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re: Big time Bama recruiting busts
Posted on 5/28/15 at 10:12 pm to crimsontater
Posted on 5/28/15 at 10:12 pm to crimsontater
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bj scott
For real. I thought this guy was gonna be the next Reggie Bush. He did literally nothing. Barely got on the field. He did transfer to South Alabama where he had a pretty solid senior year as a safety.
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Posted on 5/28/15 at 11:13 pm to stomp
Jimmy Johns.
huge BUST
huge BUST
Posted on 5/28/15 at 11:38 pm to CrimsonTideMD
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Jimmy Johns.
huge BUST
Yeah, drug bust
Posted on 5/28/15 at 11:40 pm to stomp
Chris Black'd be on the list if he doesn't break out this year
Posted on 5/29/15 at 6:42 am to FourThreeForty
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Jerrell Harris
Not sure if serious. He was an integral part of Alabama's 2011 defense and while he may not have played as much, it may have been due to the fact the people surrounding him were fricking Upshaw, Hightower, Nico Johnson, and CJ Mosley.
Coming out of high school he was rated higher than those guys. Recruiting obviously isn't a perfect science, but it is what people use to determine if a guy is a bust or not. He was an athletic freak, but he was never a regular contributor - even his last year he had less than 30 tackles, hardly the results most would've expected coming out of high school.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 7:09 am to CrimsonTideMD
Jerrell Harris is still on an NFL roster, not sure if that makes him a bust.
Back in time. Joe King, Billy Ray, Jeff Dunn. There was also a "can't miss" center from Enterprise back then that never panned out.
Titus Ryan.
Back in time. Joe King, Billy Ray, Jeff Dunn. There was also a "can't miss" center from Enterprise back then that never panned out.
Titus Ryan.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 9:00 am to bamarep
Phillip Simms
Posted on 5/29/15 at 9:48 am to bamarep
Coming here to post Titus Ryan
Chris Keys is another one. Got beat up by Ali Sharrief and kicked off the team. He was
The best recruit Shula had signed to date at the time
Chris Keys is another one. Got beat up by Ali Sharrief and kicked off the team. He was
The best recruit Shula had signed to date at the time
Posted on 5/29/15 at 10:37 am to SECFan413
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he was never a regular contributor - even his last year he had less than 30 tackles
Maybe semantics but I'd disagree with JH never being a regular contributor. He was the starting Sam LB on the '11 defense. He played very well that season in the role he was assigned and even led the team in tackles in the BCSNCG. Did he ever fully live up to expectations? No but doesn't rise to the level of a bust IMO
Posted on 5/29/15 at 10:40 am to sarc
The incomparable Jimmy Barnes. I think he was a reasonably highly rated recruit. But once he got on campus it was clear that he was not gonna cut it
Posted on 5/29/15 at 10:54 am to stomp
Not really off topic, but it's not his fault, Alfy Hill had me believing he was the 2nd coming of DT, but the NCAA fricked him over.
For biggest recruiting bust, you guys already mentioned Love, Scott, and others. I'd say Philip Sims. I remember being on TideSports reading the debate between McCarron and Sims.
For biggest recruiting bust, you guys already mentioned Love, Scott, and others. I'd say Philip Sims. I remember being on TideSports reading the debate between McCarron and Sims.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 10:59 am to Gary Busey
Yeah those debates were epic. It was right around that time Tidesports switched to a pay site. "You can see AJ with his head on the table in the QB meeting in an ESPN clip; no way he starts!"
Posted on 5/29/15 at 11:20 am to stomp
Michael Ford
Posted on 5/29/15 at 11:37 am to Gary Busey
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For biggest recruiting bust, you guys already mentioned Love, Scott, and others. I'd say Philip Sims. I remember being on TideSports reading the debate between McCarron and Sims.
I'm not going to lie, I thought Sims was the guy. He had a beautiful release, and looked great in the pocket in that spring game.
But his career never took off after that.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 11:43 am to bamarep
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Joe King
Most physically imposing guy I have ever been around.
Dude was like 6'6", 285 with 6% body fat. His hands were like catcher's mitts.
But he was a scumbag drug addict who didn't want to give 100%. He was shot during a drug deal in Birmingham early one morning and was still able to run a long way for help.
Probably the greatest waste of pure physicality I have ever seen.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:12 pm to Funky Tide 8
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I'm not going to lie, I thought Sims was the guy. He had a beautiful release, and looked great in the pocket in that spring game.
But his career never took off after that.
I still think he would have done well. The AJ/P.Simms competition would have been a win-win for us.
Sidenote: Can you imagine how explosive our offense would've been with Blake Sims had AJ been a bust?
Posted on 5/29/15 at 8:26 pm to stomp
Mike Ford and BJ Scott
Posted on 5/29/15 at 9:02 pm to FourThreeForty
And JH is playing in the NFL
Posted on 5/29/15 at 9:24 pm to stomp
Marc Gilleuin(sp) or however you spell his last name. QB xfer from the "U" (Miami) that was highly rated.
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