As the University of Alabama makes its football signees official, this post will be updated with a capsule on each signee. There is also a live blog of other updates with timestamps, which you can find by clicking here.
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Entering Wednesday, UA’s class was ranked No. 2 in the nation on the 247 Sports Composite, behind Clemson.
S Brian Branch
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (No. 3 safety in the nation, top 10 prospect in Georgia and top 60 prospect in the nation)
High School: Sandy Creek (Tyrone, Georgia)
Height and weight: 6’0”, 185 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Oklahoma, Georgia, Georgia Tech and Florida State
Of note: Had three touchdown receptions and three interceptions in one playoff game, returning the third interception for a touchdown. That final interception broke the school record for career interceptions.
Brian Branch junior highlights
OL Seth McLaughlin
247 Sports Composite ranking: 3-star (Top 10 center in the nation, top 50 prospect in Georgia)
High School: Buford (Buford, Georgia)
Height and weight: 6’4”, 278 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Offers from several ACC and SEC schools, but few visits outside of Alabama
Of note: He’s going to run into several high school teammates in his Alabama career, as Buford sent players to Ohio State, Texas, Florida, Ole Miss, and LSU in its 2019 class.
Here’s a pretty hilarious clip of McLaughlin quickly putting somebody on the ground.
OL Javion Cohen
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top 20 prospect in the state, top 30 offensive tackle in the nation)
High School: Central (Phenix City, Alabama)
Height and weight: 6’4”, 296 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Auburn and South Carolina
Of note: He made headlines for how he flipped from Auburn to Alabama, making it known he has no respect for the staff at Auburn after how he says it handled his decommitment.
Javion Cohen junior highlights
RB Roydell Williams
247 Sports Composite ranking: Four-star (No. 3 prospect in Alabama and No. 85 in the nation, No. 9 running back nationally)
High School: Hueytown (Hueytown, Alabama)
Height and weight: 5’10”, 207 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Auburn and Kentucky
Of note: Williams is Hueytown’s second Power 5 signee since Jameis Winston went to Florida State to win the national championship and the Heisman Trophy.
Roydell Williams junior highlights
RB Kyle Edwards
247 Sports Composite ranking: 3-star (Top 20 prospect in Louisiana, top 30 running back in the nation)
High School: Destrehan (Destrehan, Louisiana)
Height and weight: 6’0”, 205 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Notre Dame
Of note: Former high school teammates with LSU running back John Emery Jr. and Mississippi State wide receiver Quinton Torbor.
One-game highlights from Kyle Edwards’ junior season
CB Jahquez Robinson
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top 25 cornerback in the nation, just outside the top 50 prospects in Florida and 300 prospects in the nation)
High School: Sandalwood (Jacksonville, Florida)
Height and weight: 6’2”, 185 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Oklahoma and South Carolina
Of note: Played in the same high school secondary as Derek Bermudez, who signed with Ole Miss.
Jahquez Robinson junior highlights
WR Thaiu Jones-Bell
247 Sports Composite ranking: Four-star (No. 17 prospect in the state of Florida, top 100 in the nation and top 20 wide receiver nationally)
High School: Miami Carol City (Hallandale, Florida)
Height and weight: 6’0”, 190 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Tennessee, South Carolina, Clemson, Penn State and Miami
Of note: Played on ESPN earlier this season, catching four passes for 145 yard and two touchdowns against Deerfield Beach — Jerry Jeudy’s high school.
Thaiu Jones-Bell junior highlights
DL Jah-Marien Latham
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top 10 prospect in the state, top 20 defensive tackle in the nation and top 200 prospect in the nation)
High School: Pickens County (Reform, Alabama)
Height and weight: 6’3”, 297 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Ole Miss, South Carolina and Tennessee
Of note: Also punted for Pickens County, and was pretty respectable at it for a 280-pounder.
ATH Drew Sanders
247 Sports Composite ranking: 5-star (No. 2 athlete in the nation, No. 2 prospect in the state of Texas and No. 21 in the nation)
High School: Denton Ryan (Denton, Texas)
Height and weight: 6’5”, 230 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Oklahoma, LSU and Texas A&M
Of note: He threw touchdown passes, ran touchdowns in and caught touchdowns in high school, and even recorded a safety in the playoffs this season. He is often projected to be a linebacker in college.
Drew Sanders junior highlights
LB Jackson Bratton
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top 10 prospect in the state of Alabama, top 10 inside linebacker in the nation and top 200 prospect in the nation)
High School: Muscle Shoals (Muscle Shoals, Alabama)
Height and weight: 6’3”, 233 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Nebraska
Of note: His high school quarterback, Logan Smothers, is a Nebraska commit, thus the draw to the Cornhuskers. Bratton played in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game.
DL Chris Braswell
247 Sports Composite ranking: 5-star (No. 1 defensive end in the nation, No. 17 prospect in the nation at any position)
High School: St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)
Height and weight: 6’3”, 220 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Georgia, Penn State, Clemson and LSU
Of note: This Under-Armour All-American makes it three straight UA signing classes with a defender from Maryland (Eyabi Anoma in 2018, Shane Lee in 2019).
LB Quandarrius (Que) Robinson
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (No. 6 outside linebacker in the nation, No. 2 prospect in Alabama and No. 48 prospect in the nation at any position)
High School: Jackson-Olin (Birmingham)
Height and weight: 6’5”, 220 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Auburn and Kentucky
Of note: Jackson-Olin has produced a Power 5 defender in each of the last four classes, but this is the first one UA is getting its hands on. T.D. Moultry chose Auburn in 2017, Coynis Miller chose Auburn in 2018 and LaVonta Bailey chose Clemson in 2019.
LB Demouy Kennedy
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top prospect in Alabama, No. 3 inside linebacker in the nation and No. 35 prospect in the nation at any position)
High School: Theodore (Theodore, Alabama)
Height and weight: 6’3”, 215 pounds
Chose Alabama over: LSU, Auburn and Florida State
Of note: Decommited from Auburn and named LSU the leader before committing to Alabama. The high school has not produced a SEC signee since Florida running back Lamical Perine in 2016.
TE Caden Clark
247 Sports Composite ranking: 3-star (Top 15 prospect in the state of Ohio, top 20 tight end in the nation and top 500 prospect in the nation overall)
High School: Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio)
Height and weight: 6’4”, 258 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Penn State and Michigan
Of note: Got offers from Miami, Ohio State and Iowa after committing to UA in the summer of 2018.
Video report on Clark from Cleveland.com
ATH Kristian Story
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top 10 prospect in Alabama and just outside of the top 200 nationally)
High School: Lanett (Lanett, Alabama)
Height and weight: 6’1”, 213 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Auburn and Notre Dame
Of note: His position at the collegiate level remains to be determined. He has enough skill to be a defensive back and a wide receiver, and some consider him to have potential at quarterback.
DL Timothy Smith
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top 10 defensive tackle in the nation, top 20 prospect in Florida and top 100 in the nation)
High School: Sebastian River (Sebastian, Florida)
Height and weight: 6’4”, 325 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Florida, Clemson and Florida State
Of note: Florida made a big effort to flip Smith down the stretch. Sebastian, Florida, is three hours away from Gainesville and rated as the Smith is rated as the fifth-best defensive lineman in the state of Florida.
S Malachi Moore
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top 10 prospect in the state of Alabama, top 20 safety in the nation and top 200 prospect in the nation)
High School: Hewitt-Trussville (Trussville, Alabama)
Height and weight: 6’0”, 180 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Tennessee
Of note: Pulled an upset of top-seeded Thompson (the alma mater of Taulia Tagovailoa) in the playoffs with a pick-6.
DE/OLB Will Anderson
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top 10 prospect in Georgia and top 10 defensive end in the nation, plus 100 prospect in the nation)
High School: Dutchtown (Hampton, Georgia)
Height and weight: 6’4”, 230 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Georgia Tech, Florida, Tennessee, Auburn and Florida State
Of note: Was a Super 11 selection by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in the preseason.
QB Bryce Young
247 Sports Composite ranking: 5-star (No. 1 dual-threat quarterback in the nation, No. 2 Californian prospect at any position and No. 6 prospect in the nation at any position)
High School: Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California)
Height and weight: 6’0”, 190 pounds
Chose Alabama over: USC, after decommitting from the Trojans
Of note: According to the Press-Telegram, going into the championship game, Young was completing 73.1 percent of his passes for 53 touchdowns to three interceptions, in addition to 10 rushing touchdowns. He played against DJ Uiagalelei, a Clemson quarterback commit, in several editions of one of high school football’s most prominent rivalries: Mater Dei vs. St. John Bosco.
CB Ronald Williams
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top 5 corner in junior college, top 15 junior college prospect in the nation)
Junior college: Hutchinson C.C. (Hutchinson, Kansas)
Height and weight: 6’2”, 188 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Kentucky, Mississippi State and Texas A&M
Of note: Originally from Ferriday, Louisiana, a talent hotbed. He was not a heralded prospect there, so junior college catapulted his status as a prospect.
RB Jase McClellan
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (No. 6 prospect in Texas, No. 8 running back in the nation and top 50 prospect in the nation)
High school: Aledo (Aledo, Texas)
Height and weight: 5’10”, 202 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Oklahoma
Of note: Committed to Oklahoma since the summer of 2017, but a late Alabama push got him to change his mind.
WR Traeshon Holden
247 Sports Composite ranking: 4-star (Top 20 prospect in California, top 40 wide receiver in the nation and top 200 prospect in the nation)
High School: Narbonne (Harbor City, California)
Height and weight: 6’3”, 195 pounds
Chose Alabama over: Arizona State and Oregon
Of note: Started in Florida and did a year at a boarding school in Maryland before getting to California. He had to miss two games in getting an eligibility ruling before playing in his senior season.
