🏈 Alabama LB Keith Holcombe not listed on 2018 football roster

[252BAMA]

'Alabama linebacker Keith Holcombe’s name was not listed on the Crimson Tide’s roster for its 2018 football media guide, which was dispersed at SEC Media Days in Atlanta earlier this week.

Whether or not Holcombe returns to the football team this fall or once again focuses solely on baseball is not 100 percent known yet, an Alabama spokesperson told BamaOnLine.com."

Alabama Football LB Keith Holcombe not listed on 2018 roster

 

[JoshB]

Q. We obviously noticed the omission on the roster this week of Keith Holcombe. Can you talk about his decision to concentrate on baseball and what led to that?

NICK SABAN: Well, obviously Keith Holcombe has done an outstanding job for us. He's been a great contributor in the program, not only on the field but a great human being, outstanding student, been a really, really good leader for us, and I would love to have him come back and be a part of our team. But I understand that he wanted to play baseball. He's always wanted to play baseball. He's had an opportunity to play baseball, and we decided to give him the opportunity to go full time in baseball this year and then him make a decision about whether he wanted to continue that year of eligibility in football and baseball or just do it in baseball. And he has made that decision and -- to play baseball and not be a part of the team. I think he would add a tremendous amount of experience, knowledge, and diversity to our defense because he's very smart, if he decided to come back, but that doesn't seem to be the case right now.

 

[Tidestalker]

Thanks for the updates. Pretty much as expected. Good luck to him... Better get a couple young bucks ready to roll!

 

[BamaFan334]

Shwew boy, went from the best and most looked forward to position, and now we are looking at depth issues. My my how things can turn in a heartbeat.

 

[TUSKtimes]

I thought Saban said a mouthful when asked about Christian Miller's progress. It's obvious he's done a lot of cross-training and he feels he has the ability to flex if need be. I'm sure he's not the only guy with those characteristics.