Nick Saban was not kidding about Alabama missing 25 tackles last week.
After watching the film, the Crimson Tide’s head coach put his defensive backs to work on Monday — performing various tackling drills at different stations. Xavier McKinney led the safeties and Trevon Diggs took the cornerbacks through angle tackling, form tackling (with the dummies) and wrap up drills.
On the heels of its performance versus Clyde Edwards-Helaire of LSU, Saban wants his secondary to be more than ready for another good running back in Kylin Hill of Mississippi State.
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Hill, a junior, has 1,027 yards rushing with nine touchdowns. He averages 114.1 yards per game.
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