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Alabama football names its Student-Athletes of the Week

Lockwood, Alinen, and Smith earn this week’s Student-Athletes of the Week!

As the 2023 SEC media days wrap up on Thursday from Nashville, Tennessee, the Alabama football team announced this week’s Student-Athletes of the Week.

This week’s recipients are freshman tight end Ty Lockwood, freshman offensive lineman Olaus Alinen, and junior defensive back DeVonta Smith.

Lockwood is entering his first season with the Crimson Tide and although he has a promising future, Lockwood doesn’t project to be a part of the primary rotation at tight end this fall.

Alinen is a large freshman offensive lineman who is a native of Finland and has worked his way into the second-team offensive line. While it is not likely that Alinen becomes a starter in 2023, his is almost certainly going to be a factor moving forward.

Smith is a talented defensive back who has seen playing time mostly on special teams. Smith was expected to compete for a starting spot in the defensive backfield in 2023, but an injury sidelined him this spring and has put him behind some other options. But I wouldn’t count out Smith having a role this fall.

Congratulations to these young men for their outstanding work in the classroom and on the gridiron.

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Alabama football countdown to kickoff: 89 days

We are just 89 days away from the start of Alabama’s 2023 football season. Let’s take a look at a former No. 89 for the Tide, LaBryan Ray.

The Alabama Crimson Tide will take the field for the 2023 college football season in 89 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 [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and his team take the field.

Today, with 89 days remaining, we will take a look at the last scholarship player to don the No. 89 for the Crimson Tide, [autotag]LaBryan Ray[/autotag].

Ray had an up-and-down career with the Tide as he battled injuries throughout his college career. In his five seasons with Alabama Ray amassed 76 total tackles, 14 tackles for loss, and 6.5 sacks.

Ray would switch to No. 18 for his final two seasons in Tuscaloosa. Currently, true freshman tight end Ty Lockwood wears No. 89 for the Tide.

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Post-spring depth chart projections for Alabama’s tight ends

Projecting Alabama’s tight end 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.

Together we have already taken a look at the quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers and today we will wrap up the offensive skill positions with the tight ends.

Let’s roll!

Trio of Alabama football newcomers selected as Student-Athletes of the Week

Trio of Alabama newcomers earn the honor of Student-Athletes of the Week!

Nick Saban and the Alabama football are entering their second week of spring football practice and Tide fans are foaming at the mouth for some football-related content.

On Monday, the Crimson Tide released this week’s recipients of the Student-Athletes of the Week! A trio of newcomers earned the honor this week, freshman tight end Ty Lockwood, freshman quarterback Dylan Lonergan, and Georgia transfer linebacker Trezmen Marshall.

Both Lockwood and Lonergan are expected to provide depth this season and most likely redshirt while Marshall is in a prime position to take over one of the starting inside linebacker roles in the Kevin Steele defense.

Congratulations to these three newcomers to the Crimson Tide!

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2023 4-star TE Ty Lockwood officially signs with Alabama

2023 four-star tight end Ty Lockwood officially signed with the Tide on Wednesday. He had been committed to Alabama since August.

Four-star tight end Ty Lockwood of the 2023 class made things official as he signed his National Letter of Intent to Alabama on Wednesday morning. The Tennessee native had been committed to the Tide since August.

Lockwood is ranked as the No. 235 overall recruit in the country, according to 247Sports’ Composite Rankings. He is listed as 6-foot-5, 225 pounds. With Alabama starter Cam Latu heading to the NFL, Lockwood could earn some playing time at the tight end position.

He possesses a large catch radius and can be a vertical threat for the Tide to utilize in their offense. This is a good addition to the Tide’s class.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to cover Alabama football and the early signing period as more commits sign their national letters of intent.

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Tight end Ty Lockwood flips from Ohio State to Alabama

In case you missed it, Ohio State received bad news again on the recruiting front Tuesday. #GoBucks

It’s been a bizarre couple of weeks for the Ohio State football team and its recruiting efforts. The Buckeyes missed out on some pretty high-profile targets they thought they had a good chance of landing, had a four-star corner de-commit, followed by this.

On Tuesday, four-star 2023 tight end commit Ty Lockwood announced his decision to de-commit from Ohio State and flip over to Alabama. At 6-foot, 5-inches, and 225 pounds, Lockwood was the first player to commit to OSU’s 2023 class and a tireless peer recruiter that seemingly helped sell the Buckeye program. He is rated as the No. 9 tight end and 141st overall prospect in the recruiting cycle according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

It’s just another turn of events in what has been one zany recruiting class thus far. Lockwood seemed to be one of the most locked-in recruits in the class. However, it didn’t take long for that to change after he received an offer from Alabama and visited Tuscaloosa.

With the news, Ohio State is now down to 18 commitments for the 2023 class and has dropped to the No. 4 spot in the updatedĀ 247Sports Team Composite Rankings.

Hang tight, because there could be some more moving, shaking, and unpredictable twists and turns with this recruiting class.

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Alabama flips Ohio State commit and lands 2023 TE Ty Lockwood

2023 TE and Ohio State commit Ty Lockwood announced that he was flipping his commitment to Alabama on Tuesday.

Alabama recently extended an offer to Ohio StateĀ commit and 2023 tight end prospect Ty Lockwood. After being committed to the Buckeyes for almost a year, Lockwood flipped his commitment to Alabama. He announced the news via his Twitter page.

Lockwood is a great addition to Alabama’s 2023 recruiting class. Now, the coaching staff has found its tight end commit for the class, which is a massive pickup.

Here is what Lockwood had to say regarding his decision to flip his commitment to Alabama:

“After much discussion and prayer, my family and I have decided that it would be best to decommit from Ohio State University. I take commitment and loyalty very seriously, but itā€™sĀ the right choice I needed to make for my future and my family.Ā With that being said, Iā€™m flipping my commitment to the University of Alabama. I look forward to what the future brings and how I can develop as a player and person under Coach Saban and Coach Cox.Ā  Roll Tide!”

Lockwood is the 18th commit for Alabama’s 2023 recruiting class. Now, Alabama has the No. 1 overall recruiting class, according to 247Sports’ recruiting rankings.

Alabama Morning Drive: Tide lands commitment No. 17 in class of 2023

Alabama starts the month of August off with a bang landing a commitment from four-star DL Hunter Osborne.

Good morning, Tide fans! Welcome to our Tuesday edition of Alabama Morning Drive. I hope each of you has had a great start to the work week as we continue to inch closer and closer to the start of fall camp.

[autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and Alabama had a tremendous month of July on the recruiting trail and the staff in Tuscaloosa carried that right over into the month of August.

On Monday evening, four-star defensive lineman [autotag]Hunter Osborne[/autotag] announced his commitment to Alabama giving the Crimson Tide its seventeenth commitment for the class of 2023.

Osborne is the No. 113 overall player and No. 12 defensive lineman in the nation according to On3’s consensus rankings.

Let’s take a look at a few other stories that Alabama fans should be monitoring this morning.

BOOM! Ohio State gets first football commitment for 2023 class

Ohio State football gets its first commitment of the 2023 class. BOOM!

The seal has been broken on the 2023 recruiting class for the Ohio State football program.

That’s because 4-star tight end prospect, Ty Lockwood, announced his decision to commit to the Buckeyes on Thursday. The 6-foot, 5-inch, 225-pounder is out of Independence High School in Thompson’s Station, TN, and ranked as the No. 8 tight end and 142nd overall prospect in the class according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

The commitment ends a bit of a drought for Ryan Day and company and will hopefully give the program some momentum now moving forward to finish up the 2022 class and begin putting some more prospects in the 2023 class.

For Lockwood, it came down to the feel he got when he visited in July according to comments he made to Eleven Warriors.

ā€œIt was one of my best visits, easily,ā€ Lockwood told Eleven Warriors. ā€œI loved the coaches there and obviously the facilities are great. I could just tell there was a brotherhood feel to it. All the coaches were talking to each other, knew each other, and were like best friends. It was good to see that because I didnā€™t see that out of a lot of other schools, for sure.ā€

Another prospect or player singing the praises of the “brotherhood” that seems to permeate the OSU program is just what the doctor ordered. Lockwood chose Ohio State over a final four of the Buckeyes, Penn State, Florida State, and South Carolina.

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Ohio State 4-star 2023 tight end priority target sets commitment date

Ohio State has a good shot to land its first commitment to the 2023 class on Thursday!

Ohio State could be nearing its first commitment of the 2023 class. That’s because priority 4-star 2021 tight end target Ty Lockwood announced Tuesday that he’ll be announcing his commitment this Thursday.

At 6-foot, 5-inches, and 225-pounds, Lockwood is ranked as the No. 8 tight end and 142nd overall prospect in the 2023 class according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. He is out of Independence High School in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee, and has Ohio State as the Crystal Ball leader to land his services.

He announced a final four of the Buckeyes, Florida State, Penn State, and South Carolina. The announcement is set for 12 p.m. Central time, which is 1 p.m Eastern Daylight Time, so stay tuned.

If Lockwood does choose OSU, it’ll be the Buckeyes’ first commitment to the 2023 class and some much-needed momentum that has been lost a wee bit because of a couple of more recent decommitments for the 2022 class.

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