User:Gounc123/sandbox/2015 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

Depth chart
(DEPTH CHART NOTATIONS: Name; Year at Alabama/total years of eligibility; 2014 games started/played) Note: Depth chart below includes most players that played in the game against Charleston Southern on 11/21/15 and will compete for meaningful playing time in 2016

Variables for 2015 season:
 * Will Eddie Jackson start at safety and how will he do?
 * Will Foster start at MLB, or will Hamilton take his spot?
 * How good is guard Ross Pierschbacher? Alabama recruited him from Iowa and he won a starting guard spot in Spring 2015 after a redshirt year.

Injuries
3/15: Devall and Cyrus Jones not practicing; Grant Hill on medical leave 3/27/15: Robinson sprained ankle and didn't practice 3/30/15: WR Cam Sims ACL injury 4/15: RB Bo Scarbrough ACL injury 8/17/15: QB Jake Coker out of practice due to "foot injury" 9/7/15: S Washington out a coupe of weeks with a sprained knee 11/12/15: Chris Black (4/5, 3/11, limited practice time in August 2015 due to ankle injury) will miss rest of season due to decision to have ankle surgery

Events since end of 2014 season
1/13/15: LSU hired former Alabama linebacker coach Kevin Steele as defensive coordinator 1/14/15: Outside LB coach Lance Thompson named LB coach at Auburn 1/19/15: Junior running back Altee Tenpenny sends a tweet that says he's leaving Alabama 1/19/15: Redshirt senior tight end Malcolm Faciane not planning to return to team 1/20/15: Redshirt junior linebacker Ryan Anderson arrested on a misdemeanor third-degree domestic violence charge 2/5/15: Upcoming junior Dee Liner (defensive lineman) will transfer after getting released by Alabama (ended up at Arkansas State) 2/10/15: Upcoming redshirt sophomore Tyren Jones (running back) indefinitely suspended for "conduct not to the standard of the Alabama football program" 3/13/15: Saban said OL Grant Hill will miss Spring 2015 due to medical leave (?) 3/30/15: Geno Smith arrested for DUI (had other DUI arrest in 2013) 3/31/15: New Alabama player from JC Jonathan Taylor kicked off team after being arrested for domestic abuse (already had a charge for a separate alleged incident of domestic abuse) 4/1/15: Three strikes and you're out: Tyren Jones kicked off team after being arrested for marijuana possession (previously suspended twice by team) 4/29/15: CB Cyrus Jones arrested on two counts of third-degree domestic violence in the form of harassment and criminal mischief 5/1/15: Police dropped charges against CB Jones 6/16/15: Oregon State WR Richard Mullaney to transfer to Alabama 6/17/15: Freshman running back Desherrius Flowers, who was an early enrollee, will not be cleared for enrollment at Alabama this fall because of an eligibility issue 6/17/15: DB Jonathan Cook (3/5) no longer a member of the team. 8/8/15: RB Bo Scarbrough suspended for first four games due to amateurism rules, per Saban 8/31/15: Notes on first depth chart: 9/6/15: Notes on first game:
 * no Josh Casher (2/5) on offensive line, but Matt Womack (1/4) on as 3rd team RT
 * Freshman NG Payne ahead of Josh Frazier (2/4, 0/6) on first depth chart and listed as co-starter with RS senior Lake
 * No O.J. Smith (2/5, N/A) in d-line rotation
 * No Kendall Sheffield (1/4, Alabama's top recruit in 2015, two-time Texas state champion in 110-meter hurdles, will run track at Alabama) or Anthony Averett (3/5, 0/1, ran Alabama's fastest 40 time (4.3 seconds) in Spring 2015, long-jumper on Alabama's track team) in DB rotation
 * Raheem Falkins (3/4, 0/8, 6'4, 210) not in first depth chart after fracturing leg in Summer 2015; out of practice in August 2015
 * Rico McGraw (1/4, #10 safety in 2014 class) not in first depth chart and likely redshirt
 * Minkah Fitzpatrick (1/4) will start in dime package
 * ILB Shaun Hamilton got more time than Reuben Foster

Underrated recruits
2015: S Ronnie Harrison committed before his senior year in high school and didn't play much on defense, reflected in his stats. Offered by Alabama and LSU after they saw him at camps the summer after his junior year.