The early departure of Cam Robinson made the decision easy regarding Jonah Williams.

At star at right tackle as a freshman, Williams made the move to the other side this spring. That's not uncommon. To help with that transition, however, the sophomore got clever.

The right hander started doing every-day activities with his left hand.

Eating, writing, whatever. Left hand.

"It's going well," Williams said. "Some of my friends remind me to put the fork back in my left hand when I'm eating or something like that. But for the most part it's going well."

It was more of a personal challenge than an assignment from coaches. It was a matter of making the movements smooth and fluid.

Not all of it stuck.

Penmanship suffered.

"No, I gave up that pretty quick when I was graded on the assignments," Williams said with a grin. "But I can do most things, it's just the really fine motor skills that are going to take a while to do if I keep working on that."

It's not like he doesn't have experience on the left side. In high school, he switched between left and right tackle depending on which hash the ball resided.

Adjusting hasn't been too much of a chore at this point.

"It's the same as anyone trying to do anything with their left hand they usually do with their right or their left foot or whatever," Williams said. "But at the same time, I use my right hand for a lot of stuff at left tackle so it's not a huge difference from that standpoint. It takes a little bit of getting used to when you're watching film to have your eyes snap from the left tackle to right tackle."

A student of the game, Williams explained the left tackle position is less of the vanity position it once was considering the how many throws are made from a traditional pocket anymore.

"There's a stigma to it, but it's not the 1980s anymore with Steve Wallace and Joe Montana and stuff like that," Williams said. "It's not as big of a difference, you know. The quarterback looking on the left side of the field is not the blind spot anymore. It's not a huge difference like that. There's a stigma that goes along with the title, but it's just a title."

It still remains important. Alabama coaches wouldn't move Williams if it wasn't.

"I like playing left tackle and that's just kind of how the coaches set it up to start the spring," Williams said.