“If you look at the balance that they have on offense, they’re one of the leading offensive teams in the country,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said Monday.
The Bulldogs’ offense is led by dual-threat quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Josh Robinson. Prescott averages almost 87 yards per game, while Robinson has run for 109 yards per game, good for second in the SEC behind Auburn’s Cameron Artis-Payne.
“He is very, very physical and hard to tackle,” Saban said. “He is built low to the ground and very powerful, strong. Runs through a lot of tackles and breaks a lot of tackles. He has good feet and quickness to make people miss.”
Prescott also has the ability to spread the ball around. The Bulldogs have eight different receivers with 10 or more catches including De’Runnya Wilson. Wilson, a multi-sport star who went to high school in Birmingham, leads the team with 367 yards and six touchdowns this year.
Still the key for the Crimson Tide will be stopping Prescott. The quarterback accounted for 3,010 total yards and 30 total touchdowns in just nine games.
“He’s a mobile quarterback; he’s big,” Alabama safety Landon Collins said. “He can break arm tackles more than any quarterback we have played against so far.”