granted a full-release from his scholarship earlier this week. Now, multiple news outlets are reporting Kaho is headed to Tuscaloosa.

The Reno, Nevada product could be headed to Alabama as early as Wednesday.

He would be eligible to play immediately at a position of great need for Alabama.

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Darrian Dalcourt, a sub-.9 '19 Baltimore OG, gave a verbal to Bama.

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Bama's Working on the '20 class:

4-Star Hewitt-Trussville CB Malachi Moore

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'20 JuCo WDE Jordan Davis from Copiah-Lincoln (Co-Lin CC) in Wesson, Miss. gave a verbal to Bama. This 6-5 238 defensive end originally out of Memphis has not yet been rated.

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Alabama gets commit from 4-star DE, back at No. 1 in recruiting rankings:

Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas defensive end Braylen Ingraham

Ingraham picked Alabama over a host of top-tier programs with Miami considered the top competition. Two Alabama assistants with South Florida experience -- Joe Pannunzio and Craig Kuligowski -- were credited with recruiting Ingraham...

Alabama now has 22 commitments for the 2019 class. Ingraham becomes the sixth defensive end to join the class led by New Jersey's Antonio Alfano --

Crimson Tide is No. 1 in the 247Sports composite team rankings for the 2019 class with a narrow lead over A&M and Georgia.

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https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2018/11/top-20-recruit-commits-to-alabama.html

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https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2018/11/4-star-lb-flips-commitment-from-texas-am-to-alabama.html

Baton Rouge ILB Christian Harris

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Four-star cornerback Jeffery Carter flipped his commitment from Texas A&M to Alabama

Alabama may not have scored a win during the Heisman ceremony on Saturday, but the Crimson Tide got its second big recruiting win of the night not long after the Heisman announcement.

Four-star cornerback Jeffery Carter flipped his commitment from Texas A&M to Alabama Saturday night, a few hours after five-star safety Dax Hill flipped his commitment from Michigan to the Tide.



Tide now has 23 commitments for its 2019 class from players that are ranked as either four- or five-star recruits. No one else has more than 16 at this point.

Factoring in Carter and Hill, 13 of the top 115 players in the 2019 class are committed to Alabama, including 10 of the top 99.

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https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2018/12/what-you-need-to-know-about-alabamas-2019-recruiting-class.html

23 4- and 5-star players out of 24 commits.

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https://www.al.com/sports/2019/01/texas-4-star-defensive-back-marcus-banks-commits-to-alabama.html

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.97 '19 Cardinal Gibbons WDE Khris Bogle gave a verbal to Bama.

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https://www.al.com/sports/2019/02/why-did-4-star-2020-qb-carson-beck-decommit-from-alabama.html?

Too much Tagovailova?

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.97 '19 Cardinal Gibbons WDE Khris Bogle gave a verbal to Bama.

And today signed with Florida.

Looks like they are losing Williams (CB) from Daphne LA also to Miami.

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Football four-star standout Byron Young makes it official.

He signs with Alabama.

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NEWS: #LSU's top DT target Ishmael Sopsher chooses Alabama.

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https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2019/02/alabama-signs-4-star-rb.html

Keilan Robinson

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https://www.al.com/sports/2019/02/alabama-recruiting-analysis-tide-closed-strong-by-beating-lsu-for-dt-ishmael-sopsher.html

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2020 Jacksonville Sandalwood 3-star CB Jahquez Robinson claims to have committed to Bama.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jahquezrobinson/status/1097557784902684678

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Bama got a verbal from a low '20 4-star WR Traeshon Holden from Baltimore St. Francis

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Alabama gets commitment from 2020 O-lineman

Buford (Ga.) offensive lineman Seth McLaughlin committed to Alabama tonight on the heels of his recent visit to Tuscaloosa.

The 6-foot-4, 270-pound offensive tackle

Bama's 13th '20 verbal, the first o-lineman (.8488, we will see if his evaluation improves)