The crown jewel of Alabama’s 2025 recruiting class, Keelon Russell is the quarterback of the future for the Crimson Tide. He, very well, could get reps in 2025. But with Ty Simpson as the apparent starter and Austin Mack, with more experience, behind him, Russell’s likely path is waiting a year before the offense is entirely his.

Alabama football will have multiple members of its 2025 recruiting class enroll during the summer.  Most of the Tide’s 2025 signing class is on campus as students at the University of Alabama.

Clearly, the quarterback competition is the most important storyline, but there are plenty of other key players to monitor in the spring.