Wed Practice Report

Been rather busy guys, better late than never right? So we had a group of visitors Wed to practice from Prattville 4 players and HC, good to see a great in-state program paying attention and coming in to visit. Also some bad news to report, Brandon Moore has moved out of the dorm and will likely either transfer or leave Bama. Also Alex Watkins suffered a pretty nasty knee injury today, no word yet but it appears to possibly be of the season-ending (torn MCL & ACL) but we don't know for sure yet, I'll surely let you guys know when we do

Now on to some good news:

- You guys know by now that Duron Carter will be visiting this weekend and we fully expect to have a commitment by the time h leaves campus. He's had to speed up the process since he will enroll as early as he is allowed to start classes and WO's this Summer. He has been working out at a gym in Kansas with several NFL WR's (Pierre Garçon, a couple KC Chiefs guys) and Garçon called Coach Groh (who recruited him so they have a relationship, also likely the reason we have the inside track on him, that and daddy Cris is impressed with CNS' program and commitment to academics and personal growth of the young men) and told Coach Groh he felt Carter could pick his school and be a starter, also said a group of about 4 other NFL WR's have a set WO and Duron follows it as well and it's very rigorous, Garçon said he didn't think he could do it in college, but he sai Duron was a better athlete than even a lot of NFL WR's right now, compared him to (I know, shocked me too to hear the comparison) Julio and Larry Fitzgerald, Garçon also said no doubt after he finishes his career at Bama (if he chooses us) that he'll be the TOP WR off the board in the NFL Draft he feels like Duron is THAT talented RIGHT NOW!!! Some VERY encouraging words from an NFL Pro Bowl WR. So if/when he commits it's a HUGE deal for our needs at WR.

- The 2 groups are really starting to separate themselves at DL, looks like Chapman at NG with Jesse as the back-up there (at least for now, but Jesse will also play a good bit) and Damion Square at 1 end (again at least for now with Brandon Lewis and Darrington Sentimore as back-ups but both WILL PLAY) and Ed Stinson at the other end (AMAZING TRANSFORMATION from Jack LB and 255 to DE at 278, and a number of guys will also be back-up here) also in 4 down nickel and dime situations depending on pass rush or run stopping sets there will be groups coming in, on passes we'll likely see Sentimore and possibly Jesse Williams since both are pass rush demons in the middle, on jumbo or running downs likely a group of Quinton Dial (who is easily our best run stopper, every double team drill he's focused on his man and pushes through in about 3 sec EVERY time really impressive and massive as well a VERY large man LoL, and Josh Chapman or Brandon Ivory, both those guys are athletic enough to be great against the run and finally Jesse Williams is also a guy we'll likely see a lot of in run downs as well, he's our version of Marcell Dareus-Lite this year LoL, and at Jack of course Upshaw and behind him Adrian Hubbard and in certain pass rush situations there's a possibility of CJ Mosley an Nico in the middle and Hightower at Jack and Upshaw at DE, our depth is ridiculous on the DL this year.

- The competition at QB continues to be fierce, it's very evident that both guys are good enough with a lot of the skills needed, so intangibles are gonna win out, how each one reacts to ints etc, how well each one leads and the decisions on reads and all this will factor in for the right QB to win, like I said it's still an ongoing battle, both guys still look beastly, great problem to have.

- The ridiculous depth problem is also at ILB with SEVERAL likely candidates who could go and start anywhere else (I firmly believe that about Trey DePriest, as a TF he could've picked Ohio St say for an example and been a STARTER as a TF at MLB, he's a good one and the real deal, very similar to Hightower in a lot of aspects coming in as a TF) and the definitive leader of the group is Hightower of course an after that we have 3 others who are worthy of starting so it's also a fierce battle between Mosley, Nico, and Chris. All 3 will likely see a good bit of PT and again a nice problem to have.

- Alright guys have to go, we have a light practice scheduled today and prep for our 1st scrimmage tomorrow so I'll be on here later with more stuff for y'all