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Posted on 4/24/17 at 3:26 pm to Cobrasize
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Posted on 4/24/17 at 3:56 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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I hope not.
I'd much rather land the kid from Arizona.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:05 pm to TideSaint
I expect a project at QB for this class. The depth chart is too young to really see a higher profile guy signing. Unless Jack West flips.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:32 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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I expect a project at QB for this class. The depth chart is too young to really see a higher profile guy signing.
Tyler Shough would need at least a year in a college weight room before he would be ready to take the field.
He's got a strong arm and is apparently really, really smart. He's strong mechanically. He's also pretty athletic for a skinny white kid.
I'd rather take him than anyone else.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:44 pm to Cobrasize
Dude needs to charge his phone!
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:58 pm to BIGJLAW
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It was around this time last year that Alabama handed an offer to four-star quarterback and Kentucky commit Mac Jones. Not two months later did the Jacksonville (Fla.) Bolles product flip his commitment to the Crimson Tide eventually signing with the program as a part of a two-quarterback class.
Fast foward to the 2018 cycle, and Alabama is once again without a quarterback commitment in its class at this stage in the spring, but its pursuit of one of the nation's top dual-threat signal callers got a little bit easier on Monday, when another Kentucky quarterback commit with a Tide offer backed off his longtime pledge to Mark Stoops and staff.
Jarren Williams, a three-star product of Lawrenceville (Ga.) Central Gwinnett, is back on the market after seeing a number of new offers come his way this spring, including the Crimson Tide.
At 6-foot-2, 206 pounds, Williams is rated the No. 17 dual-threat quarterback and the No. 500 overall player in the class, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite.
Alabama has tested the waters with a number of quarterbacks this spring, getting a few on campus including four-star Tanner McKee and five-star Ohio State commit Emory Jones.
With the evaluation period underway, and the Alabama staff set to hit the road later this week, expect the pursuit of a quarterback to narrow down.
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Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:15 pm to Cobrasize
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Two key Alabama recruits are back on the market.
Late Sunday night, Micah Parsons announced his decommitment from Penn State. Monday afternoon, Jarren Williams a quarterback who Alabama recently offered, decommitted from Kentucky.
Of the two, Alabama may have a better chance with Williams, a fast-rising prospect from Lawrenceville, Ga., whose coach told AL.com that he may be the best player he has ever coached.
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Williams has picked up offers from Alabama, Florida, LSU and many other power programs since committing to Kentucky last summer.
Alabama flipped quarterback Mac Jones from Kentucky in last year's recruiting class.
Williams noted that he wanted to make the best decision regarding his future in a tweet he posted.
Parsons, a five-star defensive end recruit from Harrisburg, Pa., is the nation's No. 3 overall recruit. He said that Penn State is one of his top schools still, but Ohio State has picked up several predictions in the 247Sports crystal ball.
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Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:15 pm to TideSaint
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Alabama was Sidney Lanier quarterback James Foster's dream offer, but the 6-foot-3, 210-pound Foster knew his best future opportunity was at Missouri.
Foster, a three-star recruit in the 247Sports composite, announced his commitment to the Tigers last Wednesday. He told head coach Barry Odom and offensive coordinator Josh Heupel last Tuesday and said the response "felt like every coach was jumping up on chairs."
Foster was offered by Missouri as a sophomore and has built a bond with Heupel ever since. He rewarded the Tigers' efforts with his pledge, and he's the first Missouri commitment for the class of 2018.
"I didn't know too much (about Missouri when they first offered), but I had watched them play," Foster said. "It never crossed my mind that this was where I'd be committing to."
Foster made his first trip to Missouri in March.
"It's a family atmosphere," Foster said. "Family is supposed to be important to you off the field, too. It's bigger than just being on the field. That's really why I liked it a lot. A lot of people are there for you off the field."
The quarterback situation is a good one for Foster at Missouri as rising junior Drew Lock will have either declared for the NFL Draft or have just one more year when Foster arrives.
"I like their offense a lot," Foster said. "They chunk it around a lot, and that's something I like to do. That's why I feel like it could be a great fit for me."
Foster knows Jamal Brooks, a Missouri signee from Bessemer City in the 2017 class. Missouri is making Montgomery an area of priority, and he'll be after several teammates and friends to join him.
Foster mentioned the Park Crossing duo of offensive lineman Tank Jenkins and quarterback/athlete Cam Taylor, Lee-Montgomery defensive back Jakorey Hawkins and Lanier teammates La'Dedric Jackson, a linebacker and defensive end Albert Thomas.
Foster said he didn't know if Alabama would still evaluate him or not, but he is expecting Florida State to see him throw this week. FSU has not yet offered. Other offers included Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee, UNC and South Carolina.
It would be hard to see Foster change his commitment again. He was once committed to North Carolina, but backed off seeing that he did that too early in his high school career.
"I'm solid," Foster said. "I was relieved. I feel like I made the right decision."
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Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:17 pm to TideSaint
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When Nick Saban took to the podium on National Signing Day this past February to discuss Alabama’s seventh straight No. 1 recruiting class, there was one position group that he wasn’t pleased with. That was cornerback. The Crimson Tide signed zero corners in the Class of 2017 and missed on some of their top targets.
Enter Anthony Lytton.
Lytton is the nation’s No. 3 cornerback, according to the 247Sports Composite, from Dr. Henry Wise High School (Upper Marlboro, Md.). He released his top 5 schools last week and Alabama along with Clemson, Florida State, Maryland and Penn State made the cut.
The 5-foot-11, 175-pound prospect told our Land of 10 reporter Corey Masisak over the weekend at Nike’s Opening regional in Washington, D.C. why the Crimson Tide are strongly in the mix for him.
“Alabama has one of the best programs and one of the best coaches,” Lytton said. “They also have some of the best facilities. The school has a lot of history, too.”
Lytton, who was clocked at 4.4 in the 40-yard dash and posted a 37-inch vertical on Sunday, hasn’t been to Tuscaloosa before. That’s changing this summer. He said he’s planning on visiting Alabama in a few months and will definitely take an official visit this fall.
The Tide have some catching up to do with Lytton, though. He grew up a Florida State fan and models his game after one of the best cornerbacks to ever play football, former Seminoles great Deion Sanders.
Like Sanders, Lytton is certainly confident in his abilities. During the interview with Masisak, he said he’s been “good since little league.” That boastful personality matches up with what Sanders had when he played. Lytton calls Sanders’ alma mater a “dream school.”
“They have a tradition there with their DBs,” Lytton said. “I just liked how they played when I was little. I always looked at them.”
It wouldn’t be the first time Alabama has changed a recruit’s mind on attending their dream school. Just last year, Tua Tagovailoa grew up a Southern California fan and frequently called that school his dream school. That quickly changed after he made it to campus for the first time last spring.
Lytton said he’s in frequent contact with Tide defensive backs coach Derrick Ansley and wide receivers coach Mike Locksley, who is his primary recruiter. Locksley is one of the best recruiters in the Northeast, especially Maryland, so Alabama has that working in its favor.
The coaches have told him over and over again that the team signed zero corners in the Class of 2017, and there’s a good chance for early playing time in the secondary next season. But more importantly than that, he’s looking for comfortability when he makes it to Tuscaloosa for his first time.
“I just hope the coaches make me feel comfortable,” Lytton said. “I want to be able to go their office and come to them whenever I have a problem. I want them to keep it real with me.”
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Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:17 pm to TideSaint
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Just a few weeks after picking up an offer from Alabama, one of the nation’s top quarterbacks has decided to reopen his recruitment.
Jarren Williams, a 3-star former Kentucky commit from Central Gwinnett High School (Lawrenceville, Ga.), has de-committed from the Wildcats, according to his coach. Williams had been committed to Kentucky since June of 2016.
When SEC Country met with Williams shortly after picking up his Alabama offer, he told us that while he was still committed to Kentucky, he was still entertaining offers elsewhere. Florida, Florida State, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Tennessee, in addition to Kentucky, were the schools recruiting him the hardest as of two weeks ago.
Alabama is still in search for a quarterback in its Class of 2018, and the Crimson Tide staff is expected to see Williams throw in person this spring.
Nick Saban told Williams on his visit to Tuscaloosa earlier this month that he has what he’s looking for in his potential Class of 2018 quarterback. Saban wants a combination of a pro-style passer and a dual-threat quarterback.
That’s what Williams is, according to Wofford.
“He has all of the physical abilities that Alabama is looking for,” Central Gwinnett coach Todd Wofford said. “He’s 6-foot-3 and has a very strong, accurate arm. On top of that, he can run. He’s not an athlete playing quarterback. He’s a quarterback who can pass and who also happens to be athletic enough to run. He has that ‘it’ factor. I think that’s something Nick Saban likes.”
Mac Jones was looked at as Kentucky’s leader in the Class of 2017 before flipping to Alabama during one of Saban’s summer camp sessions last year. The quarterback just now finished his first spring in Tuscaloosa.
Flash forward nearly a year after Jones flipped from Kentucky to Alabama, and here we are with another Wildcats quarterback commit who was once viewed as one of the building blocks in their class.
Williams didn’t throw his first interception last season until the eighth game of the season, and that came on a tipped pass. He finished his junior season throwing for 2,618 yards with 26 touchdowns and 4 interceptions while rushing for 396 yards and 9 touchdowns in 11 games.
Perhaps it will be déjà vu all over again for Alabama and a former Kentucky quarterback commit.
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Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:18 pm to TideSaint
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – There is no higher honor for a football player than to earn the respect of his follow competitors. So we asked some of the participants at Sunday’s Rivals 3 Stripe Camp presented by adidas in Atlanta to talk about which players impressed them most that they battled all day.
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Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:19 pm to TideSaint
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BEST QUARTERBACK
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Emory Jones
"Emory Jones just seemed like he was real smooth and effortless today. When he was throwing to me, it was a perfect ball each time." - Three-star TE Ben Bresnahan, Cumming (Ga.) West Forsyth
"He is a smooth quarterback and he throws a good ball." - Four-star RB Asa Martin, Decatur (Ala.) Austin
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Jarren Williams
"Williams connected with me three or four times on corner routes and it was always right on time. The zip on the ball was crazy." - Three-star TE John Fitzpatrick, Atlanta (Ga.) Marist
Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:20 pm to TideSaint
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BEST RUNNING BACK
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Lyn-J Dixon
"He's a very special player when he has the ball in his hands and he looked very good running routes and catching balls out of the backfield." - Four-star ATH Kearis Jackson, Fort Valley (Ga.) Peach County
Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:20 pm to TideSaint
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BEST TIGHT END
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John Fitzpatrick
"He is a big and strong tight end who can pretty much catch the ball anywhere. He can also run well and he has a good route tree." - Three-star WR Chigoziem Okonkwo, Marietta (Ga.) Hillgrove
Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:22 pm to TideSaint
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BEST WIDE RECEIVER
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Christian Ford
"He is a great route runner with nice hands a lot of speed. He's got the whole package." - Three-star DB Chris Smith, Atlanta (Ga.) Hapeville Charter
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EJ Turner
“I really didn’t notice a lot of them, to be honest, but I guess I’d go with EJ Turner. He was good. I threw to him a lot.” – Five-star QB Trevor Lawrence, Cartersville, Ga.
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Jallah Zeze
"Zeze stood out because at his size he showed his quickness and route running against top competition." – Three-star DB Donte Burton, Lawrenceville (Ga.) Central Gwinnett
Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:24 pm to TideSaint
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BEST OFFENSIVE LINEMAN
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Christian Armstrong
“Christian Armstrong is really strong.” - 2019 4-star DE Derrick McLendon, Tucker, Ga.
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Trey Hill
"Trey Hill has good feet and good hands." - 2018 DE Tyrese Black, McDonough (Ga.) Eagles Landing Christian
"I didn't see him live, but I saw some videos and he was impressive." - 5-star QB Trevor Lawrence, Cartersville, Ga.
“Trey Hill. He never got beat.” – McLendon
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Tre'Shaun Hodge
“Tre'Shaun Hodge was good. He has good hands. Tough.” – Black
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Keiondre Jones
“Keiondre Jones. He has great footwork and he is very strong. He gets really low. You don’t see tackles get that low.” – McLendon
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Oyenmwen Uzebu
"Great feet for someone his size. I would speed rush and he would get out there real quick.” - McLendon
Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:25 pm to TideSaint
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BEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN
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Rashad Cheney
“Probably Rashad Cheney. His hands are strong, man. I mean, I’m strong but he got me.” 3-star DT Timaje Porter, Theodore, Ala.
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Kingsley Enagbare
“I think it was probably Kingsley Enagbare. He’s just a good, solid player.” 2019 OL Riley Simonds, Buford, Ga.
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Alfred Thomas
“Alfred Thomas. He was pretty fast and strong. I thought he was the best.” - 4-star OL Marcus “Tank” Jenkins, Montgomery (Ala.) Park Crossing
Posted on 4/24/17 at 5:26 pm to TideSaint
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BEST DEFENSIVE BACK
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Daquez Crawford
“Daquez Crawford. He gave up one catch all day.” – Three-star DB Jaycee Horn, Alpharetta, Ga.
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Jaycee Horn
“Jaycee Horn. He was just a flat out dog out there in coverage.” - 2018 LB Jayden McDonald, Suwanee (Ga.) North Gwinnett
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Chris Smith
“Chris Smith. He’s a great competitor and a flat out baller. He won every rep I saw him take.” – 2020 QB Harrison Bailey, Marietta, Ga.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 7:38 pm to TideSaint
Demetric Warren just CB'd Dameon Pierce to Georgia.
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