Alabama football’s defensive coordinator Kane Wommack believes the Crimson Tide’s defense will be different in 2025 because of the addition of one glaring tangible.
This tangible is the experience several young players on the Alabama defense gained in 2024 when their numbers were called upon to step up in key situations. One of these young players, who is an example of this, is the Tide’s sophomore cornerback, Zabien Brown.
Brown was able to make an immediate impact last season, starting all 13 games and leading all true-freshman cornerbacks in college football with three interceptions.
Wommack feels Brown’s continued growth heading into his second season exemplifies what should make the Alabama defense really good next season.
“Well, I mean, It’s different from a standpoint of experience,” Wommack said. “We have guys that have grown up and they grew up fast. You think about Zabien Brown, if Zabien Brown hadn’t come in here as a true freshman with maybe the most disciplined and detailed skillset I had ever seen of a high school player coming into college and then played with really such consistency. I mean, think about the Georgia game, he gives up a big pass for a touchdown at the end of the third quarter and how many young players would that have just wrecked them? As opposed to he comes back and ends up having a game-winning interception at the end. And so Zabien looks like a seasoned veteran right now out there on the field and I don’t want to put too much anyone person but I’m using that as an how proud I am of these guys and the steps that they’ve taken.”
Brown’s potential to take the next step and become one of the best cornerbacks in college football next season is the reason why Wommack feels the Alabama defense as a whole is also capable of taking the step in 2025.
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