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Bray Hubbard knows the Alabama football safeties room has big shoes to fill.
When asked about filling the role of Malachi Moore, the Crimson Tide junior safety lauded his former teammate’s leadership and how Moore helped him replace injured safety Keon Sabb in the back half of 2024.
Now, heading into 2025, Hubbard said the Alabama safety room stayed together with one focus in mind: to be in the best position for success as possible heading into fall as possible.
And one freshman, Hubbard said, bought in immediately: former Florida four-star safety Ivan Taylor.
“He’s done a great job at coming in hungry,” Hubbard said on “Hey Coach” and the Crimson Tide Sports Network on Monday. “That dude, he’s at the facility early, leaves the facility late, always with Jeff (Allen) in the training room. Whatever it is, he does everything the right way. He’s going to be a really good ball player for us.”
Taylor, the son of former Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champion Ike Taylor, was the No. 62 player and the No. 6 safety in the 2025 recruiting class per 247Sports’ composite rankings.
Alabama flipped Taylor from a Michigan commitment in November, and signed with the Crimson Tide in December.
Alabama will hold its annual A Day spring game at noon Saturday from Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@gannett.com or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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