Every recruiting cycle there is a numbers crunch for Alabama football. The 2018 cycle is worse than normal. The coaches want to find room for 10 more players. Even with 10 slots, there will not be room for every top player.
Creating 10 slots would be quite a feat. It will require two grayshirts or blueshirts. Almost every insider believes 3-Star TE, Michael Parker will accept a grayshirt. Other blueshirt or grayshirt options is guesswork. Blueshirts cannot be handed out late when numbers don’t work. They can only be given to players who have not been ‘recruited’ through official campus visits or in-home coach visits.