The song is quite a bit different than it was just one year ago. Heading into the 2018 season, Alabama had graduated every single starting defensive back from the previous year and was trying to settle on six new starters.
This time around, things are quite a bit more settled. We’ll dig into the depth at cornerback today, and follow up in the next week or so with a piece on the safeties. With nickel and dime defenses being the primary formations, rather than sub-formations, there’s obviously some fluidity between the corners and safeties. I’ll do my best to separate them, but guys like Shyheim Carter will appear twice.