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Deion Sanders Lands Major Alabama Transfer At Jackson State
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Deion Sanders continues to recruit talent to his Jackson State program. This week he's landed former Alabama, 5-foot-11, 160-pound WR Joshua Lanier...
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“I knew it had to be a bigger move than just me,” Lanier said, according to the Tuscaloosa News. “It had to be more about family, had to be more about God. It had to be more about a program that I could mean something to and that can give a good message to people that look up to me.”

“It just gives me a good chance to first (stay) closer to home, which is good for my family,” Lanier said, “and it also gives me a way to show younger kids just because you’ve got other, bigger offers don’t mean that you have to go there. You can go to an HBCU. And hopefully once I go there and I can further my career to the NFL they can know that you can still go to an HBCU and go to the NFL.”
(The Spun)

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BlackTiger8948 months
& still gonna loose to Southern University
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Purple Tiger King48 months
He's a freaking former Alabama Walk-on!
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saban n bear48 months
Does anyone have any idea who this player is? It doesn’t seem like that big of a signing.
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TFH48 months
Never heard of her.
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Robber DeNiro48 months
Good for HBCUs and Prime.
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baobabtiger48 months
I hope this becomes a trend. Then major college football can move closer to what it used to be. Future Pros are ruining the sport.
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BIGJLAW48 months
Dang, walk ons getting major props now.
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oline526448 months
Is that an Auburn uniform?
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ncinthenext348 months
Did he get to keep the Charger or did they just take off the 22s?
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MoarKilometers48 months
Walk ons are major transfers now??? I'd like to say you're better than this Larry, but you aren't.
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LSU FSU Grad48 months
Anything to drop to his knees again for Bama. Don't they have a site this guy could "write" for?
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TommyDaTiger48 months
You’re killing your father Larry
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Che Boludo48 months
Super talented kid, very explosive. But, coming into Bama as a walk-on and earning legit playing time at WR the past few years is a big mountain to climb Best of luck to him
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CrimsonClover48 months
I want to attend a HWCU
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NamariTiger48 months
It’s called a PWI genius.
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hugo_boss48 months
You have a multitude of options.
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KING NOLA48 months
There's tens of thousands of them just pick one. And by the way they're the reason for having HBCU's.
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HoustonGumbeauxGuy48 months
In other words, Coach Saban told me my time at Alabama would be spent on the practice squad.
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SECdragonmaster48 months
It also could be about playing time and exposure with Primetime as your head coach.
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