Bryce Young on what he would say to Will Anderson about finally having the chance to hit him full speed at the next level: “Please take it easy. Remember all the good times we had … Before we play I’ll probably send him a picture of us from freshman year together.”
JSU coach Deion Sanders walks out of SWAC media day after being addressed as Deion.
"If you call Nick (Saban), Nick, you'll get cussed out on the spot, so don't do that to me"
I covered Saban for 6 years. He was called Nick many times. He never said a word
Not that money isn't the bottom line - it is - but if you're Isaiah Bond, hard to imagine a better fit than being WR1 in a DeBoer offense that just got a 92-1,640-13 year out of its WR1. And will go first round in the draft.
Can say this much about Jeremy Pruitt ... He's his own man with his own plan, and he'll run it his own way. Any big UT boosters or power brokers who think they'll be able to pick up the bat phone and wield influence just because he's a first-time HC will quickly learn otherwise.
Saban: "Branch goes down in the game, Malachi gets cramps. We didn't have a third Star. So Kool-Aid has to go play Star, and he ain't practiced or played Star. I told Battle and Hellams, 'Tell him what to do every play.' He's a smart guy, but he'd never played that position."
Alabama WR Henry Ruggs clocked by NFL scouts in the mid-4.2's at UA's junior pro day, per
@mzenitz
report.
Has averaged close to 17 ypc for his career. Blazer.
Best 3-cone times among WRs:
Miles Boykin: 6.77
Stanley Morgan: 6.78
Hunter Renfrow: 6.80
Cody Thompson: 6.87
Bisi Johnson: 6.88
Andy Isabella: 6.95
Terry Godwin: 6.96
David Sills: 6.97
Nobody else was sub-7.00.
#NFLCombine
Notre Dame OG Quenton Nelson effectively selling the importance of guard play:
"You have guys dominating the NFL right now in Aaron Donald, Geno Atkins, Fletcher Cox, that have been working on interior guys. You need guys to stop them. I'm one of those guys."
#NFLCombine2018
Whether you want to play the "deserving" game or not, this FSU team doesn't look like it could play within two touchdowns of Alabama. Or Michigan. Or Georgia.
Most picks in 2020 NFL Draft by college & P5 conference:
LSU (14)
Michigan (10)
Ohio State (10)
Alabama (9)
Clemson (7)
Florida (7)
Georgia (7)
SEC (63)
Big Ten (48)
Pac-12 (32)
ACC (27)
Big 12 (21)
Former Alabama CB Khyree Jackson, who transferred to Oregon and faced Washington twice this year, told me the DeBoer-Grubb scheme is the most complicated offense he's ever seen.
Most picks by school in the 2021
#NFLDraft
live
(h/t
@NFLResearch
)
(6 or more)
10 - Alabama
10 - Ohio State
9 – Notre Dame
9 – Georgia
8 – Michigan
8 – Florida
7 – LSU
6 – Penn State
6 – Pitt
6 – Kentucky
From the leadership department:
Christian Wilkins once asked for a Clemson room assignment to move in with a player who'd failed a drug test in order to help keep him on a straighter path.
Greg Byrne on when he knew Saban would step down: “I don’t want to say a date and a time, but I couldn’t have asked for better communication. … and I wasn’t taken by surprise.”
CB Lonnie Johnson of Kentucky said the
#Seahawks
put him in a staring contest lasting "15, 16 seconds" during his formal interview with them. Said he won. Couldn't recall the name of who he went against.
#NFLCombine
Mississippi State DB John Abram on his rep as a hard hitter: "My mom used to tell me 'If you're not hitting like Bobby Bouchet, you're not hitting'."
@AdamSandler
#NFLCombine
Nate Oats: "Clemson's good. Clemson beat us at our place. We've got to get locked in. ... I told the guys they can celebrate for 30 minutes. As soon as we get the media out of the locker room, we're on to Clemson."
Asked if it's motivating to come from a small school like UTEP, Marcus Davenport quips: "What really motivates me is when people get the name wrong. I go to UTSA."
#NFLCombine2018
Nick Saban post-game: "This is one of the most amazing seasons in Alabama football history in terms of where this team came from and what they were able to do."
Alabama WR Devonta Smith declined to be weighed in or measured for height at
#SeniorBowl
. Will do so at Alabama pro day. Size has been the only question on the electrifying Heisman winner.
Hand 9 3/8
Arm 31 1/2
Wingspan 78 1/2
Skipping bowl games:
Iowa TE Noah Fant
S.Carolina WR Deebo Samuel
Michigan DL Rashan Gary
Houston DL Ed Oliver
NCST WR Kelvin Harmon
ASU WR N'Keal Harry
Oklahoma St. RB Justice Hill
LSU CB Greedy Williams
Gonna be two-tweet list before long.
Jerry Jeudy wearing what appears to be a Star of David on a necklace. Says he got it because "being named Jeudy, people would call me Jew for short. I'm not Jewish, though."
#NFLCombine
Been a lot of scouting buzz about
@UHCougarFB
OT Josh Jones this week. Here he swallows up one of the best pass rushers in Mobile, UNC's Jason Strowbridge.
#SeniorBowl
More official 40 times for DLs:
Montez Sweat 4.41 👀 (modern combine DL record)
Brian Burns 4.53
Rashan Gary 4.58
Chase Winovich 4.59
Nick Bosa 4.79
#NFLCombine
.
@LibertyFootball
QB Malik Willis in post-practice accuracy contest, only QB to hit the back-corner trash can fade route on about a 30-yard toss. Couldn’t drop it in but banged it twice in a row.
#seniorbowl
So,
@BCFootball
RB A.J. Dillon weighed in the heaviest of all running backs at 247 pounds, yet recorded the best vertical jump of them all at 41 inches. Pretty sure that's not supposed to happen. 😱
#NFLCombine
The older brother of Quinnen Williams, Murray State LB Quincy Williams, just got picked by the
#Jaguars
. Quincy didn't even get a combine invite but was one of the most productive LB's in the FCS last year.
Nate Oats on what Nick Saban meant to him as a resource: "When I took the job, I loved that I would have a chance to be around him ... I didn't want to bother him ... (but) I sat in on staff meetings, I shadowed him for a day, I (learned) all I could."
Some NIL history being made as Alabama opens in-stadium retail doors for both team and NIL merch. Bryce Young and Will Anderson will make a few bucks today just for being who they are.
Mississippi State DB John Abram on whether he'll beat fellow Bulldog Montez Sweat's 4.41 40-yard dash, which set a DL combine record:
"That's easy. Sweat's not fast."
#NFLCombine
GMs, coaches spotted at Alabama pro day, just a few among many:
TENN GM Jon Robinson
TENN HC Mike Vrabel
PITT GM Kevin Colbert
JAX GM Trent Baalke
DAL DC Dan Quinn
Alabama RB Bo Scarbrough said craziest question he's gotten so far came from
#Browns
, asked if he thought God is an Auburn fan.
Answer: "I said no, I definitely don't think he is."
#NFLCombine2018
If you think the SEC has to do more to prevent field storming, we agree. If you think visiting players who’ve just lost deserve to leave field in peace without 20,000 celebrators jumping in their face, we agree. If you think that cuts Burton loose from accountability, we don’t.
Best official vertical among TEs:
@HawkeyeFootball
's Noah Fant (39.5").
Second-best: Iowa's T.J. Hockenson (37.5").
Their No. 3 TE isn't here.
#NFLCombine
Saban post-game: "If you really analyze it, we didn't play well enough on defense when we needed to, and we had too many drive-stopping plays on offense."
A reporter asked Michigan coach Sherrone Moore about Jalen Milroe's comments on Bill O'Brien suggesting he change positions, and where he thinks Black QBs stand today from a stereotyping standpoint.
"Really, I don't see color. My wife is Caucasian. My kids are mixed. I deal with
Watch
@Shaquemgriffin
(edge defender) shed this block on the edge with his right hand to assist on a goal line stop. He weighs 220, and the tackle (TCU's Joseph Noteboom) weighs 306.
#SeniorBowl
Alabama DL Da'Ron Payne said former teammates Jonathan Allen and Ryan Anderson are pushing the
#Redskins
to reunite the three of them on the same defense.
#NFLCombine2018
Hard to view Brandon Miller not winning SEC Freshman of the Week after scoring 65 with 14 rebounds over two games (winner produced 50-7 and lost to Alabama) as anything other than the league distancing itself.
Exiting Indy...
A few takes from personnel folks:
* T.Wirfs and I.Simmons 💰💰💰
* M.Becton helped self in interviews not just on field.
* Tua medicals 👍👍
* Herbert on-field 👍👍
* W.Gay wowed, easy steal athletically.
* Two who needed to show more: QB Fromm, CB Dantzler
Playing for Coach Saban had always been dream of mine. I’m forever grateful for him making an impact on my life. I look forward to carrying on the culture, the traditions and the standard that has made Alabama, Alabama! I’m very excited to kick off this new era.
#RollTide