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The first 2025 commitment of the Kalin debor era happened over the weekend and there’s no better way to do it than flipping one from the Auburn Tigers Antonio Coleman he should be a familiar name to Bama fans because Coleman flipped his commitment from Alabama to Auburn on December 22nd he decided to

Run it back with a flip from the Tigers over the weekend and return to the Crimson Tides 2025 class which he announced on Saturday this also put Bama into the top 10 currently sitting at number nine overall in 2025 Bama was outside the top 25 back in January but

Here we are back where Alabama fans belong in that top 10 and today I got the great Tim Watts on this video to talk some Bama recruiting but first go ahead and hit that subscribe button lock into the channel because we’re bringing it all off seon all right let’s bring on

Tim Watts from Bama online and like I said very rare to see one of these recruits flip back to the team that he was committed to after a flip away from that team how was kin dbor able to pull this off and get Antonio Coleman back on board

Saturday you know I think a big part was Freddy roach right he was the one that recruited into Alabama he’s had a relationship with him for multiple years he was a stay over from the Sabin staff to the Kalin dor staff I think he GS huge credit for you know also that’s not

His area but that’s his position so obviously a really good relationship there and also thank Kane wac coming from south Alabama had a good relationship knew the kids at Sarah land um has probably known Antonio Coleman just as long as Freddy wrote so I think both of those things worked in the favor

And also you know talking to people close to him Alabama is where he wanted to be I mean there was definitely some confusion when you look back at the time he flipped but that was almost like a different era right you had Ryan Williams all the rumors he was going to

Auburn fake rumors that as Ryan has confirmed were never even close to true but Ryan um there was a lot to talk about Ryan possibly going to Auburn I think that that played into him uh his decision a little bit and also K uh K Lacy who was uh committed to is

Committed to Texas and um was looking at Auburn so maybe he just got caught up in the moment but talking to people Alabama’s where he wanted to be and I think at the end of the day Alabama just did a better job recruiting as far as building relationship and also Auburn

Lost their defensive line coach and as we know you know outside of the nil recruiting is relationship so those things still matter I don’t care about the nil or anything else relationships still matter yeah and Bama is turning that recruiting focus in State under kand deor really building this

Foundation of the 2025 class with Alabama prospects the instate Focus includes defensive lineman Antonio Co Coleman who we just spoke about from Sand Alabama running back commitment Anthony Rogers he’s from po Pike Road Alabama and Miles Johnson three star linebacker commitment from brutin Alabama so I wanted to ask you who’s

Next in state I got a couple names I want to ask you about we’ll start with Edge Zion G because he was once in this class from Troy Alabama the elite Edge fourstar recruit decommitted when Nick Sabin retired what’s the latest on Zion Grady I know he’s looking at Georgia I

Know he’s taking some other visits as well but what about Alabama think Z I think Alabama’s in the mix they’re still recruiting him I’m still evaluating him that that’s one thing that’s kind of interesting I think most people your average fan doesn’t realize is that kayin deor staff might

Not like some of the guys that Nick Sabin liked and kayin deor staff might like some that Sabin didn’t so there’s going to be a different philosophy it’ll be along the same lines when it comes to recruiting but you’re fitting for a different system right you’re fitting different offense and different

Different defense so there’s a lot of evaluation still going on um Zion certainly guy like you said committed to Alabama and certainly on has been on Alabama’s radar for some time all right let’s head over to Burmingham Alabama and that’s where the nation’s number one ranked Corner Naim offord is now I saw

Alabama recently offered his teammate Timothy Merritt recently was this a play to get offered back on campus get him back inv involved with Alabama or you know are they just trying to recruit his teammate Timothy Merritt no they like him I mean he’s got a short sample size but if you look at

His highlight tape he’s fast he’s big he’s got all the physical traits you look for and the one thing I think this defensive back you know with Nick Savin staff you had to be really like understanding of their defense there was almost like test almost like the ACT I

Felt like on the official visits where you ran through the the schemes and everything because it was so important to pick it up I think I think Kane wac I think it’s going to be a little bit different where you just want your best athletes lined up against the the best

Wide receiver and let them play and Merit fits that bill I mean physically he’s extremely gifted like I said he’s fast if you watch his Clips short clips but he’s fast and he’s got good size B had him in Camp last year and obviously liked him enough to offer him I don’t

Think it’s a play I’ve never heard of any package deal with offer offer’s going to be able to name his school obviously committed to Ohio State you know he’s going to get a massive nio offer when all is said and done which will factor in but uh I don’t think

They’re tied together at all all right let’s move on then to safety Anquan fagans he’s out of Oxford Alabama he’s another five-star Prospect within the state of Alabama but looking at his recruiting prediction machine totals early on it shows USC and Georgia out front is Alabama going to be able to

Make a run at fagans this spring yeah I think USC is where his brothers you know Brothers going to school I think that factored in um uh pretty early I mean George he’s going to have his you know another one’s going to be able to pick his pick his schools that

He wants to Alabama’s had some good success at Thompson High School so uh probably a continuation there I know they like him another guy I really like is Derek Smith from the Selma area he to me is one of the elite prospects in the country good as you’re going to find

Athletically for a safety he’s got all those tools plays could play both ways which most of these guys could but yeah fagans and Smith are going to be two Alabama’s looking at heavily all right and we can’t talk instate recruiting without talking about Sarah Len QB KJ

Lacy now I know Alabama’s trying to flip Duce Knight and Julian Lewis but they just landed Antonio Coleman they’re staying busy at saret high school are they going to make a run a serious run at flipping KJ Lacy off of his commitment from Texas you know thing that’s interesting

About quarterbacks is all of them are committed I mean you’re recruiting basically all your top guys you’re going to try to flip somebody Lacy’s on the board I haven’t seen Alabama make a push yet but it’s still early there’s still guys that are looking at Deuce I think

It’s a guy they really like everybody likes Juju Lewis both of those guys are highly recruited but I also think that you know those dominoes even though they’ve Fallen they probably gonna have to fall again a little bit because a lot of those quarterbacks again if you’re

Looking for your quarterback you got to go take him from somebody at this stage so probably filling out processes seeing how interested they are into you what’s your best options and you know playing the percentages on what you will be able to get what you want so still a lot to

Be determined at the quarterback position all right lot going on today at Bama online the Dead period lifts visits are expected to pick up all week Tim what is going to be the big visit weekend for Alabama or is this just going to be a consistent trickle of Big

Time names coming in throughout the spring yeah it’s going to be just you know we’ve got a list over there Andrew bone Joseph H do a great job keeping that list updated and it’s just it’s a daily it’s a daily uh visit the weekends will be easier obviously got kids in

School uh you know you’re not it’s not as easy just to get up and drive to tuscala but on the weekends it’s going to be the busiest but you’re going to have guys trickling in and out just consistently through this uh this spring practice and Al honestly there’s a lot

Of interest and curiosity they don’t know what they’re going to see but they’re you know a lot of people are excited to see it yeah and uh like I said or like you said that visitor list just keeps growing and growing I go to Bama online almost every

Morning and new names updated all the time you guys should go check it out Tim Watts appreciate you taking your time on Monday morning to drop by the inside scoop you got it guys thank you for watching this video and if you enjoyed that go check out the hundreds of videos

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