Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams took the NCAA by storm in 2024, hauling in 48 receptions for 865 yards and four touchdowns for the Crimson Tide at just 17 years old.

The All-SEC first team member is now officially an adult, celebrating his 18th birthday this past Sunday, and he did so by announcing a new name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal he signed with nail polish company Sally Hansen.

“What’s good guys, it’s Ryan ‘Hollywood’ Williams here, and you know it’s a big day for me,” he said in a promotional video on Instagram with birthday balloons behind him. “As you can clearly see, it’s my birthday, and it’s also the big game. So you know I gotta get right today. Gotta start off right, get the nails right, let’s go!”

Williams went on to give his “Sally Hansen” pick of all-black polish and paint them prior to cutting some delicious-looking cookie cake and shooting some basketballs on a mini-hoop.

The former five-star recruit is no stranger to painting his nails. Williams reportedly lets his little sister paint his nails before each Alabama game, and last year he sparked some controversy when he sported some orange polish after their 24–17 loss to the Tennessee Volunteers.

Williams ranks No. 13 on On3‘s NIL list with a valuation $2.7 million. He’s the Crimson Tide’s highest-ranked player on that list.

Ryan Grubb wants defenses to feel ‘threatened’ by the different ways Alabama can attack

Alabama football’s new offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb wants the Crimson Tide to attack on offense in 2025.

Grubb comes to Tuscaloosa with an opportunity to assist Kalen DeBoer with continuing the level of success Alabama football has enjoyed for more than a decade. The veteran college offensive coordinator wants to take advantage of this opportunity by having an explosive offensive attack.

“We should be able to push the ball down the field,” Grubb said. “We should be able to finish runs and block in an explosive manner that I think, will really show what we want this offense to look like from a standpoint that we want

people to be threatened with the football down the field. We want teams to have to understand that if you don’t play two-high (defense), and you give us the opportunity, if you load the box up, we’re going to make you pay with the ball going down the field. And then at the same time when they do put shell coverage out there, and they’re respecting your throw game, you’ve got to be able to punish them in the run game, and that’s something that we certainly want to do.”

The Alabama faithful will get their first glimpse at Ryan Grubb’s spin on the Tide’s offense in the spring.

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