re: 2013 Alabama Football Recruiting Thread - DH Decommited from UGA

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Altee Tenpenny, Bo Scarborough, OJ Howard, Tyren Jones, Alvin Kamara, Robert Foster, Laremy Tunsil

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One of these is not in the same recruiting class broseph

From BR, so take it with a grain of salt. Sounds like Price let his emotions from his sister's passing get the best of him, and Barron was the unlucky recipient.

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Just when you thought things were really, really tight on the New Ship Schiano over there at One Buc Place, there's some disturbing accounts of an alleged incident that involved defensive tackle Brian Price and first-round pick Mark Barron.

The story on WalterFootball.com by Charlie Campbell cites the old reliable and anonymous "sources with the team," confirming that during one of the OTA sessions, shortly after Price returned from Los Angeles following the death of his sister, there was an incident in a team meeting where Price allegedly told Barron that he was sitting in Price's seat.

JoeBucsFan.com took a swim in the murky waters of this rumor and relayed this: "Price says something like 'get up,' Barron says something alone the lines of 'F-you,' and Price proceeds to punch him in the head."

Now, understand that the guys at JoeBucsFan come from the Tampa Tribune lineage that we have in common, so they're not about to throw up some reckless rumor against the wall to see if it sticks.

Given Price's state of mind following the horrible loss of a sister that he so loved, this certainly sounds like something that could have happened. Perhaps it explains why Price has spent the rest of the offseason on his own back in Los Angeles. Grief is a process that doesn't run its cycle overnight. Given his age and close relationship with his sister, this has been a tough time for Price.

Apparently Barron was not seriously hurt, and his preseason performance has drawn rave reviews from the coaching staff. The guys at JoeBucsFan also made mention of Barron having more than his share of swagger, describing him this way: "Barron is rather Warren Sapp-like with his rookie attitude and has an alpha-dog style among his teammates."

Swagger and attitude is fine if you back it up with superb play, as Sapp did year after year on the Bucs' defensive line. If this incident did happen as Campbell supposed it did, hopefully it was just one of those isolated fisticuffs that pop up now and then. One thing's for sure, Schiano won't put up with this sort of behavior from anyone. Sure there may have been extenuating circumstances with Price. Maybe Price didn't even know who Barron was. The only thing that's a solid fact going into training camp is that Barron is the clear-cut starter at free safety, and Price is still a guy trying to make a comeback from his ongoing physical setbacks. The team needs both to perform at a high level if this defense is going to hold up in 2012.

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Dion Caputi?@nfldraftupdate Dion Caputi?Reports: defensive tackle Brian Price punched rookie 1st round safety Mark Barron in #Buccaneers meeting

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sounds like Price needs to grow the frick up before he gets cut

If I had a sister that had passed recently, and some young kid was talking back to me, I might overreact too

Not saying he is justified, but I kind of understand a little bit.

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I don't see Foster leaving the north

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nor i.

Is Foster the only WR Bama is looking at for this class? Besides who is already committed

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If I had a sister that had passed recently, and some young kid was talking back to me, I might overreact too

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and if you did you would most likely be fired from your job. its called being a professional. grow up

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Any rookie who tells a veteran "frick you" is asking to get popped in the mouth.

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This. Barron needs to learn his place as a rookie

Fort Worth (Texas) All Saints Episcopal offensive tackle Demetrius Knox checks in as one of the top offensive linemen and overall prospects in 247Sports’ initial class of 2014 prospect rankings. The 6-foot-5, 300-pounder is already up to double digit offers and is planning a visit to Alabama in the coming weeks.


“I’m trying to take my running back, Daniel Gresham and my head coach to check out Alabama and see what’s up there. That’s a real important visit for me. This will be the first time. I know a lot I would say because right now I’m researching a lot of colleges and getting background information.”

Knox, who received an offer from Alabama on May 15, currently lists the Crimson Tide as his leader for a number of different reasons.

“Alabama’s pretty much my number one right now. I really don’t have a two or three. I’m just trying to sit back and watch this season and see how everyone does, but for sure Alabama’s number one. They’re real big on winning and I really like their O-Line coach and strength and conditioning coach- he’s pretty cool. Getting the offer from Nick Saban that day really meant a lot.

“Of all the schools that I’ve talked to or been offered by, I feel like the offer from Alabama is the most genuine. Nick Saban called my coach up asked him to get me in the room and then he talked to me and offered me right then and there. For a head coach of his stature to come out and offer a sophomore at the time, I mean that was pretty cool to me.”

Ohio State also figures to be a player with Knox, who lived in the Buckeye State prior to moving to the Dallas Metroplex.

“Ohio State- I really like them too. I’m actually from Ohio. I’m from Springfield, Ohio. I lived there for a while- I moved to Texas in 7th grade. I was a bigtime Buckeye. Ohio State will always be a factor, just because I’m from there. I got to talk to Urban Meyer the other day on the phone. It was pretty cool, but I don’t know too much about him though. I’m going to have to get online and do some research.”

The four-star prospect recently participated in Oklahoma State’s camp and expects offers from Texas and Oklahoma at the conclusion of his junior season.

“I did not end up going to Ohio State last week- I went to Oklahoma State. I really liked the offensive line coach there. He was cool. Oklahoma and UT told me that they’re going to offer in February.”

Knox has a grade of 97 from 247Sports and is ranked as the no. 28 prospect in the nation for the 2014 cycle.