Alabama’s Anderson, Young to play in Sugar Bowl

Alabama outside linebacker Will Anderson Jr. and quarterback Bryce Young, ranked by ESPN’s Todd McShay as the top two potential customers in the 2023 NFL draft, both strategy to play in the Crimson Tide’s bowl game.Coach Nick Saban

informed ESPN he does not expect the Tide to have any opt-outs for the game.Alabama faces Kansas State on Dec. 31 in the Allstate

Sugar Bowl. 1 Associated The Tide(10-2)resumed practice Friday and both players

were out there.

Anderson and Young, both juniors, are expected to declare for the NFL draft. It’s incredibly unusual in today’s world of college football that a projected first-round pick who’s planning on going into the draft plays in his team’s bowl game.Anderson won the Bronko Nagurski Prize for the second straight season as the top defensive player in college football. The edge rusher likewise won the Rotary Lombardi Award as the leading offensive or defensive lineman in the country.Anderson is 10th nationally with 17 takes on for loss, consisting of 10 sacks. He has 34.5 profession sacks and 68 deals with for loss over 40 profession games.Young, who injured his tossing shoulder against Arkansas and didn’t play the next week against Texas A&M, has 3,007 passing lawns, 27 touchdown passes and just 5 interceptions this season. His 83.7 Overall QBR is 8th nationally. Young won the Heisman Trophy in 2021, ending up being the first Alabama quarterback to get the award.