INDIANAPOLIS — Mario Cristobal still keeps in touch with two of the top offensive linemen he recruited while at Alabama, including offering them feedback during their All-American seasons last fall.

The Oregon head coach recruited All-Americans Jonah Williams and Ross Pierschbacher and coached them while with the Crimson Tide until 2016.

Williams, a former five-star recruit in 2016 from Folsom, Calif., went on to become a unanimous All-American tackle for Alabama last season and is projected to be one of the top offensive lineman selected in this year’s NFL Draft. He said Cristobal offered him feedback throughout the season.

“He’ll text me and send me film of something I did that was good or bad and give me some tips on it or congratulate me if I had some award or something like that,” Williams said at the NFL Combine. “So stay in touch with him and he’s doing great things at Oregon. Aside from Alabama and SEC teams I’m an Oregon fan just for him and I’m excited to see what they do this year.”

Pierschbacher, a former four-star recruit in 2014 out of Cedar Falls, Iowa, was also an All-American last season. Cristobal and Nick Saban made an in-home visit in the middle of a snow storm to secure Pierchbacher’s commitment to Alabama in Jan. 2014.

“I felt very wanted, which is a big part of the recruiting process and felt very important throughout the whole entire thing,” Pierschbacher said. “For me, that was a big thing. They actually had to leave early because they were probably going to get snowed in if they had stayed. They headed out real quick, but it meant a lot and it was a pretty big deal in hometown.”

Pierschbacher credited Cristobal with instilling a structure for Alabama’s offensive linemen and creating habits that he continued the last two years after Cristobal left for Oregon.

“As a young player it was really what I needed, to have a coach like Mario Cristobal,” he said.

Former Oklahoma State running back Justice Hill raved about his former position coach Marcus Arroyo, Oregon’s offensive coordinator the past seasons. Hill had the top freshman rushing season in Oklahoma State history with 1,142 yards in 2016 with Arroyo as his position coach.

“He’s just a genius,” Hill said. “He knows when to run a play, when to call a play. He puts everybody in the right situations. He did a good job with me when me and Chris (Carson) were there at the same time. He did a good job of putting us in to where we would succeed in put us in good position.”

Though Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy is involved in the offense and then Cowboys offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich was calling the plays, Hill said Arroyo had consistent input in game planning and plays.

“His input was pretty much what went,” Hill said. “He knew what he was doing and whenever he called something we were probably going to run that.”

Former Washington State running back James Williams credited Oregon running backs coach Jim Mastro, who coached him during his first two seasons at Wazzu, with his success in college.

“Coach Mastro is a lot of the reason why I’m the player I am right now,” Williams said. “He really brought the best out of me when I needed to. He never steered me the wrong way, he always had my back, even still to this day. He always got my best interest and he always tell me what’s real. He never was a yes man. When he wanted to tell me something, he let me know. He’s one of the biggest coaches in my life right now.”