Alabama Football Recruiting Offers of the Week

Two weeks away from its first summer football camp of the offseason, Alabama had somewhat of a quiet week on the recruiting trail.

Nick Saban and his staff sent out six offers this week, half of which were to 2018 players who don’t have star ratings and have only played one year of high school football so far.

Still, the week wasn’t without its fair share of splash offers, including one to a big-name NFL legacy.

Here’s a breakdown of Alabama’s offers of the week.

Thaddeus Moss, 2016 3-Star Tight End

Alabama’s quest for another tight end could come in the form of an NFL legacy, something that has been sort of a theme for the Crimson Tide’s recruiting efforts lately.

Randy Moss’ son, Thaddeus, got an offer from Alabama this week. Thaddeus Moss is a tight end who is most comfortable split out wide—exactly the kind of tight end Alabama needs to snag in this cycle.

“On film, Moss makes for an impressive flex tight end,” Bleacher Report’s Damon Sayles wrote in February. “He can line up as an H-back, but his strengths are lining up wide and posing a problem for smaller defensive backs. Like his father, he likes making the catch at its highest point.”

Moss prefers not to do interviews, so it’s hard to get a read on where his recruitment is heading. His offer list has picked up steam lately, with schools like Michigan, Georgia and Oregon jumping in the mix.

For now, Moss has one more year left at Victory Christian in Charlotte, North Carolina, where his dad serves as defensive coordinator.

If Alabama can land Moss, and he’s anything like his dad, Alabama will be set at the tight end position for a couple of more years.

Jedrick Wills, 2017 4-Star Offensive Tackle

As reported by Scout's Brian Eldridge, Alabama started the week on Monday by offering the top player in the state of Kentucky who could develop into a bookend tackle one day.

It will be hard to get Wills out from his hometown Kentucky Wildcats, but as he gets more and more attention on the recruiting trail, he could start to pursue other options. Alabama has certainly shown a track record of getting its offensive linemen to the next level.

Mario Cristobal was in town to see another player, but Wills’ high school coach, Eric Shaw, turned Cristobal on to his rising junior tackle.

“(Cristobal) came by to see me this morning and talk to me a little bit,” Shaw told 247Sports’ Hank South. “Everyone is stopping by to see my soon-to-be senior Landon Young. I told him I wanted to show him Jedrick, and afterwards he told me to put them in the mix for him.”

Shaw thinks that the 6’5”, 300-pound Wills could continue to get bigger:

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He has great feet to be 6'5", 310 pounds. I think he has the opportunity to be even bigger. He just turned 16 yesterday, he’s still growing and I think at the end of the day he might be 6’7” or 6’8”. He has very long arms and very good speed. He’s very aggressive, and he plays to his size. There are a lot of guys throughout the country that have the size and the strength, but they don’t have that nastiness to them, but he has it all.

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Shaw also added that he thinks Alabama will be near the top of Wills' list when he starts to trim it down.

Other Offers from the Week

Al Blades, Jr., 2018 Cornerback:

Nik Bonitto, 2018 Strong-Side Defensive End:

Eriq Gilyard, 2018 Outside Linebacker:

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Blessed to receive my 7th Offer Today from Alabama #RollTideRoll pic.twitter.com/hpGrHl3IVK

— Eriq Gilyard (@godfirst_eriq) May 22, 2015"

B.J. Emmons, 2016 4-Star Running Back (Georgia Commit):

Marc Torrence is the Alabama lead writer for Bleacher Report. All quotes and reporting were obtained firsthand unless otherwise noted. Recruiting information courtesy 247Sports, unless otherwise noted.

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