Alabama’s annual A-Day game is set to kick off on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. CT inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.
There is plenty of talent both young and old to be excited about if you are a ‘Bama fan, and it will also be our first opportunity of the spring to see this year’s version of the Tide.
In his Thursday press conference leading up to A-Day, head coach Nick Saban said the format for the scrimmage would be the first-team offense against the first-team defense and the second-team offense against the second-team defense. With this format, fans will get to experience a more game-like scenario with good on good.
Leading up to the start of A-Day, I wanted to sit down and give fans a handful of players from each side of the ball that I believe could make an impact during the scrimmage. I want fans to keep in mind that these are players that fans have not seen make a tremendous impact yet for the Crimson Tide, but could on Saturday and during the 2022 season.
Yesterday we looked at the offensive players, today we will look at the defensive side of the ball.
5. Terrion Arnold | DB
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Terrion Arnold is a former five-star recruit who is entering his second season with the Tide. Although Alabama has a loaded secondary, Arnold is a player that has started to turn some heads this spring and could work his way in as a rotational player in the fall.
4. Chris Braswell | OLB
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The entire world knows the names Will Anderson and Dallas Turner, but a name they might not know, at least not yet, is a fellow outside linebacker Chris Braswell. Braswell joined the Tide in the same class as Anderson and has slowly been developing into an impactful pass rusher of his own right.
Braswell has been a headline stealer this spring and could become a valuable third option as an edge pass rusher for the Tide this fall. Braswell could do some damage on Saturday during the A-Day as well.
3. Malachi Moore | DB
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