Alabama football has benefitted from the best of four and five-star athletes.
Nick Saban enjoys signing talented players to the Crimson Tide, but the head coach also likes recruiting individuals that push marquee names to work harder. Those guys are usually three stars that people do not expect to have major success; however, they manage to prove them wrong. Defensively, Alabama has carried players with the ‘dog mentality.’ Names such as Vinnie Sunseri, Levi Wallace, Jamey Mosley, Rashard Johnson, Eryk Anders, Christian Barmore, and Tony Brown all had a rough rider mindset.
These players were not afraid of doing the dirty work on defense.