Bo Scarbrough is competing with fellow sophomore Damien Harris for Alabama's starting running back job, Matt Zenitz of AL.com reports.

Scarbrough is competing with fellow sophomore Damien Harris for Alabama's starting running back job, Matt Zenitz of AL.com reports.

Analysis:

The departures of Derrick Henry and Kenyan Drake leave the Crimson Tide with a lack of experience at running back, but not a lack of talent. Scarbrough was one of the top rated running backs in the class of 2015 and at 6-foot-2, 230, he has a frame that lends itself to Derrick Henry comparisons. Alabama will hold its first scrimmage of spring practice Saturday, which should give a glimpse of which back, Scarbrough or Harris, is impressing the coaching staff the most thus far this spring. Scarbrough, a Tuscaloosa native, is the early favorite to get the bulk of the carries, but the pressure will be on him to live up to expectations.