November 3, 2012; Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback AJ McCarron (10) celebrates after throwing a game winning touchdown pass to running back T.J. Yeldon (not pictured) against the LSU Tigers during the fourth quarter of a game at Tiger Stadium. Alabama defeated LSU 21-17. Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Alabama head coach Nick Saban is expected to release the first official depth chart of the season on August 26th before the first game, but as fall camp gets closer to a finish certain spots looked to have been sorted out as far as first and seconds while others still need some sorting. The following depth chart was compiled be to what I expect the official one to look like. One thing to note I included both the slot receiver and h-back positions to the offense because of the offenses use of both extensively. Further notes on certain positions will be below the depth chart.
Offense – First Team
POS
NUM
PLAYER
YR
QB
10
AJ McCarron
SR
RB
4
TJ Yeldon
SO
HB
45
Jalston Fowler
JR
LT
71
Cyrus Kouandjio
JR
LG
79
Austin Shepherd
JR
C
70
Ryan Kelly
SO
RG
61
Anthony Steen
SR
RT
77
Arie Kouandjio
JR
X
9
Amari Cooper
SO
Z
83
Kevin Norwood
SO
SLOT
5
Chris Black
FR
TE
84
Brian Vogler
JR
Defense – First Team
POS
NUM
PLAYER
YR
DE
8
Jeoffrey Pagan
JR
NT
99
Brandon Ivory
JR
DE
49
Ed Stinson
SR
JACK
30
Denzel Devall
SO
WILL
32
CJ Mosley
SR
MIC
33
Trey DePriest
JR
SAM
42
Adrian Hubbard
JR
CB
10
John Fulton
SR
CB
13
Deion Belue
SR
S
6
HaHa Clinton-Dix
JR
S
3
Vinnie Sunseri
JR
Special Teams – First Team
POS
NUM
PLAYER
YR
K
43
Cade Foster
SR
P
29
Cody Mandell
SR
KR
22
Christion Jones
JR
PR
1
Dee Hart
SO
Offense – Second Team
POS
NUM
PLAYER
YR
QB
6
Blake Sims
JR
RB
17
Kenyan Drake
SO
HB
88
OJ Howard
FR
LT
58/89
Brandon Greene
FR
LG
63
Kellen Williams
SR
C
78
Chad Lindsay
JR
RG
68
Isaac Luatua
SO
RT
72
Leon Brown
JR
X
7
Kenny Bell
SR
Z
2
DeAndrew White
JR
SLOT
22
Christion Jones
JR
TE
85
Malcolm Faciane
JFR
Defense – Second Team
POS
NUM
PLAYER
YR
DE
47
Xzavier Dickson
JR
NT
95
Darren Lake
SO
DE
54
Dalvin Tomlinson
FR
JACK
47
Xzavier Dickson
JR
WILL
11
Tana Patricks
SR
MIC
18
Reggie Ragland
SO
SAM
7
Ryan Anderson
SO
CB
5
Cyrus Jones
SO
CB
24
Geno Smith
SO
S
27
Nick Perry
SR
S
26
Landon Collins
SO
Special Teams – Second Team
POS
NUM
PLAYER
YR
K
99
Adam Griffith
FR
P
45
Worth Gregory
SO
KR
5
Cyrus Jones
SO
PR
22
Christion Jones
JR
Offensive tackle Brandon Greene is listed here as Cyrus Kouandjio’s backup, which is where I think he will be, but he will likely be working as an extra tight end on short yardage and goal line situations as well.
Xzavier Dickson is listed at both defensive end and jack linebacker because he’ll be playing standing up in certain situations as a linebacker and on the line as a defensive end; as will Denzel Devall, who has impressed in camp. One interesting look will be when Alabama switches to a four-man defensive line, and the possibility of either Devall or Dickson on one end and Hubbard on the other end with Pagan and Stinson inside.
Listed as a backup safety to Vinnie Sunseri, Landon Collins will likely be playing the Money in dime packages and Geno Smith will be the Star in nickel packages.