The Alabama starting offensive line on Saturday was Elijah Pritchett, Tyler Booker, James Brockermeyer, Jaeden Roberts and Wilkin Formby, but Roberts was forced to leave the scrimmage early with a lower leg injury that DeBoer downplayed in the media after the practice.
Quarterback Ty Simpson reportedly had the best day out of all the signal callers, leading multiple touchdown drives and pushing the ball down the field to various receivers.
Freshman phenom Caleb Odom reportedly made a highlight reel catch in the endzone from quarterback Dylan Lonergan. Odom’s size has made him an intriguing player this spring and he could potentially make a big contribution this fall.
Defensively speaking Keon Keeley reportedly had success against Alabama’s second offensive line. The redshirt freshman is acclimating to a new position but was apparently still disruptive rushing the passer throughout Saturday’s scrimmage.
Let the circus begin.
“Ty Simpson reportedly had the best day out of all of the signal callers.” Take that for what you will. Is there more of a QB competition brewing than has been let on? Is it time for a full-blown offseason meltdown?
If it’s true, I think it’s a good thing. We know Jalen Milroe, and we know he’s good. But if Simpson has surpassed him, that means something has really clicked on for Ty and he just might be great. I also think combining it with the coaching change and offseason work will go better, team chemistry-wise, than that ill-fated mutiny game against USF last season.
As far as other notes, watching DeBoer mention Caleb Odom after the aforementioned play and seeing the sparkle in his eyes makes me think the freshman might be getting more playing time in year 1 than we expect.
We also heard over the weekend that OL Jaeden Roberts suffered some sort of injury. His mom provided an update, and things don’t seem too bad.
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