Alabama football recruiting: newest commit & a look at the numbers

June 29, 11:51 AMAlabama Crimson Tide ExaminerVince Ferrara

University of Alabama football picked up its 18th verbal commit for the 2010 class this past weekend. Jarrick Williams verbally committed to Alabama according to all the major recruiting sites (BamaMag, BamaOnLine & CrimsonConfidential.) Some sites may only list 16 committed players but that’s because they hold back on two players that have gone to junior college due to academics. Those two players are Devonta Bolton & Brandon Lewis who are teammates on the same defense for East Mississippi CC. Neither of those two players have wavered from their original college decision despite still being recruited by other schools. Here are my thoughts on new verbal Jarrick Williams, the updated 2010 verbal commit list and some notes from Alabama recruiting.

Jarrick Williams is a 6’2 205-pound safety from Blount High School in Prichard, Alabama. He’s the fourth defensive back in the 2010 class and regarded as the #4 safety in the country by Rivals.com. He is another great player from the highly-coveted Mobile area and one of the top players in the entire state.

Williams has a great combination of ball skills and ability to play the run at the line of scrimmage. He is a tall, strong and physical player with speed and quickness of a smaller player. He seems to have great football instincts, making the right decision on which holes to fill against the run. His timing is excellent in leaping at just the right time in pass coverage to beat the receiver to the football. He’s an impressive kid. His decision came down to Alabama and Auburn. He held 25 scholarship offers (ESPN affiliate CrimsonConfidential.) He still plans to take some visits (Scout.com.) He told Andrew Bone from Scout.com that, “Coach Saban is a great coach. He don’t play.” Understatement of the year! Those are true words spoken by Jarrick Williams. Well done!

Updated List of 2010 Alabama Football Verbal Commits (18 as of 6/29/09)
Jarrick Williams (S) 6-2, 205, MT Blount HS (Prichard, AL)
Deion Belue (CB) 6-0, 175, Deshler HS (Tuscumbia, AL)
Jay Williams (P) 6-3, 210, Thomasville HS (Thomasville, AL)
Demarcus Milliner (CB) 6-0,185, Stanhope Elmore HS (Millbrook, AL)
Craig Sanders (DE) 6-4, 230, Ariton HS (AL)
JaWuan James (OT) 6-6, 305, North Gwinnett HS (Suwanee, GA)
Cade Foster (K) 6-2, 220, Southlake Carroll HS (Southlake, TX)
Wilson Love (DT) 6-4, 264, Mountain Brook HS (Mountain Brook, AL)
Phillip Sims (QB) 6-1, 218, Oscar Frommel Smith HS (Chesapeake, VA)
Ronald Carswell (WR) 6-0, 175, Westside HS (Macon, GA)
Chad Lindsay (OG) 6-3, 307, The Woodlands HS (The Woodlands, TX)
Blake Sims (QB) 6-0, 175, Gainesville HS (Gainesville, GA)
Nick Perry (S) 6-1, 190, Prattville HS (Prattville, AL)
Austin Shepherd (OT) 6-5, 316, North Gwinnett HS (Suwanee, GA)
Keiwone Malone (WR) 6-1, 168, Mitchell HS (Memphis, TN)
Jalston Fowler (FB/OLB) 6-0, 230, Vigor HS (Prichard, AL) *
Devonta Bolton (OLB) 6-3, 225, East Mississippi CC (Hometown - Norcross, GA) **
Brandon Lewis (DE) 6-3, 270, East Mississippi CC (Hometown - Pleasant Valley, AL) **
*Fowler is a late qualifier, meaning his high school eligibility finished in ’08 but had more course work to complete. Possible early enroll in Jan. 2010.
**Originally part of 2008 class but did not qualify.

-Alabama leads the SEC and is 2nd in the nation with 18 commits (Texas 19)…
Alabama (18)
LSU (15)
Florida (15)
Vanderbilt (11)
South Carolina (11)
Georgia (11)
Tennessee (9)
Auburn (8)
Arkansas (7)
Mississippi State (5)
Ole Miss (2)
Kentucky (1)
*Note some services don’t count junior college players for every school. For the sake of consistency, these numbers reflect all the JC guys for every school

-Alabama now has 8 in-state verbal commits including the last 5 verbals being from AL (Aub has 3 in-state)
-7 of Alabama’s 18 commits are on the ESPNU 150 Player Watch List (Milliner, Lindsay, P. Sims, Malone, James, Jar. Williams & Love)
-4 of Alabama’s 18 commits are Under Armour All-Americans (Milliner, Lindsay, P. Sims & James)
-2 of Alabama’s 18 commits are rated as 5-stars by Scout.com (Demarcus Milliner & P. Sims)
-7 of Alabama’s 18 commits are rated as 4-stars by Scout.com (Fowler, Foster, James, Jar. Williams, Sanders, B. Sims & Bolton)
-1 of Alabama’s 18 commits is rated as a 5-star by Rivals.com (Demarcus Milliner)
-7 of Alabama’s 18 commits are rated as 4-stars by Rivals.com (P. Sims, Jar. Williams, Fowler, James, Malone, Perry & Sanders)

Here’s are my projections on what the final number of players in the 2010 class will be and what they have now…
DL (5) have 3 now
WR (4) have 2 now
OL (4) have 3 now
DB (5) have 4 now
LB (3) have 1 now
RB (2) have 1 now
QB (2) have 2 now
P/K (2) have 2 now
TE (1) have 0 now
Total Projected = 28 with 18 committed currently

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