How Alabama coach Nick Saban beat the NIL game for another top signing class

Three recruiting cycles into the NIL era, it’s more than safe to say Nick Saban has adapted well to this, too.

Alabama football pulled in the No. 2-ranked signing class in the country Wednesday, which is to say it was business as usual in Tuscaloosa. That the Crimson Tide’s coach assembled yet another crop of elite recruits is so unsurprising, it’s now expected.

But you’d better believe it’s never been harder to pull off.