As the head football coach at the University of Alabama, Nick Saban considers many factors upon putting a recruiting class together.
He evaluates the character of each athlete, selects the ones that solve certain needs, and makes it a priority to stack up on marquee talents that can become first-round NFL Draft picks. While he has brought in a multitude of top-ranked signing classes, Coach Saban carefully crafted his moves in the 2017 recruiting cycle. It was a class of young men that did not speak much, but their actions on the field and in the community were more than enough.