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TideIllustrated – Three things to know about Alabama freshman tight end Jay Lindsey

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2 years ago

June 12, 2024

TideIllustrated – Three things to know about Alabama freshman tight end Jay Lindsey

While most of Alabama’s freshmen joined the team during the early part of the year, the Crimson Tide brought in a few new reinforcements over the summer. With the opening kickoff in less than three months, Tide Illustrated will highlight each of the summer newcomers.

Next up in our series is one of Alabama’s most overlooked prospects in the 2024 class, three-star tight end Jay Lindsey.

It’s easy to skip over Lindsey’s name among Alabama’s star-studded list of signees. However, the 6-foot-5, 235-pound tight end from Butler, Alabama deserves a deeper look.

A former Mississippi State commit, Lindsey signed with the Crimson Tide as the No. 38 player in the state of Alabama and the No. 46 tight end in this year’s class. Those rankings don’t really do him justice.

Playing his high school ball at Patrician Academy, Lindsey didn’t get much of an opportunity to prove himself against top competition. Still, he dominated the Alabama Independent School Association, earning last year’s Lineman of the Year award while playing on both sides of the ball.

Despite primarily serving as a blocker, Lindsey recorded 14 receptions for 366 yards and six touchdowns to go with 491 yards and eight more scores on 36 carries over 12 games. He was even more productive as a defensive lineman, tallying 102 tackles, including 11 sacks.

Here are three things to know about Lindsey as he enters Alabama.

He’s the first person from his school to play at Alabama

When Lindsey suits up in crimson and white this fall, he will be the first-ever Patrician Academy player to do so. The Butler native grew up rooting for the Crimson Tide and doesn’t take the honor lightly.

“All the little kids that walk around the halls here, they look up to me,” Lindsey told television station WTOK during his signing ceremony in December. “All the grown-ups tell me that. I couldn’t be any more proud.”

While Alabama rarely dips into the AISA ranks, it did well the last time it pulled a tight end from an in-state private school. Former Crimson Tide standout O.J. Howard joined the Crimson Tide from Autauga Academy as a five-star prospect in the 2013 class. He finished his four-year college career with a combined 114 receptions for 1,626 yards and seven touchdowns.

According to Lindsey’s father, Jonathan, who coached him at Patrician Academy, the freshman tight end is set to follow in Howard’s footsteps and wear No. 88 at Alabama.

He also starred on the diamond

Lindsey plans to be a one-sport athlete at Alabama. However, he earned all-state honors in baseball and basketball in addition to his football success at the high school level.

Lindsey shined brightest on the diamond where he pitched as well as playing third base and outfield. In 2023, the right-hander earned AISA Pitcher of the Year honors, going 9-1 with a 0.356 earned-run average and 109 strikeouts over 59 innings pitched. This spring, he took home AISA Hitter of the Year honors, batting .447 with six home runs, 35 runs batted in and 19 stolen bases over 30 games.

His high school offense ran the wing-T

As evidenced by his 857 total yards and 14 touchdowns last year, Patrician Academy found a way to get Lindsey the ball. Those numbers are even more impressive considering the Saints operated out of a wing-T offense that regularly utilized the tight end as a blocker.

While Lindsey’s athleticism comes through on tape, the most impressive part of his game is the power he generates off the line. Whether serving as an in-line tight end or defensive end, he routinely knocked back his opponent, playing through the whistle with a bit of a mean streak.

Alabama senior tight end Robbie Ouzts played in a similar run-first offense at Rock Hill High School in South Carolina. Lindsey shares a similar skill set to Ouzts (6-foot-4, 265 pounds). While he’ll likely look to add more weight in his first year with the team, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Lindsey take on the H-back and fullback roles for the Tide once Ouzts moves on.

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Alabama Baseball Earns #7 National Seed

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May 25, 2026

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The Alabama Crimson Tide earned the #7 National seed on Monday morning. Joining the #1 Tide in the Tuscaloosa Regional will be 2nd seeded Oklahoma State, 3rd seeded South Carolina Upstate, and 4th seeded Alabama State. The Tuscaloosa Regional is lined up with the Tallahassee Regional and the 10th overall seed, the Florida State Seminoles. OSU and SCU will open play at 1 p.m. CT Friday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Alabama and Alabama State will follow at 6 p.m; CT on Friday night. The Tide has now made the NCAA Tournament in four straight seasons, and will host for the second time in that time frame, joining the special 2023 team. If the Tide survives the Regional they would host a Super Regional for the first time since 2006.

Alabama played Alabama State twice this season, winning 2-1 at home on February 18th and 13-4 in Montgomery on March 4th. Bobby Alcock was the winning pitcher in February while Joe Chiardo was awarded the win in the March show down.
Here is a thumb nail look at each of the teams that will be in Tuscaloosa this weekend.

Alabama- 37-19 overall record. SEC record 18-12, 4th in the conference.
Team Offense:,

Team batting average , .253, 70 home runs, 90 doubles, 82 stolen bases, .428 slugging percentage, .372 on base percentage.
Leading hitters: RF/C Brady Neal, .328 average, 8 home runs, 14 doubles, 43 RBI, CF Bryce Fowler .316 average, 17 doubles , 35 RBI, 15 stolen bases. SS Justin LeBron, .266 average, 14 home runs, 11 doubles, 40 RBI, 38 stolen bases in 39 attempts, 3B Jason Torres, .241 average, 7 home runs, 45 RBI, LF/DH Eric Hines .278, 7 home runs, 18 RBI, C Johnny Lemm .244 average, 9 home runs, 9 doubles, 31 RBI.

Team Pitching: 4.26 ERA, .242 batting average against, 50 home runs allowed, 484 innings pitched, 446 hits allowed, 476 strikeouts, 195 walks.

Individual: Tyler Fay, 9-4 4.70 ERA, 90 innings pitched, 104 strikeouts, 20 walks, .230 batting average against, Zane Adams 6-4 4.36 ERA, 76 innings pitched, 85 strikeouts, 24 walks, .264 average against, Myles Upchurch 8-3 3.54 ERA, 64 innings pitched, 68 strikeouts, 38 walks, .195 batting average against. Matthew Heiberger 23 appearances, 3-1, 4 saves, 3.31 ERA, 35 innings pitched, 30 strikeouts, .242 batting average against. Ashton Crowther 16 appearances, 2-2, 2 saves, 2.90 ERA, 31 innings pitched, 8 walks, 21 strikeouts, .235 batting average against. Hagan Banks 16 appearances, 1-0 6 saves, 2.79 ERA, 19 innings pitched, 23 strikeouts, .234 batting average against.

Oklahoma State-37-20 18-12 BIG 12

Offense: .280 average, 137 home runs, 106 doubles, .562 on base percentage, .402 on base percentage

Leading hitters: Alex Conover, .383 average, 14 home runs, 15 stolen bases, Kollin Ritchie, .335 average, 29 home runs, 73 RBI, Aidan Meola, .320 average, 17 home runs, 69 RBI

Pitching: 6.24 ERA, .274 batting average against, 76 home runs allowed, 275 walks, 558 strikeouts.

Individual: Hudson Barrett, 5-1 3.05 ERA 38.1 innings pitched, 12 games, 8 starts, 4 saves, 15 walks, 54 strikeouts, .212 average against. Ethan Lund, 5-2, 5.26 ERA, 77 innings pitched, 127 strikeouts, 48 walks, .219 average against, Mario Pesca 6-4, 5.62ER, 65 innings pitched, 75 strikeouts, .276 average against.

South Carolina Upstate-33-28 Big South Conference 13-11

Offense: .291 average, 70 home runs, 138 doubles, 83 stolen bases, .463 slugging percentage, .400 on base percentage.

Leading hitters: Henry Zenor, .346 average, 18 doubles, 51 RBI,12 stolen bases, Wylie Waters, .320 average, 12 home runs, 50 RBI, Malloy Heaghney, .303 average, 21 doubles, 6 home runs, 50 RBI, 22 stolen bases.

Pitching: 5.89 ERA, 82 home runs allowed, .278 batting average against, 249 walks, 449 strikeouts.

Individual: Brent Stukes, 7-3, 5.42 ERA, 73 innings pitched, 35 walks, 50 strikeouts, .285 average against. Chris Torres 5-4, 5.42 ERA, 74 innings pitched, 30 walks, 69 strikeouts, .287 average against. Jacob Kirby 5-1, 3.91 ERA, 2 saves, 48 innings pitched, 19 walks, 35 strikeouts, .230 average against.

Alabama State-34-21, 20-10 in SWAC

Offense: .281 average, 57 home runs, 91 doubles, 38 stolen bases, .433 slugging percentage, .391 on base percentage.

Leading hitters: Miguel Oropeza, .366 average, 11 home runs, 19 doubles, 65 RBI. Niguel Jennings .331 average, 15 doubles, Jackson Williams, .269 average, 12 home runs, 45 RBI, Trey Calloway, .268 average, 16 home runs, 46 RBI.

Pitching: 6.05 ERA, .301 batting average against, 33 home runs allowed, 89 doubles allowed, 260 walks, 362 strikeouts.

Individual: James Peterson, 7-1 3.32 ERA, 4 saves, 29 games, 5 starts, 24 walks, 54 strikeouts. Jordan LaBoy, 9-5, 4.52 ERA, 85 innings pitched, 24 walks, 65 strikeouts, .291 average against. Trey Power, 7-3 6.40 ERA, 58 innings pitched, 27 walks, 40 strikeouts, .278 average against.

The Crimson Tide has a regional they can surely win. Oklahoma State has some mashers, and hits a ton of home runs and doubles, but their pitching struggles. South Carolina Upstate has a few power bats, but also struggles on the mound. Bama is obviously more familiar with Alabama State since they have played the Hornets twice this year already. ASU doesn’t have much power and the pitching staff can definitely be “got”. The Tide just needs to play clean defense, pitch like they are capable, and have just enough offense at the right times to win the weekend and move on to host a Super Regional for the first time since 2006.

If you are in the area, come to The Joe this weekend, this team deserves your support. In 2023 the atmosphere was electric and the Tide advanced. Let’s give them that home field advantage again!

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Three Takeaways from No. 1 Alabama’s Sweep of LSU in Supers

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May 25, 2026

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Three Takeaways from No. 1 Alabama’s Sweep of LSU in Supers

No. 1 Alabama’s 2026 season is rolling into Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series after the Crimson Tide won its first two games of the weekend against No. 16 LSU in the super regional round at Rhoads Stadium.

It was more dominance from the Tide pitching staff as Jocelyn Briski pitched a complete-game shutout on Friday in the 7-0 win, and Briski earned the save in Game 2 after freshman Vic Moten allowed only run over four innings in her first super regional start for the 4-1 victory.

Alabama got offensive contributions from different parts of the lineup with Alexis Pupillo having the best weekend with four hits, including two home runs.

Next up for the Crimson Tide (54-7), is a date with No. 8 UCLA (52-8) this Thursday on the opening day of the Women’s College World Series. But before then, here are three of my biggest takeaways from Alabama’s performance in super regionals:

Alabama has the pitching to win a national title

May 23, 2026; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama catcher Marlie Giles (34) and Alabama pitcher Jocelyn Briski (23) jump into each others arms after the Tuscaloosa NCAA Super Regional between Alabama and LSU. Alabama advanced to the College World Series with a 4-1 victory and a series sweep. | Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Eight teams across the country punched their tickets to Oklahoma City over the weekend. Some, like Alabama and Tennessee, are expected to be there. Some, like Mississippi State, will be making their first appearance at the WCWS. And some familiar faces, like Oklahoma and Florida, will not be in OKC starting Thursday.

Oklahoma and Florida have a combined 35 WCWS appearances and 10 national titles. Either the Sooners or the Gators have won eight of the last 11 national titles dating back to 2014. Neither team had the pitching to get out of Supers. Oklahoma gave up 18 runs across three games to Mississippi State. Florida allowed 28 runs over the three games against Texas Tech. Alabama has allowed one run over five total games played in the NCAA tournament.

The competition was elevated this weekend as Alabama played an SEC foe in LSU compared to the mid-major schools during the regional round, and the Tide’s top-two pitchers still made it extremely difficult on opposing batters.

Briski and Moten continued to limit free passes with just two total walks compared to 23 strikeouts over the two wins. Briski was even dealing with a little sickness on Friday and appeared to shut down the Tigers with ease.

Anything can happen in Oklahoma City, and Alabama will be tested off the bat against a UCLA offense that leads the nation in home runs with 196. But the Tide should have the arms to keep it in any game and make a deep run at the WCWS.

Weather-tested before OKC

The University of Alabama softball team in action against LSU during NCAA Super Regionals at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa, AL on Saturday, May 23, 2026 | UA Athletics

Alabama and LSU had to sit through two separate weather delays on Saturday that lasted about four hours total. As Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy pointed out multiple times throughout the weekend, these players are used to dealing with weather delays from all the years they’ve spent growing up playing travel softball.

But just because they are used to it doesn’t mean that a weather delay is ideal. When your team has all the momentum, any sort of break literally stops that momentum. Alabama was rolling before the first weather delay and had just taken a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning.

The offense did not score again (credit to LSU pitcher Jayden Heavener), but the team still came out of both breaks with the energy needed to close out the game.

Weather delays in Oklahoma City at the WCWS are almost an inevitability. I mean, the city’s lone major professional sports franchise is literally named the Thunder. Several super regionals around the country were affected by weather this weekend, so it won’t just be Alabama that is prepared, but coming fresh off two long delays gives the Crimson Tide that recent experience in case it arises in OKC.

Offense steps up without Wells at her best

Alabama Softball Player Salen Hawkins (47) in action against LSU during NCAA Super Regionals at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa, AL on Saturday, May 23, 2026. | UA Athletics

Sophomore transfer Brooke Wells has been the engine that powers the Alabama offense this year. For most of the year, she has led the team in batting average, home runs and RBIs. She still leads the team in HRs (23) and RBIs (65.) During super regionals against LSU, Wells went 0-for-8 with five strikeouts.

Alabama still managed to put up 11 total runs across the two games against a solid LSU pitching staff without its best hitter reaching base. Alexis Pupillo brought the power with a home run in each game, and Jena Young had two hits out of the leadoff spot in Game 1, including a bases-clearing double.

The bottom of the lineup came through as well with Salen Hawkins collecting a hit in each game out of the eight-spot. Her two-out, two-RBI single in the fourth inning of Game 2 provided the cushion Alabama needed to put away the Tigers

Wells is used to playing in big games and stepping up to the plate in big moments for the Crimson Tide at times this season, but this is her first trip to the NCAA tournament. Alabama can win without her reaching base–– the Tide proved it this weekend. But in order for Alabama to make a deep run in OKC and have a good chance of winning its first national title since 2012, it likely will need more production from the slugger.

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Alabama Baseball Selected As NCAA Regional Host

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1 day ago

May 24, 2026

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Alabama Baseball Selected As NCAA Regional Host

The Alabama baseball program has been selected by the NCAA as one of the 16 host sites for next weekend’s NCAA baseball regional. The Crimson Tide were chosen after finishing fourth in the SEC and amassing a 37-19 record with four sweeps in conference play.

The seeding is set to be announced on Monday at 11 a.m. CT, where Alabama will find out if it is chosen as a top-eight seed and will find out what opponents are coming to Tuscaloosa next weekend. A top-eight seed puts the Crimson Tide program in position to host the Super Regional round the following weekend.

“This team’s won six SEC weekends,” Alabama head coach Rob Vaugh said. “We’ve swept four of them I believe. We’ve won 18 games. And this team’s just battle-tested. Like, last year’s group, we didn’t get swept last year, which was great. It’s cool. But at the end of the day, we also didn’t do some of the special things that we’ve done this year.

“I think this group is just, they’re confident and I think they believe in each other. And I think obviously the three dudes on the front have been good. Obviously, you miss a guy like Riley Quick from last year, that guy was pretty special. But all those guys have gotten better. Tyler Fay’s a better version of himself right now than he was last year.

“Zane Adams is a better version of himself. Myles Upchurch is a young phenom that’s emerged as a young superstar for us. I think when you can run three starters out like that, that gives you a chance against anybody. And they give you a shot.”

Alabama is 0-4 in the last two seasons in the regional round, losing games as a two-seed in the Hattiesburg Regional and the Tallahassee Regional. The Crimson Tide last hosted an NCAA Regional in 2023, winning three games in a row to advance to the Winston-Salem Super Regional. The program looks to return to the College World Series in Omaha for the first time since 1999.

NCAA Baseball Regional Sites (Alphabetically by Location)

Host	Location	Conference	Record Advertisement
Georgia	Athens, Ga.	SEC	45-12
Georgia Tech Advertisement	Atlanta	ACC	48-9
Auburn	Auburn, Ala. Advertisement	SEC	38-19
Texas	Austin, Texas	SEC Advertisement	40-13
North Carolina	Chapel Hill, N.C.	ACC	45-11-1 Advertisement
Texas A&M	College Station, Texas	SEC	39-14
Oregon Advertisement	Eugene, Ore.	BIG 10	40-16
Florida	Gainesville, Fla. Advertisement	SEC	39-19
Southern Miss	Hattiesburg, Miss.	Sun Belt Advertisement	43-15
Kansas	Lawrence, Kan.	BIG 12	42-16 Advertisement
Nebraska	Lincoln, Neb.	BIG 10	42-14
UCLA Advertisement	Los Angeles	BIG 10	51-6
West Virginia	Morgantown, Wva. Advertisement	BIG 12	39-14
Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	SEC Advertisement	40-17
Florida State	Tallahassee, Fla.	ACC	38-17 Advertisement
Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Ala.	SEC	37-19

This story will be updated with game dates and times once the NCAA bracket is fully revealed on Monday morning.

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