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Former Alabama LB Shawn Murphy transferring to Florida State

Former Alabama linebacker Shawn Murphy transferred to Florida State. Murphy, a former four-star, spent two seasons in Tuscaloosa.

It did not take long for former four-star and Alabama linebacker Shawn Murphy to find a new home. The Virginia native has committed to Florida State just one day after entering his name into the transfer portal.

Murphy spent two seasons in Tuscaloosa. He was primarily a reserve inside linebacker for the Crimson Tide. Murphy also contributed on special teams. Throughout his two-year career at Alabama, Murphy played in 18 games and recorded five tackles.

Murphy will reunite with several former Alabama teammates in Tallahassee. He will join former Alabama players Terrence Ferguson, Malik Benson, Roydell Williams, and Earl Little Jr.

It will be interesting to follow the Seminoles football program in 2024 given the amount of Alabama players that they have landed via the transfer portal.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the latest news regarding the Alabama football program and its players that have entered the NCAA transfer portal.

Alabama football countdown to kickoff: 43 days

We are now just 43 days away from the start of Alabama’s 2023 football season!

The Alabama Crimson Tide will take the field for the 2023 college football season in 43 days, as Middle Tennessee State visits Bryant Denny Stadium on Sept. 2.

Here at Roll Tide Wire, we will be counting down the days until Nick Saban and his team take the field.

Freshman linebacker [autotag]Shawn Murphy[/autotag] wears No. 43 for the Tide but has yet to take the field in the Crimson and White.

One of the more recent Alabama players to wear No. 43 was place kicker [autotag]Cade Foster[/autotag].

Foster played for Alabama from 2010-13 where he appeared in over 50 games. For his career, Foster was a perfect 67 of 67 on extra points but hit on only 56.8% of his field goal attempts. Foster finished with a total of 124 points in his Alabama career.

Cade Foster’s Photo Gallery

Post-spring depth chart projections for Alabama’s inside linebackers

Projecting Alabama football’s inside linebacker 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.

We have already taken a look at the quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, offensive line, defensive line, and outside linebackers. As we quickly move along the defensive side, let’s take a look at the inside linebackers.

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

A deep dive into the Alabama inside linebacker room ahead of spring practice.

We are now just a couple of 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, running backs, defensive line, tight ends, and outside linebackers.

Today we will direct our attention to the inside linebacker room which will be replacing a ton of experience here in 2023.

Let’s dive right in!

Five second-year players Alabama fans should watch this spring

There are several second-year players who could generate some buzz this spring!

As February ends, spring football approaches. In just a couple of weeks, [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and the Alabama football team will return to the practice field and begin on-field work for the 2023 season.

Alabama will have to replace significant pieces from last year’s squad, most notably quarterback Bryce Young and outside linebacker Will Anderson.

Each spring, Tide fans get a glimpse of what the future holds for the Alabama football team, and I expect some second-year players to step up and generate some buzz heading into the 2023 season.

Today we are look at five second-year players I believe could make some noise this spring.

To clarify, this is a list of players who did not have much of an impact as true freshmen in 2022. So players such as Tyler Booker, Isaiah Bond and Kobe Prentice will not be a part of this group.

Let’s dive right in!

Alabama Morning Drive: Nick Saban addresses Alabama’s road woes

Alabama football coach Nick Saban is looking for a different mindset when the Tide plays on the road.

Good morning, Tide fans! Welcome to our Friday edition of Alabama Morning Drive! I hope everyone has had a great week now that we have finally made it to the weekend.

Each Thursday night during the football season, Alabama head coach [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] takes part in “Hey Coach”, a call-in radio show for Tide fans to ask the ball coach some questions. This has also been a place where coach Saban has delivered some epic rants and memorable one-liners.

Last night coach Saban addressed something that has been an issue for his program for the last couple of seasons, road games. In 2021 Alabama lost on the road to Texas A&M but also struggled at Florida and at Auburn. The trip to Austin to face Texas is fresh on Tide fans’ memories as well.

Coach Saban believes the mentality of his team needs to change in order to play better on the road. Here is what Saban had to say.

It will be interesting to see if this message hits home with the Crimson Tide players or not. Alabama will not have a road game until Oct. 1 when they travel to Fayetteville to take on top-ten Arkansas.

Alabama countdown to kickoff: 43 days

We are only 43 days away from the start of Alabama’s 2022 football season.

The Alabama Crimson Tide will take the field for the 2022 college football season in 43 days, as Utah State visits Bryant Denny Stadium on Sept. 3.

This will be Alabama’s first season-opener at home in quite some time, as the 18-time national champs are usually selected for a nationally televised kickoff game at a neutral site against a big-time opponent.

Here at Roll Tide Wire, we will be counting down the days until [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and his team take the field.

Freshman linebacker [autotag]Shawn Murphy[/autotag] wears No. 43 for the Tide but has yet to take the field in the Crimson and White.

One of the more recent Alabama players to wear No. 43 was place kicker [autotag]Cade Foster[/autotag].

Foster played for Alabama from 2010-13 where he appeared in over 50 games. For his career, Foster was a perfect 67 of 67 on extra points but hit on only 56.8% of his field goal attempts. Foster finished with a total of 124 points in his Alabama career.

Cade Foster’s Photo Gallery

Alabama’s 2022 early enrollees include nine top 100 recruits

Alabama’s 2022 early enrollees include nine top 100 recruits

The season has come to an end and it is time to start shifting our focus to the team that will take the field in 2022.

Nick Saban and his staff had a fantastic early signing period back in December, and several of those prospects have already enrolled at the university.

Among those that have enrolled early, nine of the twelve are top 100 recruits according to the On3 consensus rankings.

Below is the complete list of early enrollees and their On3 consensus rankings.

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Pete Golding deserves some major recognition for his recruiting efforts

Maybe it’s time we give Golding the recognition he deserves as one of college football’s best recruiters!

Pete Golding called masterful games as Alabama’s defensive coordinator during the Iron Bowl against Auburn and the SEC Championship Game against Georgia.

But, before that, some of us questioned his abilities as a defensive play-caller, especially after the 41-38 loss on the road to Texas A&M. The Iron Bowl helped to change the narrative in a 24-22 4OT win in Jordan-Hare, where the Tide hadn’t won in six years. The defense continued to play its best football in the 41-24 SEC Championship Game win.

Here we are, in December, and Golding continues to hit his stride, this time on the recruiting trail. Golding helped bring seven recruits on board as commits, and on the Early National Signing Day, he helped the Tide sign six, with more expected to sign in the coming months prior to the official National Signing Day.

Among them are four-star wide receivers Shazz Preston and Aaron Anderson, four-star linebacker Shawn Murphy and four-star defensive lineman Jaheim Oatis.

That’s this year, sure, but Golding has been tearing it up on the recruiting trail since he arrived in 2017. His best commitments in his time at the Capstone are five-star linebacker Dallas Turner (who saw plenty of action this year due to injury), Kool-Aid McKinstry and five-star linebacker Drew Sanders (who also played several snaps before an injury put him out). This is a noticeable group of former recruits.

In my opinion, Golding has earned himself at least another season to prove that his defense can be consistent throughout an entire season, but we can certainly use his recruiting acumen for years to come.

Be thankful that our defensive coordinator is among the best recruiters in college football.

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SIGNED: 4-Star LB Shawn Murphy puts pen to paper, signs with Alabama

Alabama lands one of the top LBs in the nation in 4-star Shawn Murphy!

Alabama’s Early National Signing Day is beginning to heat up after landing a couple of players from Georgia and Florida, the Crimson Tide now heads north to Virginia to land four-star linebacker Shawn Murphy.

Hastings from Manassas, stands at 6-foot-2, 215 pounds, and was a highly sought after recruit, holding offers from Auburn, Georgia, Florida, Florida State, Miami and others.

Stay up to date with Alabama’s 2022 class with Roll Tide Wire’s ‘Early Signing Day Tracker.’

Murphy commitment does not come as a shock, as he had been verbally committed to play football in Tuscaloosa since mid-July, just over a month after he participated in the Crimson Tide football camp.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to cover Alabama 2022 recruiting class as it grows on Easy National Signing Day.

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