Report: Alabama basketball star Latrell Wrightsell Jr. granted medical redshirt for 2025-26

Alabama basketball star Latrell Wrightsell Jr. was granted a medical redshirt by the NCAA, according to Aaron Suttles. He’ll be eligible to play for the Crimson Tide in 2025-26.

Wrightsell played just eight games last season before a season-ending injury. He averaged 11.5 points per game, 1.8 rebounds per game, two assists per game, shot 50% from the floor and 42.2% from three-point range.

Nate Oats addressed the point guard depth for ‘Bama while at the Regions Tradition Pro-Am in Hoover. He knows it is a bit of a question for them considering the options who could play there but maybe aren’t necessarily true points.

“You know what, we’d like to get – you know, obviously, we think (Latrell) Wrightsell and (Houston) Mallette can play a little point guard,” Oats said “That’s definitely a little bit of an issue. (Aden) Holloway is definitely there. And then we do think that, Amari (Allen) and Davion (Hannah) (can).”

Latrell Wrightsell Jr. returns for Alabama

That said, Oats also mentioned that the Tide could be a bit untraditional at point guard with this team. He thought back to things they’ve done in the past with capable forwards running the offense too while allowing all of those guard to play off the ball as well.

“If you go back to our second year, think about how we played with Herb (Jones)? You know, we started Herb and really kind of had three two-guards around him, if you remember, with (Josh) Primo, (Jaden) Shackelford, and (John) Petty and then, you know, Keon Ellis started a little bit too. All three of those guys? None of them were point guards,” Oats said.

“We could play where you’ve got a big creating, which, if you look at some of what we’ve done and maybe what we’re going to bring in and what we’re looking at. We don’t necessarily have to play with just a point guard with the way we’ve played and kind of how we have with multiple handlers, playing as fast as we do,” said Oats. “I think you can play with kind of like a, a three of a four handling the ball a lot and being a creator for us with how well some of those guys shoot it off the ball too.”

Sam Gillenwater contributed to this report