Crimson Tide announce 2016 signing class

He’s the top ranked inside linebacker in the nation.

Wilson chose Alabama over Georgia and Auburn, and Nick Saban has to be chomping at the bit to team him with No. 1 ILB Ben Davis, who committed to the Crimson Tide earlier in the day.

“Alabama still has as good of a shot as anybody”, longtime recruiting analyst J.C. Shurburtt said this week.

Maryland fought to the bitter end.

Gordo High School linebacker Ben Davis fields questions after committing to the Alabama Crimson Tide at the University of Alabama during national signing day at Gordo High School. The Tigers have 19 overall commitments in the ESPN 300, matching what Alabama’s top-rated classes accomplished in 2014 and 2015.

“Alabama closed extremely strong”. (Defensive tackle) Derrick Brown is a guy they could get. “They cleared some space at the end to ensure they were able to get those guys in the class and that’s what happened”, said Andrew Bone of TideSports.com.

Alabama and Florida State battle for the top spot on National Signing Day, and both MI and Texas come out as big winners.

The correlation between team recruiting rankings and national titles is hard to argue against. He also had five sacks, four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.

“People think being No. 1 doesn’t matter”.