We’re reaching the midway point of the 2022 college football spring practice sessions, and a huge weekend of spring games is on deck that will include Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State and more concluding their offseason work with showcase scrimmages. Coaches love the competition of spring ball and the opportunity to see how players perform with coveted depth chart spots on the line. And while we know the “every job is open” message doesn’t apply at every position for every team, the position battles in spring can go a long way in determining who will fill key holes for high-profile teams in 2022.
Below we’ve identified some position battles to track heading into these final weeks of spring practice. Some very important battles — like the quarterback competition at Texas A&M and DJ Uiagalelei defending his starting job at Clemson — have already wrapped for the spring and will continue into the fall, but these are the ones that have will have our attention the rest of the way.
Alabama: Wide receiver
Spring Game: April 16
Names to know: Ja’Corey Brooks, Jermaine Burton, JoJo Earle, Traeshon Holden
Jameson Williams and John Metchie III are off to the NFL, Javon Baker has transferred to Kentucky and Agiye Hall is in the transfer portal. That leaves just one player — Ja’Corey Brooks — who has a career start for the Crimson Tide and a handful of other talented options battling for the opportunity to catch passes from Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young. Burton brings SEC experience with his transfer in from Georgia, and it’s possible he follows in the steps of Williams to transfer in from a high-profile program and see his star rise even more in Tuscaloosa. But talented underclassmen JoJo Earle and Traeshon Holden bring speed and potential to the…
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