Alabama athletics needs to retire the dorm suite that the Heisman Trophy winners shared in 2020. No more athletes may rest their head in the same space that Smith and Young spent dreaming of their football fortunes.
Alabama quarterback Bryce Young became the first quarterback in school history to win the Heisman Trophy Saturday night and the first underclassman since Lamar Jackson in 2016.
Tight games through 2021 gave way to doubters, but the Crimson Tide's dominant SEC Championship win silenced them all. And the work isn't done just yet.
With a record breaking SEC Championship performance against a stout Georgia defense, Bryce Young is poised to be the first QB to win the Heisman in Tide history.
The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide's first game of the season is on Sept. 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic against the No. 14 Miami Hurricanes in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The Canes are the third-highest ranked ACC team heading into the season and star quarterback D'Eriq King is a preseason Heisman favorite.
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith returned to practice Monday after missing the last couple of weeks with a sprained MCL in his left knee.