{"id":1184111,"date":"2026-04-01T05:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1184111"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:55:34","slug":"deboer-reveals-position-battle-at-unexpected-spot-besides-qb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/deboer-reveals-position-battle-at-unexpected-spot-besides-qb\/","title":{"rendered":"DeBoer Reveals Position Battle at Unexpected Spot Besides QB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Alabama Crimson Tide\u00a0is ripping through spring practice, and as is to be expected, the main narrative so far from fans and media has\u00a0been the quarterback battle and who could\u00a0be the starting signal caller when week one arrives.<\/p>\n<p>Following the first scrimmage of the spring last week though,\u00a0head coach Kalen DeBoer\u00a0shed light on a competition brewing at a position where the team struggled last year: placekicker.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Alabama kicker Conor Talty yelling at the long snapper after missing a FG kick at the end of the half \ud83d\ude2c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IUdXrFVXAb\">pic.twitter.com\/IUdXrFVXAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Underdog (@Underdog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Underdog\/status\/1989820796483899523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s starter Conor Talty \u2014 who had some rough games but came on late with clutch kicks down the stretch of the regular season and postseason \u2014 and Marshall transfer Lorcan Quinn are the two up for the job, and DeBoer was very honest in saying Talty will have to earn his job back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you bring in someone else, it\u2019s open competition,\u201d DeBoer said on Quinn\u2019s presence. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty obvious to Conor that that\u2019s the case. What I love about Conor is that he didn\u2019t shy away from it. He decided to stay here. He knew he could of had plenty of time to leave if he wanted to. He wanted to. He wanted to stay here. He\u2019s got it in him. Just continue to battle and you know, like that competition there and I like we\u2019re going to be good. I know we\u2019re gonna be good, no matter who it is and whoever wins out because both of them have a pretty high ceiling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quinn \u2014 a native of Northern Ireland \u2014 made 21 of his 26 field goals for Marshall last season including 5-for-5 from between 40 and 49 yards as well as going 4-for-6 from 50+ yards including a 55-yard make.<\/p>\n<p>Talty meanwhile was just 16-for-23 overall and missed multiple kicks less than 30 yards.<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like both players are performing well and will make this a difficult decision for DeBoer as he tries to strengthen a spot that was a weakness for this team in 2025. The kicker battle is one worth monitoring over the coming months however.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The\u00a0Alabama Crimson Tide\u00a0is ripping through spring practice, and as is to be expected, the main narrative so far from fans and media has\u00a0been the quarterback <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/deboer-reveals-position-battle-at-unexpected-spot-besides-qb\/\" title=\"DeBoer Reveals Position Battle at Unexpected Spot Besides QB\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1183800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,91,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1184111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crimson-tide-bama-tide","8":"category-alabama","9":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5062601010270tc_rosebowl.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184112,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184111\/revisions\/1184112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}