Roster countdown: 99 Hastings; 98 Burroughs; 97 Perry
Counting down the Alabama roster three players at a time. Kicking off the 2023 series: defensive linemen Isaiah Hastings, Jamil Burroughs and Khurtiss Perry.
99 DL Isaiah Hastings
2022: Saw action in one game, making the first tackle of his Alabama career in the Crimson Tide’s win over Louisiana-Monroe. First-year player maintained his redshirt status in the process.
Of note: Prior to Alabama, the Canadian had just one season of football in the United States under his belt. That didn’t keep the summer enrollee from seeing playing time early in the 2022 season, though. In his first run through spring drills at UA, Hastings competed with Burroughs, Damon Payne and Monkell Goodwine for mid-rotation snaps. In the A-Day game, the redshirt freshman recorded the White (second-team) defense’s lone quarterback hurry, making quick work of tight end Ty Lockwood before pressuring Dylan Lonergan into an incompletion. Interior pass rush remains a question mark for the Crimson Tide defense, so the more of that Hastings can provide the better chance he’ll have of seeing the field sooner rather than later.
98 DL Jamil Burroughs
2022: Took home Dwight Stephenson Most Valuable Lineman of the A-Day game after recording two sacks. From there, Burroughs saw action in 11 games as a redshirt sophomore. Posted eight tackles, including two for loss, a sack and two quarterback hurries. Five of Burroughs’ stops on the season came in win over Mississippi State.
Of note: Over the last three seasons, Burroughs has flashed the kind of disruptiveness that can lead to negative play production for both himself and others. Of his 15 career tackles, three have gone for loss, with two of those coming on sacks. In his latest A-Day game appearance, Burroughs worked at end for the White (second-team) defense. Weighing in at 309 pounds, the program veteran is capable of working both inside (nickel and dime) and outside (base and big nickel). Heading into the summer, Burroughs projected as a top reserve to Tim Smith and Justin Eboigbe.
97 DE Khurtiss Perry
2022: Early enrollee saw action in A-Day game before redshirting in the fall.
Of note: While he did work inside at times in the spring, Perry’s current size (6-foot-2, 265 pounds) points to viability during upcoming season being limited almost entirely to the end position. In that regard, developmental path similar to Jah-Marien Latham (6-foot-3, 275 pounds), who, heading into his fourth year in the program, figures to be in the mix for a situational role in the fall.
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