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Posted on 7/19/26 at 4:33 pm to
Posted by Easye921
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Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 4:33 pm to
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Did we not learn our lesson about hyping up true freshman with AK Dear


Crowell is a far more complete back than Dear was coming out of high school. Still, missing spring practice and those reps puts Crowell behind the eight ball. If the o line improves this year, it's not out of the realm of possibility for EJ to rush for 6-700 yards.
Posted by crimsoncoded94
Georgiana
Member since Aug 2025
3250 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:12 pm to
Yea I think Crowell is a ready now guy vs Dear is a potential guy.

Same for Morgan. He looks like a junior.
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
14258 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:45 pm to
Yeah. Morgan got that look of some of the Saban era dudes who show up looking like they’re in their late 20s like Julio, Reuben Foster, A’shawn Robinson, etc.
Posted by JIB
Member since Sep 2013
2710 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:01 pm to
Maybe Dear is Kenyan Drake to Crowell's Derrick Henry. At least a little bit.
Posted by RollTide4Ever
Nashville
Member since Nov 2006
20327 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 6:18 am to
That kind of coaching should be illegal.
Posted by IB4bama
Pelham
Member since Oct 2017
2270 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 11:44 am to
Tide06 is correct. KY has up graded its talent, especially on offense.

Posted by jjv0004
Greenville, SC
Member since Sep 2022
635 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 2:52 pm to
If this board is not just the best thing ever. You got 3 downvotes for asking a question. Can't beat it.
Posted by TS1926
Alabama
Member since Jan 2020
8084 posts
Posted on 7/22/26 at 12:24 pm to
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got a feeling Crowell will have the same problem as Henry where he was in mid-classification and his team never needed to do anything but have the QB turnaround and hand or toss it to him.


The competition in his high school video is laughable and similar to Henry's HS tape.
You can't really count that as "yards after contact" with 140 lbs LBers trying to tackle him.
Posted by TS1926
Alabama
Member since Jan 2020
8084 posts
Posted on 7/22/26 at 12:25 pm to
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freshman it should be Hill.


Hill is nothing special, so it won't be a surprise.
Posted by Riseupfromtherubble
You'll Never Walk Alone
Member since Jun 2011
40376 posts
Posted on 7/23/26 at 9:21 am to
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The competition in his high school video is laughable and similar to Henry's HS tape


And Henry ran all over everybody when he got the football here as a freshman. Crowell went for over 300 in the state championship game. He ran all over the Mississippi all stars in that exhibition.

Yards after contact is as much a mindset as physical ability. Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson weren't playing against teams any better than Crowell in High School
This post was edited on 7/23/26 at 9:22 am
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