Spring Practice Update - DAY 3

QB
There seems to be a huge gap between Barnes and Guillon. Guillon will be a capable Senior Back up to JPW. I expect McElroy to be the 2nd best QB the day he gets on campus.

WR
DJ Hall and K Brown are easily 1 & 2 with Stover IMHO a sold #3. Matt Caddell is our 4th best right now with a huge drop off after that. Aaron McDaniel has a shot to be the #5 guy but don't discount McCoy, Coger, or Javier coming in and taking it this fall.

OL
Scott Deaton is coming along nicely at Guard. With Britt, BJ Stabler, and Marlon Davis we have a legit 2 deep at Guard.

I need to say that Cardwell and Caldwell are both legit "Players" at Center.

We need to identify 4 Tackles. I am sure that Andre will be one of those if he shows up in shape, Tatum and Johnson will be in there as well - Honestly no clue who the other will be - Stadler? Our Starting 5 will not be finalized this spring IMHO.

HB
Jimmy Johns continues to excel. Coffe and Darby did not dress out but Roy Upchurch looked great.

S
It looks like we will be fine here as Dukes had another good day - If Reamer can come back 100% he will be a beast and Marcus Carter will have a hard time keeping him out of the other Starting Safety spot. Also do not count out Walk On Rashad Johnson - who right now is the #1 Nickel Back or the 5th DB when we go to the 3-3-5 (This was Simeon's Spot last year)

CB
Ramzee and Simeon have the CB spots locked up. Grey looks to be the next one in line.

DL
Looks good. Zo had a good day. Deadrick, Greenwood, and Gilberry will be absolute beast.

MLB
Who is going to be the MLB? Right now I would say Mustin and Collins are way ahead of Prince Hall. MLB will in all likelihood be a platoon position until someone takes it and does not let go. Right now the 2 walk-ons are the best we have.

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Position Changes

Justin Britt - O Guard
Travis Sikes - LB
Baron Huber - Fullback
Trent Davidson - O Tackle

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Star UPDATE

S ---- Jeffrey Dukes - ***
HB -- Jimmy Johns - ***
LB -- Eryk Anders - **
FB -- Baron Huber - **
LB -- Juwan Simpson - *
WR -- Nikita Stover - *
WR -- DJ Hall - *
MLB - Matt Collins - *
WR -- Matt Caddell - *
WR -- Keith Brown - *
HB -- Roy Upchurch - *
DE -- Zeke Knight - *

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Academic Progress
The new APR will be released today around 11:00 am. By all indications we will show a lot of improvement from our 880 score of last year. Any score below 925 could cause a school to have scholarship's taken away but Larry White from the Bama AD office said we were in good standing - leading me to believe that we are above the 925 mark.



Roll Tide

Clay