3 Alabama football players earn 2025 preseason All-America honors

Alabama football players were named preseason All-America by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Sophomore wide receiver Ryan Williams and junior tackle Kadyn Proctor earned first-team All-America honors for the Crimson Tide.

Williams, who played his high school football at Saraland, was a freshman star for the Tide, famously playing the 2024 season as a 17-year-old. He finished the year with 48 catches for 865 yards and eight touchdowns.

The youngster introduced himself to the rest of the college football world in an early-season game against Georgia. After the Crimson Tide squandered a lead late, Williams made a circus catch and, several ballet moves later, scored the winning touchdown.

Proctor has spent the past two years as Alabama’s left tackle. After Nick Saban retired in January of 2024, he briefly transferred to Iowa, but returned to recapture the starting job in Tuscaloosa before the beginning of his sophomore season.

The Iowa native earned second-team All-SEC honors last year. He was named to the conference’s all-freshman team in 2023.

Alabama was also represented on the second-team Walter Camp All-America squad. Tim Keenan earned the nod, entering his final season in Tuscaloosa.

The defensive lineman from Birmingham started 12 of 13 games for the Crimson Tide in 2024. He finished the year with 40 total tackles, including 7.5 for loss and 2.5 sacks.

Alabama will begin preseason camp in early August ahead of Kalen DeBoer’s second year in charge. The Crimson Tide will open the 2025 season with a trip to Tallahassee to face Florida State.