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2023 Alabama Crimson Tide Spring Football Preview: Special Teams may be ‘Bama’s best returning unit

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Much of the Alabama Crimson Tide is in flux for 2033: everything from both coordinator spots to a decimated defensive backfield. But there is one unit that returns almost everyone, and though it is strange to say this, Alabama’s special teams could be the best returning unit for the Crimson Tide, at least early in the season.

We start with addition by subtraction: there are no significant departures of note. Speedy Jahmyr Gibbs handled kick returns for the Tide last season, but he was largely ineffective. Alabama was just 96th in the nation in returns at 17.