Alabama wants one of the biggest defensive ends there is in the 2016 recruiting cycle.
The Crimson Tide offered four-star defensive end Connor Murphy from Arizona on Christmas Eve. Standing at 6-foot-7 and 250 pounds, Murphy is the tallest prospect among the top 100 weakside defensive ends in the class as rated by 247 Sports.
Murphy announced the offer on Twitter.
Christmas Eve & my Sweet 16 offer! Proud to say I officially received an offer from Alabama. @AlabamaFTBL #RollTide pic.twitter.com/oUNW6qiwL3
— Connor Murphy (@CMurph_90) December 25, 2015
Alabama also offered one of the top cornerbacks in the class, Kristian Fulton, on Thursday.
Murphy is rated as the No. 16 weakside defensive end and has reported 10 offers. Arizona State, Oregon, Michigan and Stanford are the frontrunners to land him. The Ducks are the only ones that Murphy has officially visited thus far, and that was on Nov. 20.
Newly hired defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt and defensive line coach Bo Davis are his lead recruiters.
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
