Levi Wallace would fall into this category, a previously unheralded player who broke out and played a significant role for Alabama last season.

Now, it's time to look ahead to 2018.

Some of the Crimson Tide's outgoing standouts offered their thoughts on which young and/or unheralded Alabama players are going to break out next season.

Among the players mentioned were running backs Najee Harris and Josh Jacobs, offensive linemen Alex Leatherwood and Jedrick Wills, linebackers Mack Wilson and Dylan Moses and cornerback Shyheim Carter.

Here's what each outgoing player that we talked to had to say about who they see breaking out:

Linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton

"(Wide receiver) Jerry Jeudy for a fact. Definitely Leatherwood, Jedrick Wills. Those guys are going to be good. And, of course, like Najee and Josh. Those guys have been waiting their turn. Defensively, if you count Mack, he's already played, but it was kind of shared time. But him and Dylan will be really good. And Shyheim Carter in the secondary."

Cornerback Anthony Averett

"Definitely on offense, Najee. I guess you could say the Georgia game was a breakout a little bit and I feel like he had his couple spurts during the season, and I feel like next year he's definitely going to break out big time. Defensively, out of the secondary, Deionte (Thompson) definitely. I know he played a little bit and played against Clemson and Georgia, but I think Deionte's going to have a breakout year next year definitely. Out of the secondary, who else? Probably Shyheim Carter. He played in a couple important games for us, too. He plays that slot position, that Star position for us. He knows the system. Knows the system as well as anybody. He's one of those guys that knows what he's doing, but he hasn't gotten that real opportunity. And I feel like next year he'll definitely get his chance."

Defensive lineman Da'Shawn Hand

"I was going to say Najee hands down (if not for breaking out during the Georgia game). Josh Jacobs. And then on defense, Dylan Moses. Dylan Moses would lay his life on the line during a game. I'm letting you know that now. And then Josh Jacobs, that's a hard dude to tackle. He's just so smooth and his vision is something serious."

Center Bradley Bozeman

"Jedrick Wills, he's really good, really talented, really athletic. Great player. Once he really figures out the offense, he'll be rolling. I think he really started to come on the end of last season and I think he'll be really good next year. There's countless people. There's (interior offensive lineman) Dallas Warmack, (interior offensive lineman) Chris Owens, (interior offensive lineman) Brandon Kennedy. There's so many guys that are so good that would be starters at any other place but there are so many people at Alabama that it's just hard to get that final spot."

Matt Zenitz is an Alabama beat writer for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz.