Recruiting 2020: Tide lands another solid class
For a program accustomed to leading the recruiting rankings and setting records year after year for average class strength, the 2020 class for Alabama was about as ho-hum as top-three/top-four classes can get (TideFans.com/NARCAS ranked Alabama's class in a tie for third with Ohio State, behind No. 2 Clemson and No. 1 Georgia).
Alabama Crimson Tide 2020 Signing Class
Name...Pos...Ht...Wt...40time...NARCAS rating...School
Bryce Young QB 5-11 180 4.5 10.0 Santa Ana, Calif./Mater Dei
Timothy Smith DL 6-4 340 5.5 10.0 Sebastian, Fla./Sebastian River
Will Anderson...
Recruiting 2019: Tide takes top spot again, almost sets record
Alabama's setback in the national championship game did not carry over to its 2019 recruiting class. Signing 27 players between the early and late signing periods, Alabama claimed the top spot in the 2019 TideFans.com/NARCAS recruiting rankings, narrowly edging out Georgia in the process.
Recruiting 2016: Bama’s QB targets have common characteristic
The NARCAS (North American Recruiting, Coaching & Athletics Survey) contributing staff has utilized game tape for years, but as a site, we’ve never made it a part of our published, post-analysis reports. With the amount of video now readily available at low or no cost to consumers, the time is right to integrate some of that video into analysis reports for our readership. As in previous years, however, NARCAS rankings will not be assigned until after all players’ senior seasons have been completed.
Up first is a discussion of five quarterback targets for Alabama’s 2016 recruiting class
Tide’s recruiting strategy looks geared for sustained dominance
Among the questions that arose immediately following Alabama's win over Georgia in the College Football Playoff was one of longevity – both in regards to Alabama's already-extended position at the top of the sport, and also in regards to Nick Saban's remaining career.
If early returns on the 2018-2019 recruiting trail are any indication, both paths have a lot of miles remaining on them.
Looking back at the Class of 2008
Over the last three years, TideFans.com and NARCAS have taken a look back at old recruiting rankings, partially as a self-check, but also to see how players had progressed since arriving on campus. The mark of a “great” class, five years after the fact, is generally considered appropriate when between 55 to 60 percent of the class becomes a front-line contributor at some point over the course of their career (“front-line contributor” defined as being a starter, or a second-teamer with a key role).
Looking back at the Class of 2012
Over the last seven years, TideFans.com has taken a look back at old recruiting rankings, partially as a self-check, but also to see how players had progressed since arriving on campus.
Signing Day 2018: So-so finish undersells a solid class
A year after signing what was at the time, the best class in Alabama history on paper – a heralding that backed itself up on the field once the fall came – Alabama couldn’t repeat its past glories, and ended up signing the lowest-ranked class since Nick Saban’s first class at Alabama in 2007.
Tide wraps up another top-rated class
By Jess Nicholas, TideFans.com Editor-In-Chief
Feb. 5, 2014
With Nick Saban at the helm of the University of Alabama's football program, National Signing Day has often...
Recruiting: Alabama’s 2016 class goes the blue-collar route
Alabama signed seven players who ranked a perfect 10.0 on TideFans.com/NARCAS’s 10-point scale, down from 11 a year ago. Alabama’s 25 signees averaged a rating of 9.79, a bit off last year’s 9.86, which tied for the highest-measured Alabama class in school history, along with the 2012 class. Alabama was able to maintain a high ranking nationally, relative to other top classes, in part due to the lack of concentration of the top available players at any one school.
