With the loss of every starter in the entire secondary to graduation or the pros, Nick Saban has his work cut out for him in reshaping and retooling the back half of the defense. Throw in the fact that a base defense in today’s era of spread offenses requires a 5th defensive back, and we have a whole slew of new faces to get used to on our television screens very soon.
The Departed
Anthony Averett
The light and slight speedster from New Jersey went from a lowly-rated track athlete to a two year starter in his final two season for Alabama, and was as good of a shut-down corner on the left side of the field as anyone could ever ask for.