Remember Darius Philon?

Congrats. Couldnt take the risk. I think Alabama is doing pretty well on the defensive line.

Is he one we wanted to greyshirt? I don't follow recruiting, but vaguely remember us offering him.

I remember him. He was the one who was not truthful with the staff about his knee injury, and then declined a greyshirt. He would not have started on our dline yet.

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while I think this thread is pointless, that is a ignorant statement. who would have started in front of him the 10th best d-linemen...lol This goes to show that just because your favorite team is good by no means makes you a more knowledgable fan

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To be fair he wouldn't have. A'Shawn Robinson plays his spot and is a total monster. Philon would get snaps though as we rotate D-linemen constantly.

your statement is more ignorant than his.

The same a shawn robinson with 6 tfl and zero sacks on the year?

I'm glad it worked out for the guy. He deserves it. Look forward to watching him in the League.

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He allowed Arkansas coaches to lie to him and scare him,

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Link?

Seriously, that's the first time I've heard anything like that... I seem to remember something more like Bama leading him on and then pulling the rug (more or less) at the last minute.

But regardless, as someone above stated, Bama couldn't afford the risk. Guess Arkansas could afford to take the chance.

One y'all let get away. And we thank you.

Philon got screwed by Bama. It was sad to watch him at his announcement day crying because he had just been told Saban pulled his scholly offer. Glad it worked out for him.