As with the cornerbacks, the safety position is one that Nick Saban has always displayed a special affinity for coaching, and he’s produced NFL talent after NFL talent at that position over the last 13 years. In 2020, Alabama was forced to break in an entire new group of starters in the back end of the secondary. And while that led to some early growing pains, it pays off in 2021, as the Tide returns all of it’s starters and didn’t lose a single player from last year’s depth chart.
Alabama typically uses two deep safeties as well as a “Star” or slot corner.