1976 DE WAYNE HAMILTON: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED TOP RECRUITING CLASSES OF ALL TIME

#4 1976 Alabama

Center Dwight Stephenson played on some of coach Bear Bryant's best Alabama teams, including national title winners in 1978 and 1979.

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED TOP RECRUITING CLASSES OF ALL TIME
 
4. Alabama, 1976Bear Bryant brought hundreds of great players to Tuscaloosa, but this class made the biggest contributions to two national championship teams. The second, in 1979, was Bryant's most dominant team.

This class produced only three NFL players, but one was center Dwight Stephenson, who was named an All-America in 1978 and 1979 and went on to a Hall-of-Fame career with the Miami Dolphins. Another future pro was defensive back Don McNeal, who pushed Penn State's Scott Fitzkee out of bounds at the one-yard-line to set up the goal-line stand that won Alabama the 1979 Sugar Bowl and the 1978 national title.

In 1979, class member Steadman Shealey piloted the Crimson Tide's wishbone offense while defensive linemen Curtis McGriff and Wayne Hamilton (Leesburg High School, Okahumpka Florida) led a unit that allowed just 67 points all season as the Tide rolled to a 12-0 record. 
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