The event dates to 1985, meaning the Crimson Tide broke a four-decade streak. Alabama did have wide receiver Ryan Williams and Kadyn Proctor on the first-team offense, but no first-team defensive players for the first time in the event’s history.

SEC football media days continue on July 16, with Alabama, Florida, Mississippi State and Oklahoma making appearances. Check out live updates:

Full Crimson Tide media schedule for Kalen DeBoer, Tim Keenan, Deontae Lawson and Kadyn Proctor along with live updates, video and analysis from the Alabama Crimson Tide on SI crew in Atlanta.

Media Days have officially wrapped up in Atlanta. Now's a good time to rank all 16 teams with the season drawing closer.

Alabama already made the rounds at SEC Media Days on Wednesday, July 16, but there was still plenty said about the Crimson Tide on Day 4 of the event at the Omni Atlanta Hotel. To end things on Thursday,

Day 3 of SEC Media Days happened on Wednesday, where Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer spoke to media members and reflected on his first season with the Crimson Tide, while expressing the belief of his current program headed in to this college football year.

On Wednesday morning, the Alabama Crimson Tide took center stage at 2025 SEC football media days in Atlanta, Georgia, as head coach Kalen DeBoer took to the podium, along with three players.

One of the Crimson Tide's leaders this upcoming season, here is a look at everything that Alabama inside linebacker Deontae Lawson said during 2025 SEC football media days. "I think we all just have to be bought in. I think that started right when the bowl game ended, and we just all had to come together."

According to the rankings, the Tennessee Volunteers are projected to finish ninth in the SEC this season behind notable teams such as Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and others. The projection also suggests that the members of the media do not expect the Vols to return to this year's College Football Playoff.