We beg and we beg, and, ultimately, Nick Saban does provide us a single depth chart each year on the Monday before the season opener.
Most of the time, it’s riddled with the dreaded “or-slashes” that indicate Saban is still refusing to tell us which of two guys will play (although, typically, the guy listed first on the slash typically gets the first reps in the game). But we also often get one or two surprises each year that get us to talking.
Without further ado, here’s this year’s edition, formatting courtesy of AL.com:
QB: (1) Bryce Young (2) Jalen Milroe (3) Ty Simpson
RB: (1) Jahmyr Gibbs (2) Jase McClellan/Roydell Williams (3) Trey Sanders
WR (Z): (1) Traeshon Holden (2) Ja’Corey Brooks (3) Kendrick Law
WR (X): (1) Jermaine Burton (2) Tyler Harrell (3) Isaiah Bond
WR (H): (1) Kobe Prentice (2) Christian Leary/Emmanuel Henderson
TE: (1) Robbie Ouzts (2) Miles Kitselman (3) Danny Lewis/Amari Niblack
LT: (1) Tyler Steen (2) Amari Kight
LG: (1) Kendall Randolph (2) Javion Cohen
C: (1) Darrian Dalcourt (2) Seth McLaughlin
RG: (1) Emil Ekiyor (2) Tyler Booker
RT: (1) JC Latham (2) Damieon George
DE: (1) Tim Smith (2) Jamil Burroughs (3) Damon Payne
NG: (1) DJ Dale/Jaheim Oatis (2) Tim Keenan
DE: (1) Byron Young (2) Justin Eboigbe (3) Jah-Marien Latham
SAM: (1) Dallas Turner (2) Quandarrius Robinson (3) Jeremiah Alexander
MIKE: (1) Henry To’o To’o (2) Kendrick Blackshire
WILL: (1) Jaylen Moody (2) Deontae Lawson (3) Jihaad Campbell
JACK: (1) Will Anderson (2) Chris Braswell (3) Keanu Koht
CB: (1) Kool-Aid McKinstry/Eli Ricks
CB: (1) Terrion Arnold/Khyree Jackson (2) Jahquez Robinson
FS: (1) DeMarcco Hellams (2) DeVonta Smith
SS: (1) Jordan Battle (2) Malachi Moore/Kristian Story
STAR: (1) Brian Branch (2) Malachi Moore
PK: (1) Will Reichard (2) Jack Martin
HOLD: (1) James Burnip
P: (1) James Burnip (2) Jack Martin
SN: (1) Kneeland Hibbett
PR: (1) Kool-Aid McKinstry (2) Jermaine Burton/Brian Branch
KOR: (1) Ja’Corey Brooks/Jahmyr Gibbs (2) Jermaine Burton/Terrion Arnold
For the most part, this played out as expected.