Alabama football spring game: News, time, players to watch, top battles for 2024 A-Day Game from SEC insiders – CBS Sports
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Spring football has traditionally been about growth and progression, but with the transfer portal opening once again soon, depth charts are more important than ever coming out of spring. The 2024 Golden Flake A-Day Game will be held on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium and Kalen DeBoer will get his first taste of the limelight after taking over the Alabama Crimson Tide program in January. DeBoer had what appeared to be a few hundred people in attendance for the Washington spring game last year, but can expect tens of thousands of fans to turn up for the 2024 Alabama spring game on Saturday ay 4 p.m. ET.
The result won’t matter, but Alabama fans will be eager to see what players flash and how Alabama football depth chart decisions might impact Alabama in the transfer portal. So how will DeBoer handle his first A-Day Game and which recruits will be on hand to watch Alabama in a nationally-televised scrimmage? If you want to see the latest Alabama football news, you should join Bama247, the 247Sports affiliate that covers the Alabama Crimson Tide.
The team of insiders at Bama247 are providing on-the-ground updates on every development in the football coaching search, including insights from Matt Zenitz, John Talty and Mike Rodak, who have more than 25 years of experience covering the Crimson Tide. The trio has deep-rooted ties inside and around the Alabama community, and Talty wrote The Leadership Secrets of Nick Saban, a Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller. It’s all available at your fingertips on any device here.
The team at Bama247 has extensive coverage heading into Alabama’s spring game, including injury information and potential depth chart changes. You can also get the low-down from fellow fans on the Bama247 message board. Head to Bama247 and join now to see the latest updates regarding spring practice and the 2024 A-Day Game.
One storyline Alabama fans will be monitoring on Saturday and beyond is the offensive line. Freshman All-American Kadyn Proctor left in the transfer portal for Iowa when Saban retired but it appears that he’ll be making his return to Tuscaloosa after just a few months in Iowa City. He’ll apparently enter the transfer portal again and return to Alabama after the semester has ended and should be a factor for a starting role in the fall.
Meanwhile, DeBoer scuttled rumors that Washington transfer Parker Brailsford would be doing the opposite of Proctor and leaving the program just months after enrolling. Brailsford was also a Freshman All-American under DeBoer with the Huskies last season and he’ll miss the A-Day game and Alabama’s remaining practices while for personal reasons but he has been working out with the strength team and should also be a key piece in 2024.
So what does that leave Alabama with on the offensive line for this weekend’s Alabama spring game? Alex Scarborough has taken a detailed look at every major position battle heading into the 2024 Golden Flake A-Day Game. Join Bama247 for the latest on the offensive line depth chart.
Wide receiver has been an unquestionable strength over the years for Alabama football, but it’s a clear question mark heading into the 2024 Alabama Spring Game. Kobe Prentice is the leading returning receiver (18 catches for 314 yards and two touchdowns) after Jermaine Burton left for the NFL and Isaiah Bond transferred to Texas.
Prentice has taken on a leadership role among wide receivers and he provides some explosive playmaking ability, but the Crimson Tide will need to develop other options. One name that keeps coming up this spring is true freshman Caleb Odom, who was a top 100 recruit out of Georgia in the Class of 2024.
Odom is a jumbo receiver (6-foot-5 and 215 pounds) who made a dynamic touchdown catch during Alabama’s second official scrimmage of the spring practice season. DeBoer specifically commented on the need for flash plays like the one Odom made in that session. So what can you expect from Odom at the 2024 Golden Flake A-Day Game and what other wide receivers might step up? Join Bama247 to read the latest VIP article regarding Odom and the Alabama wide receivers’ room.
Spring football practice is really more about growth and development than anything else and that makes it a critical period for DeBoer in his first season at the helm of the most dominant program in college football over the last couple of decades. The 49-year-old has never coached in the SEC and has never seen anything even remotely comparable at a spring football game to what he’ll see on Saturday at the 2024 A-Day Game.
However, that doesn’t mean you should expect a results-oriented approach. DeBoer has already made it clear after two closed Alabama scrimmages earlier in the spring that he’s been more focused on progress throughout the course of the spring. So while they won’t be perfect on Saturday, you can hope to see the culmination of that in the Alabama spring game. So what else has DeBoer had to say regarding spring football? Join Bama 247 to read VIP articles recapping all the latest Alabama football news now.
The Bama247 team has VIP information on the offensive line situation, the development of the wide receivers’ room and how DeBoer is approaching his first spring at the helm. Join Bama247 to see it all and get all the latest Alabama football spring game news.
Who are the top players that Alabama fans should watch for on Saturday, and which players can you expect to stand out? Join Bama247 to see all the latest A-Day Game news, all from a team of reporters with decades of experience covering the Crimson Tide, and find out.
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