Alabama's Top 25 for 2015: No. 10 Jarran Reed-bamaonline

Warmack was one of eight Alabama freshmen who enrolled in January

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Trimmed down Dallas Warmack feels he has 'good shot' to start as freshman at Alabama-al.com

Alabama VIP 25: Physical freak lands at No. 4-al.com

Tide players were tested in multiple exercises during the spring

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A look at Alabama's strongest players by position-al.com

Kendell Jones surprised many when he committed to Alabama over the likes of home state Texas, Texas A&M and Baylor, but the four-star defensive tackle from Killeen, Texas had a good reason.

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'Sky is the limit' for Alabama defensive tackle commit Kendell Jones, coach says-al.com

Where did Alabama, Auburn athletic departments rate for major sports in 2014-15?-al.com

The son of former Alabama defensive lineman Thomas Rayam, T.J. tips the scales at nearly 300 pounds. He's the reigning Class 7A heavyweight wrestling champion. He earned a spot on the All-State team last season as a defensive lineman.

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Alabama legacy T.J. Rayam hopes wrestling success leads to recruiting interest-al.com

Ex-Alabama player Jonathan Taylor takes plea deal; domestic violence charge dropped-al.com

NFL Draft Early Evaluations For Ragland, OJ, Henry-rbr

5 early NFL Draft entrants we wish had come back another year-bamaonline

Experienced Australian rules football players for many years have considered punting in the National Football League after their pro careers at home. Now more young Australians are training with the Prokick Australia academy with plans to bypass the Australian Football League entirely and go straight to the states for a college scholarship. The last two Ray Guy Award winners — to the top punter in the country — were born in Australia and trained at Prokick.

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Very cool story about Aussie punters and how this one particular academy trains them for American football. Interestingly, while the emphasis was previously on getting players into the pros, Prokick has moved more towards the college side, where American universities are generally better (and certainly more diverse and numerous) than their Australian counterparts.

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...defenses facing spread offenses need great tacklers on the field more than ever and needed a way to get the most out of players with abilities like Roy Williams. There are players who can excel in traditional run support roles as well as in coverage but they are rare. Now, teams will still use a traditional "box safety" type player to help attack the offense but they will move him around the field in different positions based on what their other DBs will allow them to do in coverage.

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This is a nice piece of work by Ian Boyd wherein he breaks down how a classic box safety (see Collins, Landon) can be used against even today's hyperdrive spread offenses.

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Watch Alabama, Auburn QB target Jawon Pass throw at the Elite 11-al.com