Tyler Love Class: Freshman Hometown: Mountain Brook, Ala. High School: Mountain Brook Height / Weight: 6-7 / 290 Position: Offensive Line Experience: RS

Career Stats

OUTLOOK: Tyler Love is expected to battle for a starting job along Alabama's offensive line that will be looking to replace three starters from a year ago ... a physically impressive lineman with good size and excellent feet ... made significant improvements during spring practice.

2008 (REDSHIRT): He received a medical redshirted for his freshman season at the Capstone in 2008 ... played in only one game vs. Western Kentucky before an injury cost him his season.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Love was rated as a five-star offensive lineman by Scout.com ... Parade All-American ... ESPN.com Top 150 (No. 33) ... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top 150 (No. 78) ... The Mobile Press-Register's Super 120 Team (No. 33) and Elite 18 selection (No. 5) ... ranked No. 6 among offensive linemen nationally by Scout.com ... the No. 11 offensive lineman in the country (SuperPrep) and the No. 5 player in the state of Alabama ... SuperPrep/Scout.com Top 100 selection (No. 32) ... SuperPrep/Scout.com Top 30 Alabama selection (No. 4) ... listed on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Super Southern 100 ... ranked the No. 30 overall player in the country by Sports Illustrated/Takkle.com ... Rivals.com Top 100 selection (No. 32) and its third-ranked player on the Alabama Top 35 list ... No. 13 player on the Scout.com Southeast 150 list ... the No. 49 ranked overall player in the nation according to Tom Lemming of CSTV ... an aggressive blocker with good size and feet ... played in the 2008 Under Armour High School All-Star Game in Orlando, Fla. ... ranked among Rivals.com Super 100 players (No. 30) ... ranked No. 8 among offensive linemen by Rivals.com ... rated No. 5 among pass blockers by Rivals.com ... ranked No. 3 among Alabama prep seniors by Rivals.com ... named a Second-Team All-American by EA Sports ... bench presses 360 pounds and has a 26-inch vertical jump ... called by Rivals.com "a player with good size and a real effective run blocker" ... 2007 first-team All-State selection by the Alabama Sportswriters Association ... also named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association Super 12 team ... ASWA Class 6A Lineman of the Year ... named to The Tampa Tribune's "Best of the South" team ... The Orlando Sentinel All-South Team ... First-Team ASWA All-State selection and The Birmingham News All-Metro selection as a junior in 2006.