The 2023 Alabama football team nearly made the national title game. Looking ahead to 2024, the roster looked solid, and Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide seemed ready to compete again. Then, on Jan.

Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban had hundreds of players across 17 seasons with the Crimson Tide, including 66 All-Americans and 44 NFL first-round draft picks. But the players he enjoyed ...