Replacing the amount of recruiting work that Nick Saban did was never going to be easy. However, when Kalen DeBoer took over after Saban’s retirement, he would have to take on that task.
In his first full recruiting year, DeBoer landed the third-ranked class in the country according to Rivals. The class consisted of players who are now heading into either their sophomore or redshirt freshman seasons. Some notable players from that class are Keelon Russell, Michael Carroll, Dijon Lee, Lotzeir Brooks, London Simmons, and plenty more who will get more playing time this season.
Still, out of the 21 commits in that class, only two of them were from the state of Alabama…