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- Devan Thompkins is listed at both Bandit and defensive tackle, with Alabama planning to slide him inside on passing downs while using Desmond Umeozulu on the edge. - Oregon transfer Terrance Green opens as the first nose tackle ahead of London Simmons and Isaia Faga, while Kedrick Bingley-Jones starts at defensive tackle in a heavily rotated front whose top three listed linemen are transfers. - Freshman Xavier Griffin is already in the two-deep behind Stinger Caleb Woodson, while Luke Metz leads an inexperienced Mike linebacker group and Cayden Jones was omitted from the depth chart. - Carmelo O'Neal is listed as Dijon Lee's primary backup at boundary corner, while injured Jorden Edmonds is expected eventually to rejoin the rotation. - Ivan Taylor is listed third at strong safety but is expected to be the first safety off the bench, and injured freshman Jireh Edwards is reportedly on track to return sooner than initially expected.

- Noah Rogers, AK Dear, Jeremiah Beaman, Jorden Edmonds and Jireh Edwards were not projected to play against East Carolina, while running back EJ Crowell remained uncertain. - Keelon Russell and Austin Mack project as Alabama's top two quarterbacks, with Daniel Hill and Kevin Riley leading the available running-back rotation. - Alabama's projected offensive line is Jackson Lloyd, William Sanders, Racin Delgatty, Michael Carroll and Jayvin James from left tackle to right tackle. - Devan Thompkins projects to start at bandit end, Yhonzae Pierre at wolf linebacker, and Kedrick Bingley-Jones and Terrance Green at the two defensive-tackle spots. - Alabama's projected secondary starts Zabien Brown and Dijon Lee at corner, Red Morgan at husky, and Bray Hubbard and Keon Sabb at safety.

- Arkansas football (0-0, 0-0 SEC) opens the season with the North Alabama Lions (1-0, 0-0 UAC) coming to Fayetteville on Saturday. - Kickoff is set for 3:15 p.m. (CDT), and SEC Network will have television coverage of the game. - The Razorbacks enter their first year under Ryan Silverfield and his new coaching staff, with the offense being led by Tim Cramsey, who was offensive coordinator under Silverfield at Memphis...

- Alabama football is not taking the traditional approach when it comes to naming captains ahead of the regular season, Kalen DeBoer made clear this week. "We have not selected captains yet, which is why they haven't been announced," the head coach explained during the Monday press conference. "Going back to the leadership kind of from the beginning, there was less guys, I guess, that had experience in the...

- Kane Wommack said second-year safety Ivan Taylor will have a substantially larger defensive role after posting some of Alabama's highest tracked practice and offseason workloads. - Keon Sabb and Bray Hubbard remain firmly established as Alabama's starting safeties, making Taylor's expanded contribution most likely part of Wommack's regular defensive rotation. - Wommack said Sabb has improved fundamentally and physically after spending last season recovering from an earlier season-ending injury and is now playing his best football. - Taylor's teammates described him as a fast, aggressive downhill defender with ball skills and instincts who can be trusted to execute throughout the secondary.

- Safeties Bray Hubbard and Keon Sabb and cornerback Zabien Brown were among Alabama's defensive backs receiving 2026 preseason award recognition. - Wide receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams received 2026 preseason award recognition entering Alabama's opener against East Carolina. - Sophomore guard Michael Carroll received 2026 preseason award recognition entering the season. - Outside linebacker Yhonzae Pierre received preseason recognition, while Caleb Woodson appeared on the Butkus Award watch list. - Kicker Lorcan Quinn appeared on the Groza Award watch list entering the 2026 season.

- Pick/market: North Alabama goes up 9-0 on Samford with a safety.