As we continue through the offseason, Roll Tide Wire has decided to bring fans a quick snapshot of each scholarship player listed on Alabama’s 2020 football roster.
Each day, we’ll release two player profiles giving fans a glimpse into the players who will be available this upcoming season. Whether that’s size, classification, hometowns or recruiting rankings coming out of high school, we’ve got you covered.
Also included in each article is a quick recap letting you know what to expect from that player for the upcoming 2020 season and beyond.
Next up on the list is sophomore cornerback Marcus Banks out of Houston (Tex.).
Marcus Banks, Cornerback
Height: 6-0 / Weight: 170
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Houston (Tex.)
High School: Dekaney High School
HS ranking (247Sports): 4-star / No. 127 overall / No. 13 CB / No. 21 TEX
HS ranking (Rivals): 4-star / No. 53 overall / No. 8 CB / No. 9 TEX
Analysis: At 6-foot, 170 pounds, Marcus Banks doesn’t have the typical size Alabama looks for with its perimeter cornerbacks, but it doesn’t really matter. The rising sophomore makes up for with a ferocious style that includes playing bigger than he is.
Banks is also long for a cornerback who is only 6-0, and he’s got plenty of fluidity, instincts and the overall mental makeup needed to succeed going against some of the bigger, more physical receivers in the SEC.
Like it’s been mentioned plenty of times before in other player profiles, Alabama is losing Trevon Diggs, Scooby Carter and Nigel Knott at cornerback, so the need for Banks and others cannot be overstated.
Will he start? Probably not, as Patrick Surtain II, Josh Jobe and Ronald Williams Jr. are presumed to top the depth chart, but players such as Banks and Jayln Armour-Davis will be vital roles to the overall depth at the position.
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