Alabama Football Recruiting: Crimson Tide announce 2016 signing class

The Alabama Crimson Tide put together another strong recruiting class for head coach Nick Saban in 2016, coming off a College Football Playoff Championship.

The Alabama Crimson Tide came into National Signing Day guns a-blazing, as the Tide went from being from having the No. 9 rated class according to Scout.com to having the best recruiting class in the country.

Alabama received a huge boost in their ratings in being able to sign Ben Davis from Gordo High School in Gordo, Alabama, as Davis was the No. 1 inside linebacker prospect in the 2016 class and the No. 11 overall player in 2016.

Alabama’s 2016 recruiting class has 24 players in it, with three five-star recruits, seven inside of Scout’s Top 100, 16 four-star commitments, and five three-star signees. For yet another year, nobody is able to out recruit Nick Saban’s Tide.

Here is all of the young men that signed a national letter of intent to play for Alabama in the 2016 recruiting cycle:

11	Ben Davis	ILB
46	Lyndell Wilson	ILB
56	Jared Mayden	CB
98	Shyheim Carter	CB
110	Raekwon Davis	DT
267	Terrell Hall	DE
NR	Joshua Jacobs	RB
NR	Aaron Robinson	CB
NR	Jamar King	DE
215	Scott Lashley	OT

196	Nigel Knott	CB
115	Trevon Diggs	ATH
NR	Shawndarius Jennings	S
40	B.J. Emmons	RB
198	Quinnen Williams	DT
266	Miller Forristall	TE
3 (JC)	Charles Baldwin	OT
154	Jalen Hurts	QB
14	Kendell Jones	DT
102	Deonte Brown	OG
170	Chris Owens	OG
58	Jonah Williams	OT
NR	T.J. Simmons	WR
NR	Christian Bell	DE