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Alabama Football: 3 offensive veterans who could breakout in 2023

These three offensive veterans could have breakout seasons in 2023!

Despite being more than two months away from the start of the 2023 college football season, it truly feels like it is just around the corner. Before you know it, Nick Saban and the Alabama football team will be taking the field inside Bryant-Denny Stadium to play the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders on Sept. 2.

As we await the start of the season, it’s time to take a look at some of the players who could make an impact for the Crimson Tide this fall. We have already looked at three veteran defenders to watch, as well as three freshman defenders. Now let’s take a look at three veteran offensive players who could have breakout seasons for the Tide.

Let’s roll!

Alabama Football: 5 overlooked players heading into the 2023 season

These five Alabama football players are being undervalued heading into the 2023 college football season!

Before you know it, the 2023 college football season will be here. Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide will take the field on Sept. 2 against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders to begin its quest for another national championship.

As we navigate the perpetual offseason, most of the talk leading up to the college football season, relative to the Crimson Tide, is the ongoing quarterback battle in Tuscaloosa.

Instead of bogging you down with continuous quarterback talk, let’s take a few moments and look at some of the players on the roster who are not receiving quite the notoriety that they deserve.

Below is a list of five players that I believe are being slept on leading up to the 2023 season!

Jase McClellan ranks as a top 20 RB in all of college football for 2023

Jase McClellan is expected to be Alabama’s lead running back for the 2023 season and currently ranks No. 20 among all CFB starters.

Alabama football is preparing for a crucial 2023 season. The Crimson Tide has new coordinators on both offense and defense and will have to reload at numerous key positions on both sides of the ball. Running back Jase McClellan is looking to step up in a big way.

One of the most important players to leave the program for the draft was running back Jahmyr Gibbs. The first-round running back will be replaced by senior Jase McClellan.

In 2021, McClellan’s season was cut short due to an injury. In 2022, he served as RB2 behind Gibbs, who transferred in from Georgia Tech for the lone season.

Despite serving as a backup, McClellan put up respectable numbers. On 112 carries, he had 655 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns. He also caught 14 passes for 174 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns.

Earlier this week, Patrick Conn of College Sports Wire ranked all projected SEC starting running backs. McClellan ranked No. 5 out of 14.

Now, Conn ranked the top 25 projected starting running backs in all of college football. McClellan falls to No. 20 on the list.

“Despite the fact that Alabama had Jahmyr Gibbs in the backfield last season, McClellan was still really productive in a reserve role,” writes Conn. “This year it should be McClellan who is playing the lead back ahead of Roydell Williams, Jam Miller, and Justice Haynes. However, watch for Haynes to move up the depth chart.”

There is a ton of uncertainty looming over the Crimson Tide offense ahead of the 2023 season. There are questions as to who the quarterback will be, whether the wide receivers can step up, and if the offensive line will be able to hold its own against the tough SEC defensive fronts. However, the one already-known aspect of Alabama’s offense is McClellan.

He will be looked to as the veteran leader of the offense and leaned on heavily as a factor in allowing to offense to spread out.

There are still a few months remaining in the 2023 offseason for new offensive coordinator Tommy Rees and head coach Nick Saban to put all of the pieces together.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama football as the regular season approaches.

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Where does Jase McClellan rank among starting SEC running backs?

Jase McClellan is expected to be the Crimson Tide’s RB1 in 2023. How does he compare to others across the SEC?

Jase McClellan enters his senior year with the Crimson Tide as the projected started running back and expectations are high. The quarterback situation for Alabama is unclear as a three-man competition will likely bleed into the regular season, which impacts the offense as a whole. McClellan will carry a heavy burden as the veteran running back and will lead the ground game.

Surely, help will be there. True freshman Justice Haynes seems poised for a legitimate role in 2023 and Roydell Williams is also likely to see carries. However, McClellan will be the top back.

After suffering a season-ending injury early in the 2021 season, he bounced back in 2022 and served as the team’s RB2 behind Jahmyr Gibbs. Last season, McClellan had 112 carries for 655 yards and seven rushing touchdowns. He also had 14 receptions for 174 yards and three touchdowns.

Patrick Conn of College Sports Wire recently revealed his running back rankings for the SEC. McClellan comes in at No. 5.

“Despite the fact that Alabama had Jahmyr Gibbs in the backfield last season, McClellan was still really productive in a reserve role,” writes Conn. “This year it should be McClellan who is playing the lead back ahead of Roydell Williams, Jam Miller, and Justice Haynes. However, watch for Haynes to move up the depth chart.”

With the high level of uncertainty in the offense, as it stands today, McClellan will have a significant role in 2023 and could be vital to the success of the Crimson Tide.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Jase McClellan and Alabama football as the 2023 offseason progresses.

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Five offensive veterans who need a big season in 2023

5 offensive veterans who need a big season for the Tide in 2023!

We are just a little more than 100 days away from Nick Saban and the Alabama football team kicking the 2023 season off on Sept. 2 against Middle Tennessee State inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Even though the offseason can seem long and insufferable, is there really ever an offseason with all the outlets that produce non-stop content on the Crimson Tide? That’s why you can count on Roll Tide Wire to be there every step of the way.

We have already looked at five second-year offensive and defensive players who could impact the 2023 season. Now let’s turn our attention to the veteran players who need to step up this fall for the Tide!

Roll Tide Wire’s top 10 Alabama players entering the 2023 season

Roll Tide Wire’s top 10 Alabama football players entering the 2023 college football season!

Before you know it, the 2023 college football season will be here! In fact, at the time this article is being jotted down, we are just 108 days away from Sept. 2 when Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide host the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders to open up the season.

As we muddle through the offseason, the staff here at Roll Tide Wire thought we could get together and drop each of our top 10 players heading into the 2023 season.

I am sure everyone will completely agree with each of our assessments and that our lists will not cause any arguments around the water cooler.

Let’s jump right in!

Alabama Football: Projecting stat leaders for the 2023 season

Roll Tide Wire projects which Alabama Football players will lead in each of the major stat categories heading into the 2023 season.

Alabama will have no shortage of talent to choose from for the 2023 season. The Tide brought in five transfers and signed the No. 1 overall recruiting class in the country. Not to mention, the Tide will return several of its key starters from a season ago.

Altogether, Alabama is poised to be a contender in the SEC, and a College Football Playoff hopeful.

With quarterback Bryce Young and outside linebacker Will Anderson Jr. heading to the NFL, Alabama will have to rely on some new faces. Additionally, there could be some other new faces at different positions as well.

Roll Tide Wire projects the major statistical category leaders for the football team heading into the 2023 season.

Alabama RB Justice Haynes viewed as one of the top performing CFB players in spring

Justice Haynes is a name that all Crimson Tide fans need to know heading into 2023

The Alabama quarterback situation is a bit hazy heading into the 2023 football season, to say the least. As a result of some of the inexperience at the position, it wouldn’t be a shock to see Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide get back to prioritizing the ground game and establishing control at the line of scrimmage.

Jase McClellan will be the starting running back heading into the season, but true freshman Justice Haynes has turned heads through spring ball. Haynes was listed as a top-10 standout player in spring ball and Haynes was one of the few true freshmen to make the list per On3 Sports. It’s impressive that Haynes is turning heads across the country without ever playing a snap of collegiate ball.

Coming out of high school, Haynes was the No. 24 overall player in the 2023 class and the No. 3 running back. At 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds he is a bowling ball and will be very difficult for defenders to bring down, but he also has great breakaway speed in the open field.

In four years as a varsity high school player, Haynes put up video game numbers. He appeared in 48 career games with 777 carrier carries for 7,407 yards and 91 touchdowns.

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Post-spring depth chart projections for Alabama’s running backs

Projecting Alabama’s running back depth chart post-spring!

Now that spring football has officially wrapped up and the 2023 NFL draft is complete, it is time to shift our focus to the offseason.

Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide have a ton of questions marks exiting spring and fans are chomping at the bit for answers.

So as we dive into the dog days of summer, I thought we could take a look, position by position, and project the possible depth chart for the 2023 Alabama football team post-spring.

Yesterday we took a look at the quarterbacks and today we will keep it in the offensive backfield and dissect the Crimson Tide running backs.

Let’s roll!

Position Breakdown: Alabama’s RB’s ahead of spring practice

A deep dive into the Alabama running back room ahead of spring practice.

We are now just a few weeks out from [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and the Alabama football team taking the practice field to begin spring ball.

As is the case each offseason, there are many questions that need to be answered before the Tide hit the field to start the 2023 season.

As spring practice creeps closer, we are going to break down each position group on both sides of the ball. We have already looked at the quarterbacks and the defensive line and today we will turn our attention back to the offensive side of the ball and look at the running backs.

Although some explosion is gone from the room, the running backs should offer plenty of talent in 2023.

Let’s dive right in!