Alabama Football Recruiting Update For The Week Of March 14, 2016

Alabama football recruiting update, as the Crimson Tide continue to add to the 2017 class.

You can run from Alabama, but you surely can’t hide.

Nick Saban is one of the best recruiters in the country, and there’s no way he’s going to sit by and be outdone on the recruiting trail.

A couple weeks after losing three commits in two days, Alabama is still ranked in the top five of the 2017 class rankings. And even though the Tide have not added any new commits, Saban did make some moves by offering scholarships and realigning his coaching staff

After extending an offer to 4-star wide receiver Tyjon Lindsey, from Corona, Calif., Saban named his long-time assistant, Burton Burns, as the new special teams coach.

As the Tide’s annual A-Day approaches on April 16, let us take a look at how the Alabama’s 2017 recruiting class currently sits.

Note: Scout rankings and ratings used in this article.

Alabama Football Recruiting Update

Complete Class

No. 5 Overall Class

Total Commits: 6

5-Star Commits: 1

4-Star Commits: 4

3-Star Commits: 1

Najee Harris: 5-Star, No. 1 RB, No. 1 Overall

Alex Leatherwood: 4-Star, No. 15 OT, No. 120 Overall

Chadarius Townsend: 4-Star, No. 8 ATH, No. 88 Overall

Xavier McKinney: 4-Star, No. 9 S, No. 115 Overall

Brian Robinson: 4-Star, No. 14 RB, No. 135 Overall

Aaron Sterling: 3-Star DE, unranked

Recent Decommits

Mitchell Wasson: 3-Star, No. 3 K, 2016 class (UGA Commit)

Cam Akers: 4-Star, No. 9 RB, No. 82 Overall, 2017 class

Jake Fromm: 4-star, No. 9 QB, No. 91 Overall, 2017 class (UGA Commit)

Tide Turners

Louisiana’s No. 1 WR Has Alabama Among Top Choices

Nick Saban Tabs New Special Teams Coach

4-Star WR Lands Offer From Alabama Crimson Tide

Roll Twitter, Roll

Bama was A1 #RMFT

— Xavier Mckinney (@mckinney_xavier) March 12, 2016

Alabama commit Xavier McKinney enjoyed his visit to Tuscaloosa.

Scouting The Enemy

3-Star QB Daulton Hyatt committed to Arkansas (3/12/2016)

3-Star OLB Damani Staley committed to South Carolina (3/9/2016)

3-Star TE Chase Rogers committed to Tennessee (3/7/2016)

3-Star recruit De’Morreal Burnam, No. 28 OLB, committed to Tennessee (3/5/2016)

3-Star quarterback Roshauud Paul committed to Texas A&M (3/5/2016)

Recent Alabama Offers

Yusuf Corker, 2017 4-Star, No. 27 CB, No. 292 Overall

Laviska Shenault Jr., 2017 4-Star, No. 29 WR, No. 210 Overall

Tyjon Lindsey, 2017 4-Star, No. 4 WR, No. 29 Overall

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