Fall camp is fully underway as Alabama completed its fifth preseason practice Wednesday. Following the workout, Nick Saban took questions from the media during his second press conference of camp. Here are three things we learned from the 12-minute Zoom call.
Alabama still mulling its options in the return game
With Will Reichard returning from a perfect season, there’s no question who Alabama’s placekicker will be this year. The rest of the Crimson Tide’s special teams unit is a bit of a work in progress. Wednesday, Saban provided some insight on one aspect of the unit when he was asked who might feature as the Tide’s returners.
“We’re trying to develop some punt return guys,” Saban said. “JoJo [Earle] has been really good at that and shown some promise doing it. Ja’Corey Brooks has shown some promise doing it, fielding the ball doing a good job. Slade [Bolden] did it last year so he’s reliable to be able to do it.”