Matt Stahl

1 week ago | al.com | Matt Stahl

Alabama football is through spring practice, and the real offseason is almost here. Once UA gets through the spring transfer portal window, it’s a long wait until preseason camp and the 2025 season opener against Florida State. With A-Day and spring football in the rearview, here’s five questions for the Tide to answer going into Kalen DeBoer’s second season as head coach. According to Alabama’s coaches, they’re feeling good about Wilkin Formby at right tackle.

1 week ago | al.com | Matt Stahl

Alabama basketball’s marquee 2025 matchup with Purdue in Coleman Coliseum has a date. The Boilermakers will visit Tuscaloosa on Nov. 13, UA’s NIL collective announced on Tuesday. The Crimson Tide visited West Lafayette last season as part of the first leg of the home-and-home agreement. Alabama lost that game 87-78 in Mackey Arena. As is Nate Oats’ preference, the Tide has a difficult non-conference schedule to begin the 2025-26 season. Alabama will face Arizona Dec.

1 week ago | al.com | Matt Stahl

When Josh Cuevas and Marshall Pritchett went down with injuries late in spring practice, it left Alabama football in a tough spot. The Crimson Tide, already lacking Danny Lewis Jr. due to an injury of his own, only had one scholarship tight end left. That was Jay Lindsey, a redshirt freshman with one career catch to his name. Lindsey had to take the majority of first-team reps for the rest of the spring, and and impressed offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb along the way.

1 week ago | al.com | Matt Stahl

Former Alabama football players will make up three of the 17 confirmed attendees for the 2025 NFL Draft, the league announced on Monday. Tyler Booker, Jihaad Campbell and Jalen Milroe will all be at the draft, which will be held in Green Bay this year. Booker spent two seasons as a starter at guard for the Crimson Tide. He picked up various All-SEC and All-America honors throughout his tenure in Tuscaloosa. The former Crimson Tide captain is seen as a first-round selection by most mock drafts.

1 week ago | al.com | Matt Stahl

Alabama football got seriously thin at defensive back toward the end of the 2024 season. When that happened, Crimson Tide defensive coordinator Kane Wommack wasn’t especially pleased with the results. As spring practice began, Wommack turned the experience into one of his two points of emphasis for the defense. “The first thing that we wanted to make sure we did was continue to build depth that we can trust when it matters most,” Wommack said.