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How will Alabama do in 2025? 25 way-too-early Crimson Tide predictions
Alabama's first football season of the Kalen DeBoer era is complete.
With a 19-13 loss to Michigan in the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl, the Crimson flood The page is officially turning to 2025, a season that is expected to feature many new faces looking to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff against Florida State starting August 30.
How will the Crimson Tide fare in 2025?
Here are 25 predictions for the upcoming Alabama campaign:
Ty Simpson retains the No. 1 quarterback position in Alabama football
Ty Simpson's time has come. The 2022 five-star quarterback sat behind Bryce Young and Jalen Milroe. Now it's Simpson's turn to take the reins of the offense, a job he will secure early and keep for the 2025 season.
Keelon Russell ends 2025 as Alabama's No. 2 QB, forcing 2026 QB battle
While Simpson won't lose his starting spot, he will be pushed by 2025 five-star Keelon Russell. Despite having four-star quarterback Austin Mack in 2023, who was picked by Alabama coach DeBoer to be head coach at Washington, the Crimson Tide has since Bryce Young no longer had a recruit like Russell, which will soon become clear.
Ryan Williams will be a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award
The world was introduced to Ryan Williams early with a five-game stretch that rivaled any wide receiver in college football. Production waned and the freshman wall came, one Williams will break through as a sophomore after a full offseason. Look for Williams to be in the running for Alabama's first Biletnikoff Award since DeVonta Smith in 2020.
The Alabama WR room will face the same reality as it did in 2024
Alabama will get help filling out its wide receiver room in many different pieces. However, it won't make much difference. Williams and Germie Bernard, who dominated Alabama's passing game, will do so again in 2025.
Jam Miller and Richard Young will each carry 100 eclipses
Over the past three seasons, Alabama has had at least one duo of backs finish the season with 100 carries or more. And while Simpson can run, don't expect him to carry the workload that Jalen Milroe did in the run game. Expect a return of the true “1A, 1B” running back tandem of Jam Miller and Richard Young.
Alabama will strengthen its position battle at right tackle
Elijah Pritchett and Wilkin Formby battled for reps throughout the 2024 fall camp and into the regular season. The job seemed to open up again in the Crimson Tide's win against Auburn on Nov. 30 and in the ReliaQuest Bowl, where the pair actually split snaps at right tackle. Expect the battle to play out between Formby and Pritchett in spring ball and back in fall camp.
Parker Brailsford becomes a finalist for the 2025 Rimington Trophy
Parker Brailsford's first season in Tuscaloosa went relatively smoothly. Even with a new quarterback, expect Brailsford's second year at Alabama to be even better, a year that should put him on the radar for the Crimson Tide's first Rimington Trophy since Ryan Kelly in 2015.
Alabama is struggling to find a replacement for Tyler Booker
Alabama seemingly has its answer at left guard in 2025 to replace Tyler Booker, who is expected to be an NFL first-round pick in 2025. The Crimson Tide added Texas A&M transfer Kam Dewberry, widely viewed as a plug-and-play starter. Geno VanDeMark, who rotated between both guards and played some center, could also be an option, but in terms of production, the left side of the line will feel a little less solid without Booker.
Michael Carroll becomes No. 1 option on second team OL
Michael Carroll is too premier of a prospect not to play right away. The five-star guard from IMG Academy brings a 6-foot-4, 315-pound frame that can not only play both guard positions, but also both tackle spots. Carroll doesn't seem like a project for the offensive line. Versatility could get him on the field quickly.
Alabama continues its streak of averaging over 30 points per game
Alabama hasn't had a season in which its offense averaged fewer than 30 points per game since 2007 — the Crimson Tide's last season with fewer than 10 wins. That streak will continue in DeBoer's second season at Alabama.
Zabien Brown will be a premier SEC cornerback
Zabien Brown did enough to start as a true freshman, a season in which he finished as freshman All-SEC. In 2025, Brown will develop into one of the premier cornerbacks in the league, finishing the season as one of the top names on the 2027 NFL draft boards.
Nikhai Hill-Green will be the most productive addition to Alabama's transfer portal
Nikhai Hill-Green's veteran presence as a former All-Big 12 linebacker in Colorado will prove to be extremely valuable. He finishes atop the Crimson Tide's leader list while remaining a ball hawk with multiple pass deflections and at least one interception.
Bray Hubbard leads the team in pass deflection and interception
Time and time again, the Alabama coaching staff talked about how Bray Hubbard was ready to take over for the injured Keon Sabb. Hubbard was a product of a ball-hawk Crimson Tide defense. Starting with Sabb in 2025, expect Hubbard's production to see a significant boost, putting the team ahead in both pass deflections and interceptions.
Zavier Mincey slides in to start for Alabama at Husky
With Zavier Mincey moved to safety at the end of the 2024 season and headed to the ReliaQuest Bowl, the 6-3, 204-pound former five-star cornerback will take the versatile Husky position in place of DeVonta Smith in 2025, leaving the Crimson Enjoy the best of both worlds with cornering experience and safety.
No Alabama player finishes with more than five sacks
While Kane Wommack's defensive scheme emphasized ball hawks and a swarm mentality, it didn't generate much pressure, averaging two sacks per game, comparable to programs like Vanderbilt, Hawaii and Kennesaw State. With a 2025 defensive line recruiting class without a real answer on defense, expect output to remain similar to 2024, with no Alabama player recording more than five sacks.
Dijon Lee plays the most snaps of any Alabama true freshman
Even more than Carroll on the offensive line, Dijon Lee has the makeup of a freshman who could see the field for Alabama almost immediately, combining his high production at Mission Viejo High School in California and his five-star status with his 6-4. 190 pound frame. Will Lee remain at cornerback? That remains to be seen with the bodywork of a safety. But his talent will shine significantly as a freshman.
Darrell Johnson emerges as the first 2025 freshman LB to see significant reps
Lee won't be the only freshman to see the field on defense in 2025. Johnson, a four-star prospect from Eastman, Georgia, came to Alabama as an inside linebacker, one who practiced with the Crimson Tide prior to the ReliaQuest Bowl. But Johnson's versatility as a pass rusher and in coverage will almost immediately make him one of the more valuable pieces to Wommack's defense.
Alabama will allow fewer than 20 points per game for the fourth straight season
Alabama's streak of scoring fewer than 20 points per game for three consecutive seasons may be much shorter than the Crimson Tide's average of 30 points or more for 17 straight campaigns. But the Crimson Tide will have the talent in 2025 to carry that defensive streak forward.
Blake Doud picks up where James Burnip left off as Alabama's punter
Blake Doud, the reigning RMAC Special Teams Player of the Year and Division II punting leader at Colorado School of Mines, will pick up right where James Burnip left off in 2025.
Ryan Williams returns a kick for a touchdown
Caleb Downs was the last Alabama football player to return a punt for a touchdown in 2023. Williams will end that drought in 2025.
Alabama is in the top 20 of the preseason Coaches Poll, but is behind 3 SEC teams
Much like Alabama's ranking in the final coaches poll ahead of the College Football Playoff, expect the Crimson Tide to be in the middle of the pack in the preseason Top 25, behind Georgia, Texas and Tennessee.
Alabama will suffer two losses before the second week off
Alabama won't survive the opening stretch of five-game SEC play before a Nov. 1 off week without two losses, with road games against Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina and home games against Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
Alabama rides the in-state stretch from November to the CFP
After the free week of November 1. Alabama is not leaving the state. The Crimson Tide will be in the lead against LSU, Oklahoma, Eastern Illinois and Auburn.
Latest Season Prediction for Alabama 2025
Alabama concludes Year 2 of the DeBoer era in the College Football Playoff, earning an at-large bid with a 10-2 regular-season record.
But will Alabama football win the 2025 national championship?
No. Alabama advances past the first round of the CFP and loses in the quarterfinals.
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him out[email protected] or follow him@_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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