Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer made clear what he wants to see from his running backs after the Crimson Tide wrapped up its second scrimmage of the spring Friday.
He fielded a question about Richard Young specifically, but DeBoer took the opportunity to talk about the position as a whole.
“I think finding times when they can get their yards when they need to, put their head down,” DeBoer said. “I think that’s a strength of (Young’s) and I think as a corps, as a group they can all try to do, if they can give us a little bit more, when maybe the perfect blocking isn’t in place, which is going to happen when you’re playing in an SEC game in particular. It’s hard to block and so you have got to make some things happen. Want to see the whole group continue to improve in yards after contact, making people miss out in space, not let that first guy bring you down.”
Young is in a running back room with a mix of veterans, transfers and young players. Jam Miller also returns this season and figures to be the lead back again.
Daniel Hill and Kevin Riley both return for their second seasons with the program. Meanwhile, Alabama added Dre Washington from the transfer portal and freshman AK Dear from Mississippi.
Alabama completed its second scrimmage Friday and will hold another week’s worth of spring practices before concluding the spring with A-Day on Saturday, April 12.
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