Alabama football has arguably the best secondary in college football in 2025. Somehow, nobody on that secondary was deemed worthy of inclusion on the Jim Thorpe Award preseason watchlist.
If there's a more talented secondary in the country than what resides in Tuscaloosa, I've yet to see it, and if you showed it to me, I doubt I'd believe it.
A young, thin Alabama secondary last season is now well-seasoned and deep. The Tide returns starters at both corner spots, and despite losing starting safety Malachi Moore, has two returning safeties with plenty of starting experience.