Alabama is known for their defense. Since Nick Saban arrived in 2007 the defense has always been top notch and many of the players go on to have great NFL careers. In the back end of the defense is the secondary where Saban takes his expertise of playing defensive back in college to teach his defensive backs to be the best. Alabama is responsible for producing many first-round draft picks from his secondary and countless first team All Americans and All-SEC players.
At the end of the 2017 season, all the starters from the secondary moved on to the NFL which marked a rare time at Alabama where many defensive backs did not return.