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The Alabama freshmen generating most buzz after first week of spring practice

A week of spring practice is now in the books for Alabama football, and multiple Alabama freshmen are generating buzz.

Here is a look at the Tide first-year players, who garnered the most attention during week one of the spring:

Keelon Russell

It was inevitable Keelon Russell would get a lot of attention this spring with some believing he has the right tools needed to start as a freshman at quarterback. He has flashed some of the traits that have people really high on him as the Tide’s new offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb compared him to two NFL quarterbacks earlier in the week.