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Alabama football officially announces it will scrimmage on A-Day

by
Justin Smith
March 23, 2026

Alabama football officially announced it will scrimmage on A-Day in a press release on Monday.

The Crimson Tide opted not to scrimmage last year, like many college football programs across the country. Alabama had an open practice instead, and it was not streamed live.

Monday’s press release stated the Tide will scrimmage for two hours on April 11. The scrimmage will get rolling at 1 p.m. CST.

DeBoer was asked about the possibility of the Tide scrimmaging on A-Day earlier this month.

“We always want to scrimmage and have a great spring game,” DeBoer told reporters. “Last year, we just had two position groups in particular… we wouldn’t have been able to put on a good show. We needed to get something out of the practices. Unfortunately, that was where we were at a year ago. I think we’re in a different spot this year.”

“We always want to scrimmage and have a great spring game. Last year we just had two position groups in particular… just we wouldn’t have been able to put on a good show.”

Kalen DeBoer on format of A-Day. @TDAlabamaMag. pic.twitter.com/wCqgImwDhB

— Justin Smith (@Jdsmith31Smith) March 10, 2026

Justin Smith( Managing Editor, Director of Recruiting )

Justin Smith is the Managing Editor and Lead Writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine with over 10 years of writing experience & expertise. Smith has consistently delivered high quality, extensively researched information on the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide football team that fans can trust. Smith is official credentialed media with the University of Alabama under Touchdown Alabama Magazine. He is also the Director of Recruiting for Touchdown Enterprises, specializing in scouting and analyzing high school recruits around the nation, specifically focusing on recruits within the state of Alabama.