Richardson featured on cover of SI

Trent Richardson is once again gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated.

The junior running back is featured on the August 22 issue, alongside South Carolina's Alshon Jeffery, Nebraska's Jared Crick, Stanford's Andrew Luck and Oklahoma's Landry Jones.

The issue previews the upcoming college football season and has Alabama ranks No. 1, followed by Oklahoma, LSU, Stanford, Oregon, Florida State, South Carolina, Boise State, Nebraska and Texas A&M.

Richardson also appeared on the cover last September for a story centering around breakout players. This is the 11th time Alabama has been featured since Nick Saban took the reins in January 2007. Alabama athletes were also profiled following the April 27 tornado, with former Tide player Javier Arenas on the cover.

This issue comes out Thursday.