Quinton Dial Class: Senior Hometown: Pinson, Ala. High School: Clay-Chalkville Last College: East Mississippi CC Height / Weight: 6-6 / 304 Position: Defensive Line Experience: 1L

2011 (JUNIOR): Quinton Dial has arrived from East Mississippi Community College and made an immediate impact along the Crimson Tide's defensive line ... provides Alabama with an excellent pass-rushing end ... has tallied one sack for a loss of nine yards ... has 24 total tackles with 10 solo stops. Kent State: Recorded his first career sack against the Golden Flashes. Penn State: Registered a career-best five tackles -- two solo -- against the Nittany Lions in a 27-11 road win in State College. North Texas: Had two assisted tackles in the Tide's shutout win ... also recorded a quarterback hurry. Arkansas: Tallied two tackles, including one solo stop and a half a tackle for a loss of a yard. Mississippi: Recorded one solo tackle on the road against the Rebels. Mississippi State: Assisted on three tackles, including half a tackle for a loss of a yard. Georgia Southern: Had a career game against the Eagles ... recorded eight tackles, including three solo stops ... tallied one tackle for a loss of four yards. Auburn: Recorded two solo tackles against the rival Tigers.

HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR COLLEGE AND PERSONAL DATA: Quinton Dial is an imposing presence along the defensive line the originally signed with the Crimson Tide out of Clay-Chalkville in 2009 ... enrolled at east Mississippi Community College where he was a two-year standout at nose guard ... started classes at the University of Alabama in January of 2010 and will participate in spring drills ... No. 9 in the SuperPrep JUCO 100 ... a four-star prospect who is ranked 15th in the Rivals.com 2011 JUCO Top 50 ... made 76 total stops for EMCC in 2010 with 3.5 sacks. ... played in 12 games as a freshman at EMCC and made 24 tackles with three sacks ... a member of the Alabama Sports Writers Association's Super 12 team and a first-team All-State selection by the ASWA out of high school in 2008 ... was the 2008 ASWA's 6A Defensive Lineman of the Year ... also garnered second-team All-State honors from The Birmingham News ... ranked by Rivals.com as the nation's 33rd ranked defensive tackle ... was No. 12 on Rivals.com Alabama Postseason Top 40 ... ranked as the 28th defensive tackle nationally by ESPNU and 49th by Scout.com ... rated No. 11 on The Birmingham News Super Senior list ... on The Orlando Sentinel All-Southern team ... a member of the Scout.com Southeast 150 ... on the Mobile Press-Register Super Southeast 120 and No. 10 on the Press-Register's Elite 18 ... made 87 tackles with eight sacks as a senior ... had 61 tackles as a junior in 2007 with seven tackles for loss, four sacks and four fumble recoveries ... coached by Brent Smith ... chose Alabama over Florida, Auburn and Clemson.