Roster update: Jersey numbers for Alabama's seven summer enrollees

SEC Media Days will serve as the unofficial kickoff for football season this week in Nashville, and with the start of the annual event, we have an updated roster for Alabama’s 2023 season.

A fresh media guide revealed the jersey numbers for the seven scholarship players that joined the Crimson Tide team this summer, including transfers Trey Amos, Tyler Buchner and Jaylen Key. We already knew the numbers Buchner, Key and freshman linebacker Keon Keeley were set to wear in Tuscaloosa, Ala., but now the rest of the summer enrollees’ numbers have been unveiled for the upcoming campaign, whether true freshman or late transfer additions.

Updated info on Alabama’s summer enrollees

8 – Tyler Buchner, QB – 6-1, 215
22 – Jaylen Key, DB – 6-2, 210
23 – Trey Amos, DB – 6-1, 197
25 – Richard Young, RB – 5-11, 200
31 – Keon Keeley, LB – 6-5, 242
31 – Conor Talty, PK – 6-1, 195
42 – Yhonzae Pierre, LB – 6-3, 223

Most of the heights and weights were the same for the new players – meaning they were either their recruiting profile measurables or how they were listed at their previous schools. But both of the freshman outside linebackers were listed as an inch shorter than what Alabama listed them as when they signed. Pierre gained three pounds, while Keely’s weight was unchanged.

Alabama’s 2023 signing class ranked No. 1 nationally, according to the On3 Industry Rankings. The majority of the class was on campus for spring practice (24), and the overall group included seven 5-star prospects. Amos, Buchner and Key gave the Crimson Tide five total transfer portal additions to go along with tight end CJ Dippre and inside linebacker Trezmen Marshall.

In addition to the scholarship summer arrivals, UA added 15 walk-ons to the roster after spring practice. They included defensive backs Walter Sansing, Jake Ivie, Kolby Peavy and Conner Warhurst, receivers Sawyer Deerman, KJ Fleming and Tonio Ross, offensive linemen Davis Peterson, Mac Smith and Baker Hickman, linebackers Noland Asberry and Lane Whisenhunt, defensive lineman Billy Roby, snapper Brock O’Quinn and kicker Reed Harradine.

A look back at Alabama’s 2023 early enrollees

2 – Caleb Downs, DB – 6-0, 203
10 – Eli Holstein, QB – 6-4, 237
11 – Malik Benson, WR – 6-1, 195
12 – Dylan Lonergan, QB – 6-2, 212
13 – Cole Adams, WR – 5-10, 186
16 – Jaren Hamilton, WR – 6-1, 200
17 – Trezmen Marshall, LB – 6-1, 236
18 – Brayson Hubbard, DB – 6-2, 195
22 – Justice Haynes, RB – 5-11, 205
25 – Jahlil Hurley, DB – 6-2, 170
27 – Tony Mitchell, DB – 6-2 – 205
28 – Justin Jefferson, LB – 6-1, 225
29 – Dezz Ricks, DB – 6-1, 182
33 – Hunter Osborne, DL – 6-4, 275
47 – James Smith, DL – 6-3, 296
49 – Qua Russaw, LB – 6-2, 242
54 – Miles McVay, OL – 6-6, 350
55 – Roq Montgomery, OL – 6-3, 332
73 – Olaus Alinen, OL – 6-6, 326
74 – Kadyn Proctor, OL – 6-7, 354
75 – Wilkin Formby, OL – 6-7, 320
81 – CJ Dippre, TE – 6-5, 257
82 – Jalen Hale, WR – 6-1, 189
89 – Ty Lockwood, TE – 6-5, 234
90 – Jordan Renaud, DL – 6-4, 261
94 – Edric Hill, DL – 6-3, 294

None of the jersey numbers or measurements for returning players changed from the spring, which was when Alabama last updated the heights and weights from last season’s roster.

Single-digit numbers are always popular, and Nos. 6 and 9 are still up for grabs. Nos. 1, 4, 5, and 7 only have one player currently occupying them, which means someone could claim the other this preseason, as long as those two players don’t play on the same side of the ball or the same special teams units. There could be some changes when the Tide starts practice.

Alabama will take its turn at SEC Media Days on Wednesday, July 19, with head coach Nick Saban set to be accompanied by returning starters JC Latham, Kool-Aid McKinstry and Dallas Turner. Stay tuned to BamaOnLine for continued coverage from the league’s media days.

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