Brooks was expected to fill a first-team role this spring, much like he did to close out the 2021 season when John Metchie was injured. Although his exact injury wasn’t revealed, he won’t take part in spring drills. That does, however, give some of the other, less experienced wide receivers on Alabama’s 2022 roster invaluable reps with the first unit over the next two months. Georgia transfer Jermaine Burton was brought in to make an instant impact, and that shouldn’t change. But returning players Traeshon Holden, Thaiu Jones-Bell, Agiye Hall, JoJo Earle and Christian Leary and enrollees Aaron Anderson and Kendrick Law certainly benefit.