2022 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

The 2022 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "Bama", or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season marked the Crimson Tide's 128th overall season, 89th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and 31st within the SEC Western Division. They played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama,they were lead by their head coach Nick Saban in his 16th season.

Team departures
Over the course of the off-season, Alabama lost 37 total players. 8 players graduated, 6 declared for the 2022 NFL Draft, while the other 23 entered the transfer portal.

Outgoing transfers
Twenty-three players elected to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal during or after the 2021 season.

Note: Players with a dash in the new school column didn't land on a new team for the 2022 season.

Incoming transfers
Over the off-season, Alabama added 6 players from the transfer portal. According to 247 Sports, Alabama had the 6th ranked transfer class in the country. The first transfer was running back Jahmyr Gibbs. Gibbs transferred from Georgia Tech. On the offensive side, Alabama also added Georgia wide receiver Jermaine Burton, Louisville wide receiver Tyler Harrell and Vanderbilt offensive lineman Tyler Steen. However, Alabama only took 1 defensive transfer in LSU defensive back Elias Ricks.

2022 recruiting class
Alabama signed 26 players in the class of 2022. The Crimson Tide' recruiting class ranks 2nd in the 247Sports and Rivals rankings. Nineteen signees were ranked in the ESPN 300 top prospect list. Alabama also signed walk-ons during national signing period.

*= 247Sports Composite rating; ratings are out of 1.00. (five stars= 1.00–.98, four stars= .97–.90, three stars= .80–.89, two stars= .79–.70, no stars= <70) †= Despite being rated as a four and five star recruit by ESPN, On3.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com, Alexander received a five star 247Sports Composite rating. Δ= Left the Alabama program following signing but prior to the 2022 season.

2022 overall class rankings

NFL draft
Several Crimson Tide players have declared for the 2022 NFL draft thus far. Wide receivers Slade Bolden, John Metchie III and Jameson Williams, running back Brian Robinson, offensive lineman Evan Neal, defensive lineman Phidarian Mathis, defensive backs Josh Jobe and Jalyn Armour-Davis and linebackers Chris Allen and Christian Harris. They all entered their names into the draft pool. Due to COVID-19, the NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to all college athletes, and all could have returned for another year at Alabama.

Returning starters
Offense

Defense

Special teams

† Indicates player was a starter in 2021 but missed all of 2022 due to injury.

Spring game
The Crimson Tide are scheduled to hold spring practices in March and April 2022 with the Alabama football spring game, "A-Day" to take place in Tuscaloosa, AL on April 16, 2022.

Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released

SEC media days
The 2022 SEC Media days were held on July 18–21, 2022 at College Football Hall of Fame and The Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, GA with Nick Saban (HC), Bryce Young (QB), Jordan Battle (DL) and Will Anderson Jr. (LB). The Preseason Polls were released July 22, 2022. Each team had their head coach available to talk to the media at the event. Coverage of the event was televised on SEC Network and ESPN.

Media
First Team

Second Team

Third Team

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Coaches
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Second Team

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Depth chart
True Freshman

Schedule
The 2022 Crimson Tide' schedule consisted of 7 home games and 5 away games for the regular season. Alabama hosted four SEC conference opponents Mississippi State (rivalry), Vanderbilt, Texas A&M and arch-rival Auburn for the 87th Iron Bowl to close out the SEC regular season at home and traveled to four SEC opponents, Arkansas, Ole Miss (rivalry), Tennessee (Third Saturday in October) and rival LSU (rivalry) to close out the SEC regular season on the road. Alabama was not scheduled to play SEC East opponents Florida (rivalry), Georgia (rivalry), Kentucky, Missouri, and South Carolina in the 2022 regular season. The Crimson Tide's bye week came during week 9 (on October 29, 2022).

Alabama's out of conference opponents represented the Mountain West, Big 12, Sun Belt and ASUN conferences. The Crimson Tide hosted three non–conference games which were against Utah State from the Mountain West, Louisiana–Monroe from the Sun Belt and closed out the regular season with Austin Peay from the ASUN (FCS) and traveled against Texas (Big 12) in Austin, TX.

Utah State

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At Texas

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Louisiana–Monroe

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Vanderbilt

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At No. 20 Arkansas

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Texas A&M

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At No. 6 Tennessee

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No. 24 Mississippi State

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At No. 10 LSU

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At No. 11 Ole Miss

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Austin Peay

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Auburn

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Vs. No. 9 Kansas State

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Defense
Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown

Scoring
Alabama vs Non-Conference Opponents

Alabama vs SEC Opponents

Alabama vs All Opponents

NFL draft
The NFL draft was held outside Union Station in Kansas City, MO on April 27–29, 2023. Crimson Tide who were picked in the 2023 NFL Draft:

Radio

 * WTID (FM) (Tide 102.9) – Nationwide (Dish Network, Sirius XM, TuneIn radio and iHeartRadio)

TV

 * CBS Family – CBS 42 (CBS), CBS Sports Network
 * ESPN/ABC Family – ABC 33/40 (ABC), ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, SEC Network
 * FOX Family – WBRC (FOX), FOX/FS1, FSN
 * NBC – WVTM-TV, NBC Sports, NBCSN

TV ratings
All totals via Sports Media Watch. Streaming numbers not included. † – Data not available.