Jumbo Package: Alabama underrated going into 2026?

DeBoer was careful not to tip his hand, praising both quarterbacks’ aggressiveness throughout spring. But Russell’s performance made the decision considerably harder. Coleman-Williams was the standout skill player, catching multiple touchdowns in both the scrimmage and A-Day. The front seven remains the biggest concern after losing four key contributors to the NFL Draft. Personally, I’m WAY more concerned about Alabama’s offensive line (and offense in general) than I am about them replacing a handful of late day 3 draft picks (and don’t get me wrong, I loved me some Tim Keenan) a couple of underwhelming rotational players that transferred out from the defensive front 7. Next, we did get a quick snippet from Kane Wommack “It’s just nice when you go into Year 3, and there’s a lot of continuity,” Wommack told AL.com’s Creg Stephenson. We’ve got a lot of returning starters on our backend, a lot of young guys that are pushing some of those guys as well, which is really great.

“We’ve kind of got the defensive line into a position where we’ve got more mass, there’s some older guys, the transfer portal has been really good to us. So having some of those guys in, coupled with our backend, I think there’s a lot of continuity.

“There’s a lot of excitement within the group and confidence in each other. It’s fun to kind of go through spring with that group of guys that know the expectation and sets the tone early and often.” Alabama’s overhaul on the defensive line is something that I don’t think has been talked about enough. While the Tide’s defense was excellent last year, the line underwhelmed, particularly at run defense. Adding in Devan Thompkins, Terrance Green, and Kedrick Bingley-Jones add quite a bit of veteran production and size, plus Dez Umeozulu may have a level of pass rush juice and size that Alabama lacked. The Elite 11 Finals roster was announced on Thursday. The premier quarterback event, held annually in Los Angeles since 1999, brings together 20 of the nation’s top signal-callers for a three-day competition that includes on-field drills, film study, and training sessions before revealing the Top 11 from the event and the overall MVP. Alabama has been well represented over the years, and for the third time, the Crimson Tide will have two commitments in attendance. This one is paywalled, but has plenty of good quotes from both of Alabama’s QB commitments for the 2027 class. Haven and Seaborn are both going to get recruited heavily by every school in the country trying to pry one of them away from the Tide, so it’s going to be fascinating to see how this recruiting cycle goes. One program have two different players to attend the Elite 11 is rather impressive.