Who is the Greatest Alabama Football Player by Jersey Number?
I decided to start working on a side project for my autographed Alabama card collection (Pic Attached for Inspiration) and would love to get some “wisdom of the crowd” on who is the greatest Alabama football player for each jersey number #1-#99.
Modern players get a slight nod due mainly to availability, but would love to have 40s+ mixed in as well (Shout out to Harry Gilmer). I started off with compiling several online ranking lists and personal thoughts to get started.
Feel free to validate list or throw out a player nomination, especially for those #'s with no current named players! Thanks and RTR!!
Edit: Adding List Directly to Post vs in Pictures (Updated 6'30'26)
Primary Number: Player Name (Position) | Other Considerations
1 Jameson Williams (WR) | Jahmyr Gibbs
2 Derrick Henry (RB) | David Palmer | Jalen Hurts
3 Trent Richardson (RB) | Calvin Ridley
4 Jerry Jeudy (WR) | Mark Barron | TJ Yeldon
5 Cyrus Jones (DB) | Andrew Zow | Roy Upchurch
6 Devonta Smith (WR)
7 Jay Barker (QB) | Trevon Diggs | Jon Richey
8 Julio Jones (WR) | Josh Jacobs
9 Bryce Young (QB) | Amari Cooper
10 Bart Starr (QB) | AJ McCarron | Mac Jones
11 Henry Ruggs (WR) | Jihaad Cambell
12 Joe Namath (QB) | Ken Stabler | Pat Trammell
13 Tua Tagovailoa (QB) | George Teague
14 Don Hutson (WR) | John Parker Wilson
15 Tommy Wilcox (DB) | Freddie Milons | JK Scott
16 Will Reichard (K)
17 Jaylen Waddle (WR)
18
19 Jeremiah Castille (DB)
20 Sherman Williams (RB) | Shaun Shivers | Jarrick Williams
21 Dre Kirkpatrick (DB)
22 Mark Ingram (RB) | Johnny Musso
23
24 Kevin Turner (FB) | Marquis Johnson | DeQuan Menzie
25 Rolando McClain (LB)
26 Bobby Humphrey (RB) | Landon Collins | Marlon Humphrey
27 Siran Stacy
28 Javier Arenas (DB)
29 Minkah Fitzpatrick (S)
30 Dont'a Hightower (LB)
31 Will Anderson Jr. (DT)
32 CJ Mosley (LB)
33 Chris Anderson (RB)
34 Mike Washington (DB)
35 DeMeco Ryans (LB) | Kerry Goode
36
37 Shaun Alexander (RB) | Don Hutson (Also #14)
38 Glen Coffee (RB) | Johnny Davis
39 EJ Junior (DE) | Levi Wallace
40
41 Roman Harper (LB) | Courtney Upshaw
42 Major Ogilvie (RB) | Eddie Lacy
43 Antonio Langham (DB)
44
45 Steve Whitman (FB)
46
47 Woodrow Lowe (LB)
48
49 Rashaad Johnson (S)
50
51
52 Harry Gilmer (QB)
53
54 Lee Roy Jordan (LB)
55 Derrick Thomas (DT)
56
57 Dwight Stevenson (OL) | Marcell Dareus
58 Wayne Davis (LB)
59 Antoine Caldwell (OL)
60 Chris Samuels (OL)
61
62 Terrence Cody (DT)
63
64
65 Chance Warmack (OL)
66
67
68
69
70 Ryan Kelly (OL)
71 Andre Smith (OL)
72
73 John Hannah (OL) | Evan Neal
74
75 Barrett Jones (OL)
76 DJ Flucker (DT)
77 Barry Krauss (LB)
78 Buddy Aydelette (OL) | Mike Johnson
79
80 Eric Curry (DT) | Wilber Jackson
81 Lemonde Russell (TE)
82 Ozzie Newsome (TE)
83
84
85
86 Keith McCants (LB)
87 Dwayne Rudd (LB)
88 Ray Perkins (WR) | OJ Howard (TE)
89
90
91 Bob Baumhower (DT)
92 Quinnen Williams (DT)
93 Marty Lyons (DT) | Jonathan Allen
94 John Copeland (DT)
95
96
97 Cornelius Bennett (DT)
98 Leroy Cook (DE)
99 Josh Chapman (DT)