Alabama’s spring recruiting momentum continued to choose up steam when athlete Zymear Smith introduced his dedication to the Tide on Saturday by way of his Instagram account.
Smith, a Ridgley, Md., native, was one in all 70-plus recruits who had been on-hand for Alabama’s third spring follow Friday and got here away impressed sufficient to offer his dedication over gives like Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee and extra. Smith is a consensus four-star prospect by way of On3, ESPN and Rivals. He’s listed as an athlete however the 5-foot-11, 170-pound prospect is committing to Alabama as a defensive again. He’s the second Alabama dedication within the final seven days, becoming a member of four-star DL Antonio Coleman who flipped from Auburn on March 2.
In Smith, Alabama is touchdown a participant with excessive degree versatility. Smith’s spotlight tape exhibits him in quite a lot of roles, he rushed for 670 yards, hauled in 427 receiving yards (averaging 35.5 yards per catch) on offense, recorded 22 tackles, seven go deflections and three interceptions on protection whereas returning two punt returns for touchdowns.
Smith earned an Alabama supply in February and was made a precedence by secondary coaches and co-defensive coordinators Maurice Linguist and Colin Hitschler, who each have deep ties to the Northeast, and bought on campus for a go to over the previous few days which culminated in a dedication.
From a personnel standpoint, cornerback is a excessive precedence place for the Tide throughout this cycle. At the moment, Alabama was hit exhausting by attrition at this place this low season and has solely 5 true scholarship cornerbacks on the roster. It’s a place that may be supplemented by the switch portal in the course of the spring window for this upcoming season, however constructing depth and growing on the place via the highschool ranks is crucial in the course of the 2025 cycle — incomes Smith’s dedication is a giant win within the early days of spring follow.
Total, Alabama has 4 commitments within the 2025 class: Smith, Coleman and four-stars Anthony Rodgers (working again) and Myles Johnson (athlete).
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