Six thoughts on Alabama football's 2026 signing class:

1) What does this signing class signal about what's to come in the January transfer portal window? If there's one position to watch, it's wide receiver. UA signed only one receiver (Cederian Morgan). Although UA is fairly young at the position, it can't afford to lose half the wide receiver room to the portal without using the portal to replenish. Recall that a year ago, there was an exodus of receivers (Kendrick Law, Emmanuel Henderson and Caleb Odom, to name three).

2) For Kalen DeBoer and staff to assemble a signing class ranked top-5 nationally dispels any notion that the 2025 class, also star-studded, was merely a residual success from the Nick Saban era. This staff can recruit at an elite level and, although development and r

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