Alabama football is in the throes of roster building. After ending the 2025 season with a shellacking from Indiana in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl, the Crimson Tide is building up its 2026 depth chart, filling holes of players off to the NFL or off to other collegiate programs.

Former South Alabama quarterback Carter Bradley has signed a reserve/future contract to stay with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Monday signing comes after the NFL team’s defensive coordinator, Anthony Campanile, praised Bradley last week for his role in preparing the Jacksonville defense this season as the scout-team quarterback at practice.

The Crimson Tide redshirt sophomore has re-signed with Alabama and will compete for the starting quarterback spot this offseason.

Alabama football is making an internal move to replace Nick Sheridan. With Sheridan, Alabama 's co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2025, being named offensive coordinator at Michigan State, the Crimson Tide is planning to make Bryan Ellis quarterbacks coach in 2026, per multiple reports.

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Ellis has been on Alabama's staff since Kalen DeBoer's first season in 2024 and has a lot of collegiate experience coaching quarterbacks.

Trent Seaborn led Thompson to a second straight Class 7A state title in 2025 and outlasted 16 other standout players to become the second AL.com Fans Player of the Year.

After one of the worst losses in Alabama's history, Kalen DeBoer has seemingly chosen his path at QB for the 2026 season.