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- Alabama's Week 1 depth chart includes 24 newcomers, 15 of them transfers, with nine transfers listed as starters or co-starters. - The chart contains 19 OR designations, including four co-starting running backs and three co-starting Y tight ends, signaling broad early rotations rather than settled usage. - Noah Rogers, AK Dear, Jeremiah Beaman, Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. and Dijon Lee are absent from the opening depth chart because of injuries or availability issues. - Conor Talty retained field-goal and extra-point duties, while Lorcan Quinn is assigned kickoffs.

- 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.

- Injury: Former Alabama reserve QB Dylan Lonergan was Rutgers' starting QB tonight.

- 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.

- 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.

- Injury: Noah Rogers, who’s working his way back from injury, catching a pass today in practice.

- Rogers remains out for a longer stretch, while Brooks is considered likely to be available for the opener and the broader injury outlook is trending ahead of schedule. - Alabama plans to let Russell grow into the starting quarterback role without placing too much on his shoulders in his debut. - The opener favors Alabama's experience because East Carolina lost 10 offensive starters while the Crimson Tide return a large group of starters.

- Injury: Our "Random Thoughts" feature is back and so is College Football… Kinda.