Alabama DC thinks Bray Hubbard has 'taken his game to another level'
Bray Hubbard started the final six games of Alabama’s 2024 campaign after a season-ending injury to Keon Sabb, and the former was one of the Crimson Tide’s most productive players.
Defensive coordinator Kane Wommack saw Hubbard, a sophomore a year ago, take impressive strides throughout the former’s first year of directing Alabama’s defensive side of the ball.
“We really challenged Bray in the offseason a year ago, in the springtime,” said Wommack on Tuesday night at the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet, via AL.com. “He had an OK spring, he had a little bit better fall camp and then by the time his name was called to be our starter, I mean, he came in and had tremendous production.”
Hubbard played in all 13 of Alabama’s games last year but saw his role grow in the second half of the 2024 season. The second-year safety finished Year 2 with the Tide with 57 tackles – good for fifth place on the UA defense – to go along with three interceptions, two pass breakups and one forced fumble. He tied Zabien Brown for the team lead in interceptions.
With Malachi Moore exhausting his eligibility, Hubbard and Sabb are likely to be Alabama’s top two safeties this fall. According to Pro Football Focus, the Ocean Springs, Mississippi native is the sixth-best returning safety in college football ahead of the upcoming season.
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On Tuesday evening, Wommack noted Hubbard’s nose for the football this past season. As he gets set to be a Game 1 starter in 2025, Hubbard seems poised for a breakout campaign.
“I think he’s taken his game to another level this offseason, just in terms of the leadership that he carries and brings,” Wommack said of Hubbard. “This was a multi-sport, multi-position football player/athlete coming out of high school, and he has really settled into the nuances that make a great free safety. And then all of a sudden, you change systems, and he’s adapted really well to that.
“Bray is a production player. He’s a guy that can make plays for us. So I’m really excited to see what he’s gonna do this year.”
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