Alabama’s 2012 Class: That's a wrap (updated)

With only a little drama, the Alabama Crimson Tide put the final touches on what could be discussed as the best recruiting class in program history. The class is studded with four and five star standouts and for all intents and purposes, it was wrapped up weeks ago when five-star Safety Landon Collins announced his verbal commitment to the Tide on January 5.

Collins was the last addition to the official signee list during a ceremony held at his high school in Dutchtown, Louisiana.

Confirmed signees shown in bold crimson.  Those signing elsewhere are shown in bold grey italics.

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Name	Position	Ht	Wt	Stars
Ryan Anderson	LB	6'3"	250	* * * *
Dakota Ball	DT	6'2"	292	* * *
Deion Belue	DB	6'0"	170	* * *
Chris Black	WR	5'11"	170	* * * *
Landon Collins	DB	6'0"	199	* * * * *
Amari Cooper	WR	6'1"	175	* * * *
Denzel Devall	LB	6'2"	236	* * * *
Travell Dixon	DB	6'2"	200	* * * *
Kenyan Drake	RB	6'1"	195	* * * *
Kurt Freitag	TE	6'3"	245	* * *
Casey Gladney	WR	6'1"	177	* * *
Brandon Greene	OL	6'6"	280	* * * *
Adam Griffith	K	5'11"	175	* * *
Caleb Gulledge	OL	6'4"	255	* * *
Tyler Hayes	LB	6'3"	215	* * * *
Brandon Hill	OL	6'6"	352	* * *
Cyrus Jones	ATH	5'11"	183	* * * *
Darren Lake	DT	6'3"	330	* * *
Dillon Lee	LB	6'4"	220	* * * *
Alec Morris	QB	6'3"	235	* * *
Darius Philon	DE	6'1"	282	* * *
Reggie Ragland	LB	6'4"	245	* * * *
Geno Smith	DB	5'11"	180	* * * *
Alphonse Taylor	DT	6'6"	340	* * *
Justin Taylor	RB	5'10"	205	* * *
Korren Kirven	DT	6’4”	272	* * * *
Dalvin Tomlinson	DT	6’2”	270	* * * *
Eddie Williams	ATH	6'4"	204	* * * * *
T.J. Yeldon	RB	6'2"	205	* * * * *

Player rankings via Rivals.com.

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Signing day surprises: DT Korren Kirven and DT Dalvin Tomlinson. Two four star defensive lineman with big upside.

Alabama lost two verbal commitments in WR Casey Gladney, who signed with Texas Tech; and RB Justin Taylor, who signed with Kentucky after initially accepting a grey shirt offer at Alabama when Nick Saban informed him that there wouldn't be room in the class for him.

In a bit of signing day drama, DE Darius Philon of Vigor High in Prichard didn't sign. Reports are that sometime last week, he was also informed that there wouldn't be room in the class for him. However, during ceremonies at the school, he committed to Alabama anyway. Per the new SEC signing rule, Alabama is unable to accept his letter of intent. There's reliable speculation that he will eventually sign with Arkansas or Auburn, the school he was originally committed to. Expect some blowback from the media on this one, folks.

UPDATE: It looks like Philon will sign with Arkansas, per Tim Watts of BamaOnline.com

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