Alabama Ex-Star Offensive Lineman Slams Statement in Alabama’s Second Scrimmage…
Alabama’s offensive line, the tackle position in particular, will be heavily looked at in Saturday’s scrimmage.
The Crimson Tide takes to Bryant-Denny Stadium for another game-like practice before A-Day.
Kalen DeBoer highlighted pass protection as an issue after the first scrimmage.
Alabama has talent at offensive tackle, but it needs to locate the guys it can trust to protect quarterback Jalen Milroe. Miles McVay, a former four-star from East St. Louis, Ill., enters his second season in the program. He was one of a few linemen signed in the 2023 class, joining Olaus Alinen, Wilkin Formby, Kadyn Proctor, and Roq Montgomery. The 6-foot-6, 350-pounder is a powerful specimen who has been rotating with Formby in competing for the right tackle job.
McVay, a redshirt freshman, played in four games for Alabama’s 2023 Southeastern Conference Championship team, but he is on the clock to step up more.
Is he prepared to seize the moment and show Chris Kapilovic — the Crimson Tide’s offensive line coach — he is the one to anchor on the right side? McVay shared a photo to social media of him loading up for the second scrimmage.
He is in the photo with a pair of former five stars on defense, James Smith and Qua Russaw.
McVay has excelled in setting up the run game, but we shall see how much he’s improved at pass blocking.
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Former Alabama LB Dallas Turner visited NFC North team in pre-draft process
Dallas Turner followed Will Anderson’s production as a linebacker for Alabama football.
Anderson, a former five-star in the 2020 signing class, went No. 3 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. He become the National Football League’s Defensive Rookie of the Year, leading the Houston Texans to the AFC playoffs. Turner, a former five-star in the 2021 class, pushed the Crimson Tide’s defense to a Southeastern Conference Championship last season. The South Florida native earned Consensus All-American honors and was voted a permanent team captain. He is expected to go in the first round.
According to Aaron Wilson, an NFL reporter for the Texans via KPRC Channel 2 News, the Chicago Bears hosted Turner for a visit this week in his pre-draft process. Chicago has two first-round picks, including the No. 1 overall pick that it got last year in a trade with the Carolina Panthers. The Bears have the ninth overall pick, and it could use it on an edge rusher. Turner is arguably the top edge rusher in the draft. He led the Tide in tackles for loss (14.5), sacks (10), and quarterback hurries (13) in 2023.
Turner collected two SEC Championship rings (2021, 2023) in his tenure at Alabama.