Alabama announced early Thursday morning the signing of Trey Sanders, the No. 1 running back nationally in the 2019 class out of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.Alabama football fans went to bed Wednesday night with the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class from the NCAA’s early signing period, but they didn’t sleep easy.
Trey Sanders, the nation’s No. 1 running back prospect who announced his commitment to Alabama on Wednesday afternoon on ESPNU, had not been announced by that evening as a Crimson Tide signee. The signing became official early Thursday morning when Alabama’s official website posted the 6-foot, 214-pounder as a member of its 2019 class.
Sanders committed to Alabama in 2016 but opened his recruitment last January. He wound up picking the Tide over Georgia and Florida.
“I’ve got to finish what I started,” Sanders said on ESPNU. “I committed my freshman year and always had a love for that school, and it just never left.”
The impending departure of Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley, who will leave the program after its run in the College Football Playoff to assume the reins as the new head coach at Maryland, did not have an impact on Sanders.