Kalen DeBoer is now the head coach and is fresh off a 9-4 season in his first year in Tuscaloosa. DeBoer took the Washington Huskies to the national championship in 2023, and Greg McElroy thinks the same can happen for the Crimson Tide in 2025.

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But the cupboards aren’t exactly empty when looking over the returning talent across the country heading into the 2025 season. And not all of those returning players are created equally, when looking over who is considered the most important at every position,