Alabama Ex OL 4-star Is Working In Hand With A former Tide Standout To Get Ready For The 2024 Season…
Alabama football has two players with experience returning as offensive guards — Tyler Booker and Jaeden Roberts — and it has a position battle going for the starting center role in spring practice.
Chris Kapilovic, the Crimson Tide’s offensive line coach, is also looking for offensive tackles.
Elijah Pritchett has some experience and Naquil Betrand, a transfer from Texas A&M, has potential. Alabama also has several names it signed in its 2023 recruiting class as tackles. Miles McVay, a former four-star from East Saint Louis, Ill., was one of the top linemen prospects in the cycle. The 6-foot-5, 350-pounder looked impressive last spring, but he played in only four games.
McVay is in a position to be a starting offensive tackle.
He is working with former Crimson Tide standout, Andre Smith of Big Man Factory. Big Man Factory is specific training for offensive linemen. Smith, a Birmingham (Ala.) native, came to the University of Alabama as a five-star prospect in the 2006 signing class. He started at left tackle as a true freshman and became one of the best linemen in school history. Smith was a two-time first-team All-SEC selection (2007, 2008), an SEC Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner (2007), an Outland Trophy winner (2008), and an Unanimous All-American (2008). He became the first offensive lineman to become a first-round NFL Draft pick under Nick Saban for Alabama in 2009. Smith went No. 6 overall to the Cincinnati Bengals and carved out a successful career.
He’s now helping McVay craft his footwork, quickness, strength, agility, and power.
McVay is looking forward to winning a position on the offensive front.
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Alabama Loses A Big-Time Recruit…….
Alabama football is experiencing many changes this offseason, with head coach Nick Saban calling it a career and Kalen DeBoer coming in as the new head coach. Of course, with Saban retiring, players will leave and decommit from the program, and the Crimson Tide saw another player decommit on Saturday.
According to Hawes Fawcett from On3 the class of 2026, inside offensive lineman, Zykie Helton has decommitted from Alabama.
The 6’3 260 IOL from Carrollton, GA had been Committed to the Crimson Tide since July
Alabama has been experiencing a wave of players decommitting to the program since Nick Saban stepped down as head coach. Every school goes through this when a coach leaves, and schools even do this when a coach doesn’t. It’s just the way college football is these days.
Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide have nothing to worry about now, and DeBoer seems to be building up a good program. DeBoer is taking over for one of the greatest coaches ever to coach college football, and he will need some time, but he can be perfect. He has a tremendous offensive mind, and players seem to love him, and he has had success everywhere he has gone.