Alabama Kicker Will Reichard Decides to Return for Fifth Season and Not Go to NFL
Alabama kicker Will Reichard is sticking around after all.
Alabama kicker Will Reichard is sticking around after all.
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and linebacker Will Anderson, Jr. are heading to the NFL, where both could contend for the top draft spot. Tailback Jahmyr Gibbs has also declared for the draft.
No. 5 Alabama responded to an early two-score deficit with 35 straight points to defeat AP 11th-ranked Kansas State 45-20 in the Sugar Bowl on Saturday.
Players for fifth-ranked Alabama say they aim to prove their Sugar Bowl matchup with Kansas State is meaningful to them, even if it isn’t part of the College Football Playoff.
Fifth-ranked Alabama will seek its 10th Sugar Bowl trophy when the Crimson Tide plays 9th ranked Kansas State for the first time.
The Alabama men’s basketball team has now knocked off two No. 1 teams in the same season.
No. 5 Alabama is headed to its 17th Sugar Bowl to face Big 12 champion Kansas State for the first time.
Alabama is No. 5 in the next-to-last AP College Football Poll, while Troy has entered the poll at No. 23.
Alabama is fifth in the final College Football Playoff rankings, missing the playoffs for the second time in its nine-year history.
Alabama has moved up one spot to No. 6 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, still two slots away from making this year’s playoffs.