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Go get 'em coach...

Wow! This guy is the real deal. I'd love to see him in a slightly darker shade of green.

UT, like 9 other SEC schools, did not sign any FB players from Alabama last Feb. NSD. Is this an anomaly or a trend?

(12-07-2015 06:56 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  UT, like 9 other SEC schools, did not sign any FB players from Alabama last Feb. NSD. Is this an anomaly or a trend?

It's an anomaly. Every state doesn't produce the same caliber players year in and year out. I assure you these teams don't care if the players come from alaska if they can play football.

(12-07-2015 06:56 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  UT, like 9 other SEC schools, did not sign any FB players from Alabama last Feb. NSD. Is this an anomaly or a trend?

Maybe a trend now.

I would stress that he could become an NFL prospect at receiver & UAB happens to have success in that area.

(12-07-2015 09:59 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(12-07-2015 06:56 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  UT, like 9 other SEC schools, did not sign any FB players from Alabama last Feb. NSD. Is this an anomaly or a trend?

It's an anomaly. Every state doesn't produce the same caliber players year in and year out. I assure you these teams don't care if the players come from alaska if they can play football.

We are two months from the next NSD on Feb. 3, 2016. My question may be more clearly answered then. Last NSD AU signed 5, UA signed 5 and MS State signed 5 and USC signed 2. The other 10 SEC schools signed none. Note that the last UAB NSD class (2014) signed 4, about the same number as each of the other 4 D1 schools in Alabama.

Now followed on twitter by UAB FB coaches Jeremy Hawkins & Mike Bennefield, so I suspect we've made contact...