Coming into the season, the Crimson Tide had a combined two starts from their entire secondary. Both of those starts came from junior safety Deionte Thompson when starting strong safety Hootie Jones was lost for the last two games of the season with a knee injury. The Tide lost FIVE starters to the NFL. Alabama has no seniors on this year’s and lost starting junior cornerback Trevon Diggs to injury in the Arkansas game back on October 6. In short, they are young and inexperienced.
Down on the bayou, there has been a great deal of hootin’ and hollerin’ from the folks about their football team and in particular, their defensive backfield.