Alabama starts fall camp in less than a week, and the focus has already shifted towards the season opener against Florida State on Aug. 30. So, we continue on with our summer roster rankings where we take a look at almost every player individually.

The only ones who won't be included in the rankings are those three summer enrollees (Chuck McDonald, Kaleb Edwards and London Simmons) and freshman punter Alex Asparuhov, who was out the entire spring due to injury. That brings the total number to 78 players while the first rankings included just 59 players (freshmen and JUCO weren't included).

Previous roster rankings: Nos. 74-78, Nos. 70-73, Nos. 66-69; Nos. 62-65; Nos. 58-61; Nos. 54-57; Nos. 50-53; Nos. 46-49; Nos. 42-45; Nos. 38-41; Nos. 34-37; Nos. 30-33; Nos. 26-29

No. 25 – EDGE Jah-Marien Latham

Previous ranking: No. 23 (-2)

Latham is such an interesting player. He arrived in Tuscaloosa back in 2020 as a 6-foot-3, 285-pound interior defensive lineman who was viewed as a 3-4 defensive end type for Nick Saban's scheme. Only played 15 snaps on defense through his first two seasons, but started to see his role increase as a redshirt sophomore.

He got 116 snaps while playing all along Alabama's defensive front, including about half of his snaps (56) coming as a true interior player. In fact, he was usually the lone defensive lineman deployed in the infamous Cheetah package that consisted of three edge rushers (Will Anderson, Dallas Turner and Chris Braswell) and just one defensive lineman.

From 2022-23, Latham played over 40% of his snaps on the interior as a 3-technique or even further inside. Then when Kane Wommack arrived in 2024, his role completely shifted. He dropped some weight (down to 278) while playing the new Bandit end position and only saw 9.2% of his snaps inside. That was before he started helping at Wolf once injuries and departures had taken its toll on the position, and he didn't get any snaps inside.

Now, he's been permanently moved to Wolf, and he's dropped even more weight (262 pounds right now). So after being a fairly effective interior pass rusher earlier in his career, he's now slowly moved further and further out, and will even continue to see snaps off the ball when Alabama goes with those three-man fronts. He's not the best athlete at Wolf, but he's technically sound and makes it work. His veteran presence will be useful, but I'll be curious to see what his role looks like working behind Qua Russaw and possibly Yhonzae Pierre.

Projected role in 2025: Rotational WOLF

No. 24 – IDL Jeremiah Beaman

Previous ranking: No. 42 (+18)

Beaman tied Daniel Hill for being the biggest climber from my pre-spring rankings. After seeing his 17 snaps against Michigan in the bowl game while replacing Damon Payne as the No. 2 nose behind Tim Keenan, I knew the coaching staff had done right by this guy by beefing him up and moving him inside.

Last year, he played at 6-4, 296 pounds, but he's continued to add mass and now tips the scales at 314 pounds. The athleticism that he brings to the table for a player his size is impressive too. Edric Hill, who climbed nine spots to No. 33 in my summer roster rankings, is going to be an important part of Alabama's interior defensive line rotation, but Beaman is likely to be the first guy off the bench.

He has the ability to play a lot of different roles inside, and I love the combination of power and athleticism. This guy is going to be special in due time, and I think that breakout already starts to happen in 2025. He's the third highest-ranked non-starter on this list with one of the only two guys ahead of him being one of the three veteran off-ball linebackers who could begin the year as a starter. If you can't tell, I'm a big, big fan.

Projected role in 2025: Rotational IDL

No. 23 – DB Zay Mincey

Previous ranking: No. 26 (+3)

Beaman is the third-highest non-starter in these rankings, but Mincey is the second highest. I absolutely love what he brings to Alabama's safety room. This guy is a former five-star recruit who started off his college career at cornerback but made the transition to safety around midseason and didn't look back.

Not only does Mincey bring size (6-3, 205) and athleticism, but he brings physicality and a willingness to trigger downhill and deliver big hits. In fact, that's probably where he impressed me the most during the bowl game against Michigan.

With Keon Sabb and Malachi Moore both being out, Mincey got his first career start alongside Bray Hubbard. Sure, there were a couple of hiccups in coverage. It was a fairly new position to him, so I'm confident that'll get worked out as he gets more comfortable playing back there. But he did an excellent job of rolling downhill and being physical underneath, whether the be on underneath passes or against the run.

Mincey would be starting most places, but with Alabama having Sabb and Hubbard back as one of the top safety duos in college football, the Daytona Beach (Fla.) native might have to wait another year. Don't get me wrong, he'll still be a massive part of the defense's plans in 2025 as a key rotational piece, and it's possible you might even see him get some action at that Husky spot, but 2026 will likely be his coming out party where the rest of the country finds out just how good he is.

Projected role in 2025: Top rotational S/possible HUSKY option

No. 22 – TE Josh Cuevas

Previous ranking: No. 22 (+0)

Cuevas has seen a lot of change throughout his college career. He spent two seasons at Cal Poly where he went from bench player seeing only 83 snaps to being the top tight end and playing 613 snaps. He then transfers to Washington to join Kalen DeBoer and Ryan Grubb in 2023, but the step up in competition caused him to only get 144 snaps while working behind Jack Westover, Devin Culp and Quentin Moore.

After that, he followed DeBoer to Alabama and while he did have a sizable role on offense, he only played the third-most snaps (234) at his position behind CJ Dippre (509) and Robbie Ouzts (304). Now with Dippre and Ouzts gone, Cuevas is finally expected to be his team's top tight end again in 2025.

Alabama features two tight end positions on its depth chart, the Y (inline) and the H (move). Cuevas was listed as the No. 2 move option behind Ouzts last year, but he'll be the first guy this season with Danny Lewis or Brody Dalton likely being the first-team Y. This doesn't mean Cuevas won't be playing inline though. With him being the primary option, he'll have to do a little bit of everything. Last year, he saw just 49.5% of his snaps inline. This year, I'm assuming it'll be closer to 60-65%, but he's still considered a catch-first player at the position.

Projected role in 2025: Starting H-TE