New coach, new year for Alabama DBs
By Alex Scarborough
Published March 27, 2015, 11:00:09 AM
There's only one way to get over last season: reps, reps and more reps.
And thankfully for Alabama's defensive backs, there are plenty to go around this spring with top cornerback Cyrus Jones out with a hip injury and reserve corner Anthony Averett now experimenting at wide receiver. Meanwhile, both starting safeties from last year's squad, Landon Collins and Nick Perry, are off preparing for the NFL draft.
What coach Nick Saban says he wants is competition, and that's exactly what he'll get as he prepares to restructure a secondary that allowed 16 passes of 20-plus yards against Auburn, Missouri and Ohio State to end last season, more than double its previous average of 2.
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