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Alabama DL Phidarian Mathis welcomes baby girl

Alabama redshirt junior Phidarian Mathis is a name fans should be familiar with, as he earned his first two career starts late last season against Auburn in the Iron Bowl and Michigan in the Citrus Bowl. The responsibilities that Mathis will carry …

Alabama redshirt junior Phidarian Mathis is a name fans should be familiar with, as he earned his first two career starts late last season against Auburn in the Iron Bowl and Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.

The responsibilities that Mathis will carry moving forward now involve a beautiful, brand new baby girl named Khylei Rae Mathis! On Saturday, the Louisiana native shared the news via his Twitter account:

Little Khylei Rae was born on Feb. 22 at approximately 10:17 a.m. CT, and even former Alabama standout defensive lineman Raekwon Davis had to chime in and show his appreciation for her middle name:

The video in the tweet shows Mathis cutting his daughters umbilical cord.

He hash-tagged himself with a new nickname for himself too: “Poppa Philly”.

Well, Poppa Philly, all of us here at Roll Tide Wire congratulate you on this very exciting moment, and we are thrilled to see you tackle fatherhood in the same way you tackle being a member of the Crimson Tide! In other words, congratulations!

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Jaylen Waddle scores his third TD of the day!

Jaylen Waddle has scored his third touchdown of the game, this one on a 12 yard pass from Mac Jones to help Alabama regain the lead in yet another significant lead change in the second half. Jaylen Waddle cannot be stopped. His THIRD touchdown of …

Jaylen Waddle has scored his third touchdown of the game, this one on a 12 yard pass from Mac Jones to help Alabama regain the lead in yet another significant lead change in the second half.

Waddle has only three receptions today, but has been able to stretch them out into 70 yards and two touchdowns, plus the additional touchdown he had on his 98-yard kickoff return.

He has wasted no time showing how big of an impact he can have on this Alabama offense.

Next year, it’s anticipated he will be the only returning starter from the wide receiving corps, as Smith, Jeudy and Ruggs are all projected to be drafted in the first or second round of the 2020 NFL Draft.

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Can anyone keep Jaylen Waddle out of the end zone?

Alabama works their way into the lead, yet again, early in the fourth quarter as Mac Jones and Jaylen Waddle connect on their third touchdown of the game. This touchdown came under two minutes into the fourth quarter. Jones lobbed it up 28 yards and …

Alabama works their way into the lead, yet again, early in the fourth quarter as Mac Jones and Jaylen Waddle connect on their third touchdown of the game.

This touchdown came under two minutes into the fourth quarter.

Jones lobbed it up 28 yards and Waddle had to use all of his vertical to grab it in the air and come down with it.

This touchdown, Waddle’s fourth, helped Alabama go up with a score of 45 – 40 on the Auburn Tigers.

 

Jaylen Waddle helps Alabama regain lead on 58-yard TD!

Mac Jones continues to shock the college football world as he throws for his second touchdown of the half, this one to Sophomore wide receiver Jaylen Waddle. Jaylen Waddle probably ran for this touchdown faster than the time it took to type out this …

Mac Jones continues to shock the college football world as he throws for his second touchdown of the half, this one to Sophomore wide receiver Jaylen Waddle.

This is Waddle’s second touchdown of the day, the first one being the 98-yard kickoff return to the house.

Both touchdowns have been absolute displays of his speed and elusiveness.

In the 58-yard receiving touchdown, Waddle had to turn on the jets in order to reach to edge and hit the end zone.

Alabama leads 31 – 24 heading into halftime.

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Henry Ruggs reels in Alabama’s third TD of the half

Mac Jones recovered nicely from the pick six he threw in the second half by completing a three yard pass to Henry Ruggs in the back of the end zone to help Alabama go up 24 – 17 with just over four minutes remaining in the first half. Touchdown …

Mac Jones recovered nicely from the pick six he threw in the second half by completing a three yard pass to Henry Ruggs in the back of the end zone to help Alabama go up 24 – 17 with just over four minutes remaining in the first half.

Jones is having an impressive outing as he now has 76 yards, 12 completed passes off of 17 attempts for one touchdown and the lone interception.

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Najee Harris dives in for Alabama’s first TD in 2019 Iron Bowl

The Alabama Crimson Tide got points on the board in their first series of the game, but had to settle for a field goal, courtesy of Joseph Bulovas. After going down 7 – 3 heading into the second quarter, Najee Harris made it a mission to get the …

The Alabama Crimson Tide got points on the board in their first series of the game, but had to settle for a field goal, courtesy of Joseph Bulovas.

After going down 7 – 3 heading into the second quarter, Najee Harris made it a mission to get the Crimson tide into the end zone.

Harris dove into the end zone on this six-yard run.

Harris has 91 yards on the ground off of 11 carries and the lone touchdown so far in today’s matchup.

Alabama leads 10 – 7 early in the second quarter.

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Report: Alabama DL DJ Dale doesn’t travel with team to Auburn

Charlie Potter of 247 Sports reported that Alabama’s true freshman nose tackle, DJ Dale, will not be playing in the 2019 Iron Bowl at Jordan Hare stadium as he did not travel with the team. Nick Saban told Eli Gold that DJ Dale (knee) did not …

Charlie Potter of 247 Sports reported that Alabama’s true freshman nose tackle, DJ Dale, will not be playing in the 2019 Iron Bowl at Jordan Hare stadium as he did not travel with the team.

His knee injury is to blame for him not making the trip to Auburn.

Dale has played in six games in the 2019 season where he has accumulated 17 total tackles, a lone sack and a fumble recovery.

His absence won’t be a huge loss for the Alabama defensive front, and as Potter reported, Saban believes “everybody else has a chance to play in this game.

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