Retreating Tide
OVER THE LAST five years Alabama has had the top-rated recruiting class twice and the second-ranked class twice and once ranked fourth, according to Scout.com. That success in the living room leads to a backlog in the locker room, with four- and five-star recruits stacked up at almost every position. The result? Championships (four of the last seven) and transfers. Below is a list of 15 former Crimson Tide studs who'll suit up for other teams in '16. If they all went to one school, they'd be the core of a pretty good squad.
[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.]
PLAYER | POS. | STAR RATING | NEW SCHOOL |
Charles Baldwin | OT | ★★★★★ | Kansas |
Christian Bell | OLB | ★★★ | Wisconsin |
Chris Black | WR | ★★★★ | Missouri |
Shawn Burgess-Becker | S | ★★★★ | Central Florida |
Daylon Charlot | WR | ★★★★ | Kansas |
Jonathan Cook | CB | ★★★ | Memphis |
Luke Del Rio | QB | ★★★ | Florida |
Tyren Jones | RB | ★★★★ | Hutchinson CC |
Alvin Kamara | RB | ★★★★ | Tennessee |
Dee Liner | DT | ★★★★ | Arkansas St. |
Kendall Sheffield | CB | ★★★★★ | Blinn College |
Maurice Smith | CB | ★★★★ | Georgia |
Jonathan Taylor | DE | ★★★★ | SE Louisiana |
Adonis Thomas | ILB | ★★★★ | NW Mississippi CC |
Ricky Town | QB | ★★★★ | Arkansas |