Best-Ever is bold and using those words to describe any position group from Alabama football history can be risky. Particularly when the discussion is about linebackers.
Alabama football has a valid claim to the label Linebacker University: Lee Roy Jordan; Mike Hall; Derrick Thomas; Cornelius Bennett; Barry Krauss; Woodrow Lowe; Thomas Boyd; Dwayne Rudd; Keith McCants; Demeco Ryans; Rolando McClain; Dont’a Hightower; C.J. Mosley; Reggie Ragland; Reuben Foster.
Every player in the above list was an All-American. Most had, have or will have successful NFL careers. Four are members of the College Football Hall of Fame.