Malachi Moore and Jalen Milroe Named to Walter Camp Watchlist

As the 2024 season is upon us, Alabama will need players to step up. Two players that will be vital for the Crimson Tide are Malachi Moore and Jalen Milroe. Both players were named to the Walter Camp Award Watchlist, an award that highlights the most outstanding player in college football.

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Malachi Moore will be one of the leaders of this year's defense. A former four-star prospect out of Hewitt-Trussville High School, Moore had a career 156 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and 5 interceptions (2 of those for touchdowns). Last season for the Crimson Tide, Moore was selected as one of the Crimson Tide's team captains. Moore had 30 solo tackles, assisted 22 tackles, which totaled 52 tackles, and broke 5 passes. Moore was selected to the watchlist for the Lott and Nagurski trophies as the nation's top defender. Moore was also selected for the Wuerffel Trophy Watchlist for his community service.

Entering his junior season, Jalen Milore will continue from last season as he will lead this year's offense. Milroe is the highest-ranking returning player from the 2023 season who garnered a Heisman vote. He finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy race last season. Milroe completed 65.8% of his passes in 2023, totaling 2,834 yards with a 23-6 touchdown/interception ratio. Milroe also ran for 531 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground. Milroe earned second-team All-SEC recognition from the Associated Press and was a finalist for the Manning Award.

The Walter Camp Award is named after Walter Camp, the "Father of American Football." Camp was instrumental in changing rugby football into today's American game.

Camp participated in the first Yale-Harvard rugby game in 1876 and later served as captain of Yale's varsity squad from 1877 to 1882. Yale's record under his leadership was excellent, with 25 wins, one loss, and six draws.Camp's original contributions include the play from scrimmage, the numerical scoring of goals and tries, and the reduction of team size to eleven players.

His influence went beyond the game; he helped pick the inaugural All-America squad, emphasizing the importance of recognizing excellent players.

Other players on this year's watchlist are:

WR Elic Ayomanor, Stanford
QB Carson Beck, Georgia
WR/KR Zachariah Branch, USC
RB Tahj Brooks, Texas Tech
RB Antario Brown, NIU
QB Byrum Brown, South Florida
WR Luther Burden III, Missouri
DE Abdul Carter, Penn State
DT Howard Cross III, Notre Dame
QB Jalon Daniels, Kansas
QB Jaxson Dart, Ole Miss
RB Donovan Edwards, Michigan
WR Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
QB Quinn Ewers, Texas
QB Noah Fifita, Arizona
QB TJ Finley, WKU
QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
RB Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State
QB Garrett Greene, West Virginia
RB Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
RB Jamal Haynes, Georgia Tech
QB Seth Henigan, Memphis
QB Will Howard, Ohio State
WR Tory Horton, Colorado State
WR/DB Travis Hunter, Colorado
RB Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
RB Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State
QB Riley Leonard, Notre Dame
TE Colston Loveland, Michigan
QB Grayson McCall, NC State
QB Kyle McCord, Syracuse
QB Jordan McCloud, Texas State
WR Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
QB Jalen Milroe, Alabama
DB Malachi Moore, Alabama
DT Walter Nolen, Ole Miss
EDGE James Pearce Jr., Tennessee
LB Harold Perkins Jr., LSU
QB Cameron Rising, Utah
QB Kaidon Salter, Liberty
QB Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
RB Nicholas Singleton, Penn State
DB Malaki Starks, DB, Georgia
RB Terion Stewart, Bowling Green
LB Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
QB D.J. Uiagalelei, Florida State
QB Cam Ward, Miami
DB Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
QB Conner Weigman, Texas A&M
WR Ricky White, UNLV

Alabama opens its 2024 season on Aug. 31 at home against Western Kentucky. The Crimson Tide will play its first season without former head coach Nick Saban since 2007.

Chase Brumfield is the morning producer and writer for Tide 100.9. He is currently a senior studying communications at Mississippi State University. Follow Chase for more Alabama content on X at @cb3864.