2019 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

The 2019 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama", or "The Tide") will represent the University of Alabama in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season marks the Crimson Tide's 127th overall season, 86th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and 28th within the SEC Western Division. They will play their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and will be led by 13th-year head coach Nick Saban.

Previous season
In 2018, Alabama went undefeated in the regular season and won the 2018 SEC Championship Game over Georgia. The Crimson Tide entered the College Football Playoff as the number one seed, winning the semi-final played at the Orange Bowl over Oklahoma before falling to Clemson in the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship.

Offseason departures
Seven Alabama players with remaining eligibility declared early for the 2019 NFL Draft. In addition, 14 seniors from the 2018 team graduated.

Recruiting
Alabama's 2019 recruiting class consisted of 27 recruits, 15 of which enrolled early. Alabama had the highest ranked class in the nation according to 247Sports.com and ESPN, and had the second best class behind Georgia according to Rivals.com. The class was ranked No. 1 by the 247Sports Composite, which aggregates the ratings of the major recruiting services. Headlining the class were consensus top-10 recruits Antonio Alfano (defensive end), Trey Sanders (running back), and Evan Neal (offensive tackle).

Transfers
Outgoing

Incoming

Returning starters
Offense

Defense

Special Teams

Spring game
The 2019 Crimson Tide held spring practices in March and April. The 2019 Alabama football spring game, "A-Day" took place in Tuscaloosa, AL on April 13, 2019, at 1 p.m. CST with the White team beating the Crimson team 31–17. Freshman WR John Metchie was named A-Day MVP after hauling in five catches for a game-high 133 receiving yards. White team QB Mac Jones led all passers, completing 19 of 23 passes for 271 yards.

Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released

SEC media days
The 2019 SEC Media Days were held July 15–18 in Birmingham, Alabama. In the preseason media poll, Alabama was voted the overwhelming favorite to repeat as West Division Champion and SEC Champion.

Preseason All-SEC teams
The Crimson Tide had 13 players at 14 positions selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.

Offense

1st team

Tua Tagovailoa – QB

Najee Harris – RB

Jerry Jeudy – WR

Alex Leatherwood – OL

Jedrick Wills Jr. – OL

2nd team

Jaylen Waddle – WR

3rd team

Miller Forristall – TE

Matt Womack – OL

Defense

1st team

Raekwon Davis – DL

Anfernee Jennings – LB

Dylan Moses – LB

Trevon Diggs – DB

2nd team

Patrick Surtain II – DB

Xavier McKinney – DB

3rd team

LaBryan Ray – DL

Terrell Lewis – LB

Shyheim Carter – DB

Specialists

1st team

Jaylen Waddle – all purpose player

Jaylen Waddle – RET

Depth chart
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True Freshman

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Schedule
Alabama announced its 2019 football schedule on September 18, 2018. The 2019 Crimson Tide' schedule consists of 7 home games, 4 away games, and 1 neutral site game for the regular season. Alabama will host four SEC conference opponents Ole Miss (Rivalry), Arkansas, Tennessee (Third Saturday of October) and LSU (Rivalry) and will travel for four SEC opponents to South Carolina, Texas A&M, Mississippi State (Rivalry) and arch-rival Auburn for the 84th Iron Bowl to close out the SEC regular season on the road. Alabama is not scheduled to play SEC East opponents Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri and Vanderbilt in the 2019 regular season. The Crimson Tide’s bye week comes during week 6 (on October 5) and week 10 (on November 2).

Alabama's out of conference opponents represent the ACC, C-USA, Independents and Southern. The Crimson Tide will host three non–conference games which are against New Mexico State of the FBS independents, Southern Miss of the Conference USA and Western Carolina of the SoCon to close out the regular season and travel to Atlanta, GA for Chick-fil-A Kickoff host Duke from the ACC.


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New Mexico State Aggies
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at South Carolina Gamecocks
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Southern Miss Golden Eagles
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at Texas A&M Aggies
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Arkansas Razorbacks
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at Mississippi State Bulldogs
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Western Carolina Catamounts
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at Auburn Tigers
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2020 NFL Draft
The 2020 NFL Draft will be held on April 23–25, 2020 in Paradise, Nevada.

Crimson Tide who were picked in the 2020 NFL Draft:

Radio

 * WTID (FM) (Tide 102.9) – Nationwide (Dish Network, Sirius XM, TuneIn radio and iHeartRadio)

TV

 * CBS Family - CBS 42 (CBS), CBS Sports Network
 * ESPN/ABC Family - ABC 33/40 (ABC), ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, SEC Network)
 * FOX Family - WBRC (FOX), FOX/FS1, FSN