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- Alabama's Week 1 depth chart lists Keelon Russell ahead of Austin Mack and Jett Thomalla at quarterback for the East Carolina opener. - Alabama listed Daniel Hill, Trae'shawn Brown, Kevin Riley, and EJ Crowell with OR designations at running back, signaling an unsettled or committee backfield entering Week 1. - Alabama's offensive line depth chart includes Jackson Lloyd at left tackle, Racin Delgatty at center, Jayvin James at right tackle, and OR battles at left guard. - Alabama's defensive front includes OR designations at Bandit and defensive tackle, while Luke Metz is listed at Mike and Caleb Woodson at Stinger. - Alabama's specialist chart keeps competition open at kicker and multiple return spots, including Lorcan Quinn or Conor Talty at PK/KO.

- Alabama quarterback Keelon Russell accounted for 342 total yards in his starting debut, throwing for 256 yards and rushing for 86 yards and a touchdown. - Alabama produced 487 total yards and scored on all six first-half possessions in the 48-10 win over East Carolina. - Alabama's defense held East Carolina to 162 total yards and just two rushing yards, the Tide's fewest rushing yards allowed since 2021. - Yhonzae Pierre returned an interception 27 yards for an Alabama touchdown while also adding a tackle for loss and a sack.

- QB: History was made on the field as Friday night as Alabama commit, Thompson QB Trent Seaborn shattered the AHSAA career passing yardage record!

- QB: BREAKING: Alabama quarterback commit @TrentSeaborn becomes state’s all-time leading career passer.

- 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.

- The three Bama247 projections place Alabama between 9-3 and 10-2, with the panel unanimously expecting wins over East Carolina, Kentucky, Florida State, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Chattanooga and Auburn. - The panel expects Alabama to beat East Carolina, but one projection cautions against assuming an immediate blowout while the others expect first-time starting quarterback Keelon Russell to generate early momentum. - Russell's first road start at Kentucky is viewed as a potential execution test because Alabama will face new play-callers without much usable opponent film. - South Carolina is the panel's first split decision, with its defense and Dylan Stewart's pass rush identified as the primary upset threat in Tuscaloosa. - Alabama's Georgia, Tennessee and Texas A&M stretch is the largest regular-season pressure point, with mobile quarterbacks and the Crimson Tide's offensive inexperience driving disagreement across the three projections.

- 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...

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- 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.

- QB: Former Vol QB drafted nine years ago and he’s still cashing checks and making preseason memories.

- Alabama's 2026 roster ranks No. 3 in the 247Sports Team Talent Composite, and Greg McElroy sees the talent as more evenly distributed across the roster than in 2025, supporting a steadier week-to-week floor. - Quarterback remains the highest-leverage variable in Kalen DeBoer's offense. McElroy framed Keelon Russell as the high-ceiling option and Austin Mack as the lower-variance option; the article notes the interview preceded Russell being named the starter. - McElroy views Alabama's schedule as more manageable than those of several SEC contenders, but flags the road trips to Kentucky and Mississippi State as meaningful upset-risk spots rather than automatic wins. - He cautions that modern roster rules make Saban-era depth and internal accountability difficult to recreate, so Alabama can improve without matching the old dynasty's margin for error.

- Pick/market: North Alabama quarterback Destin Wade finds Xavier Johnson for a long 95-yard touchdown with 8:44 left in the first half for the first points of the game.

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