New Alabama RB is making quite an impression on teammates, why they like his game

 Perhaps it’s the Jameson Williams impact or perhaps Jahmyr Gibbs is simply that explosive.

But the preseason chatter surrounding this switch from Georgia Tech could imply Alabama is looking ahead to a breakout season from the fast jogging back. And the Williams comparisons may want to amplify the large-play functionality Gibbs brings now no longer simply to the jogging recreation but the passing recreation as well. Gibbs stuck 60 passes in his seasons with the Yellow Jackets that netted 773 yards with 5 touchdowns. “He’s like a bit extensive receiver sometimes,” Anderson said. “When we need to take the wheel routes with him, you genuinely need to get to your horse due to the fact he has wheels and he can run. He’s risky out of the backfield however I love it. It’s amusing to watch.” The 5-foot-11, 200-pound junior from Dalton, Georgia averaged 5.2 yards a bring gambling for a Georgia Tech application that went 6-sixteen in his seasons there. Stepping right into a number one position this spring, Gibbs becomes the A-Day MVP thank you mainly to a 75-backyard landing run. Alabama protection Jordan Battle wasn’t on the sector for that pattern of Gibbs’ open-discipline velocity. The secondary veteran, however, is well-familiar with Gibbs as locker buddies who these days traveled together. Their on-discipline conferences will gain each down the line. But who wins more? “I assume it’s 50/50,” Battle said. “I stood him up multiple instances. He was given me multiple instances however that’s the factor approximately Alabama. You’re going to compete each day. You’re going to be that competitor each day. You’re going to make a play. You’re going to overlook a play. That’s the way you discover ways to now no longer leave out that play withinside the recreation.” Gibbs is many of the handful of key skill-function transfers who’ll need to step into large roles this fall. At jogging back, Alabama misplaced leading-rusher Brian Robinson to commencement even as Jase McClellan (forty carries, 191 yards) and Roydell Williams (forty-eight carries, 284 yards) again after each tore ACLs final fall. Nick Saban in particular cited Gibbs’ adulthood while requesting approximately Gibbs on Tuesday. “He’s were given amazing paintings ethic,” Saban said. “He’s very proficient from a capacity standpoint. He’s were given velocity. He’s a genuinely precise receiver. Does an amazing task of urgent holes and getting the protection to decide to matters and making the reduce and receives to pinnacle velocity very quickly, that are all super belongings for jogging back. “So he’s made a genuinely, genuinely tremendous effect on our groups in quite a few ways, on the sector and rancid the sector.”