Will Anderson

Roll Tide nation stands and celebrates one of the brightest stars on the Alabama football team. Sophomore outside linebacker Will Anderson celebrates the beginning of his second decade today, just two days before he is set to start his second season in a crimson uniform.

Alabama's most fierce defender has a cool soul in his pre-game ritual.

Alabama checks in at No. 1 in the Preseason CBS Sports 130. The Crimson Tide are one of six SEC teams featured in the top-25.

Alabama linebackers Christopher Allen, Will Anderson Jr. and Christian Harris were named to the Butkus Award Preseason Watch List on Monday.

Will Anderson and Josh Jobe have been named to the preseason watchlist for the Bednarik Trophy, awarded to the top defensive player in college football.

The Alabama Crimson Tide is having an impressive 2020-21 year athletically across many of its athletic programs. Alabama is currently nationally ranked in 11 sports and has impressive athletes competing in all the athletic programs. The football team lost a crop of talent after the national championship with the departures to the NFL, that begs the question, who are the top 10 athletes at The Capstone right now.

The Football Writer's Association of America released their annual Freshman All-American team, featuring two standout Tide freshmen.

Sudden. Violent. Explosive. Just a few words which are synonymous with freshman edge linebacker - "The Terminator" - Will Anderson.

Incoming freshman defensive end Will Anderson's mother revealed last month that both her parents were hospitalized with the COVID-19 coronavirus. Today Anderson's mother revealed through Twitter that her parents were both recovering well. Anderson's grandfather had his ventilator removed and his grandmother tested negative with clear lungs.

Incoming freshman Will Anderson is expected to become a major contributor to the Crimson Tide defense, potentially as early as the upcoming 2020 season. The defensive end is looking to take on the challenge of becoming a play-maker on the Alabama defense. Anderson, a five-star prospect from Dutchtown High School in Hampton, Georgia, has already enrolled at the University of Alabama but adjusting to college life is not the biggest challenge he currently faces. According to Anderson's mother on Twitter, both of his grandparents have been diagnosed with COVID-19 coronavirus.