Alabama Defender Named to AFCA Good Works Team Watch List: Roll Call

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Oct 12, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide defensive lineman LT Overton (22) celebrates after recovering a South Carolina fumble at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama defeated South Carolina 27-25. Mandatory Credit: Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images | Gary Cosby Jr. / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Alabama defensive tackle LT Overton was one of 197 nominees for the American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team. The nominees will be narrowed to a 23-man final roster in September with 11 FBS members and 11 FCS members and one honorary coach.

“I’ve been a part of this team, and these players aren’t just showing up, they’re standing out,” said Sam Acho, ESPN analyst, former NFL linebacker, author and 2010 Good Works Team member and Allstate Wuerffel Trophy recipient. “Their commitment to service creates lasting change and inspires the next generation.”

The Good Works Team honors college athletes that make an extra effort to go the extra mile for those in need.

Good Hands Team Watch List 👏

Congrats, @LebbeusO#RollTide pic.twitter.com/pk98cxf6qE

— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) July 15, 2025

Did You Notice?

Former Alabama basketball player Grant Nelson scored eight points, secured seven rebounds, three steals with 1 block in 26 minutes of action in Summer League. His Brooklyn Nets lost to the New York Knicks 97-93

Grant Nelson adds 2 points for the Nets pic.twitter.com/Jnf1eiLQ65

— Shara Talia Taylor (@staliataylor) July 15, 2025

Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2025 Football Season Opener:

44 days.

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

July 16, 1956: Linebacker Rich Wingo was born in Ekhart, Ind.

July 16, 1989: Days before he was due to arrive at Alabama for orientation, prize signee Deon McLeod died in a drowning accident near his hometown of Ozark. McLeod, projected to be a defensive lineman in college, had starred for the Alabama team in the high school all-star game against Mississippi.

July 16, 2013: Commissioner Mike Slive kicked off SEC Media Days with his annual “brag bag” of accomplishments that were highlighted by the Crimson Tide: “The SEC won its seventh straight BCS national championship, finished the regular season with six teams ranked in the top 10, the first conference to accomplish such a feat in the history of college football, set a record with 63 NFL Draft picks, more than double that of any other conference, and an SEC football player was awarded the Heisman Trophy for the fourth time in the last six years. 

“In addition to winning the national championship in football, we captured titles in men's indoor track and field, gymnastics, women's swimming and diving, equestrian, men's golf, men's outdoor track and field, bringing the total number of national championships won by the SEC to 86 since the year 2000.

At the same time many of our football student-athletes excelled academically. Alabama’s  Barrett Jones was awarded the national football foundations William V. Campbell Trophy, better known to you as the Academic Heisman. Three of the last four academic AllAmericans of the last year came from the SEC, namely Barrett Jones in 2012, Alabama's Greg McElroy in 2010, and Florida's Tim Tebow in 2009.” 

July 16, 2018: Happy birthday to … us! BamaCentral officially went live during SEC media days in Atlanta.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

"No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts."

– Paul W. “Bear” Bryant

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