Spring practice preview: DBs 
March, 9, 2012
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By
Alex Scarborough and
Greg Ostendorf | ESPN.com
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- When spring practice begins tomorrow, no area on the University of Alabama roster will look more different than the secondary.
The unit that propelled the Tide to the No. 1 total defense in the country, due in large part to having the top-ranked pass defense, is largely gone. Mark Barron, Dre Kirkpatrick and DeQuan Menzie take 75 percent of the unit to the NFL.
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