Re: Kevin Norwood
Guess who the state 200 meters champion was his senior year in high school? Yep...
Kevin can fly..deceptively so but fly just the same.
The first time I ever heard about Kevin was when his high school coach, Buddy Singleton told me, "I coached Reggie Collier in high school
and I've got a kid who's a better athlete than he was". That speaks volumes because Coach Bryant once called Collier "A man among boys" after USM beat us 38-29 in Tuscaloosa.
When I asked Coach Singleton, "How good is he as a receiver?" he replied, "All I know is if the ball's anywhere in his area he's gonna catch it". Quite prophetic huh?
Coach Singleton also said, "He really ought to play safety in college but he's not going anywhere that doesn't play him at wide receiver".
He based that opinion on the fact that Kevin intercepted twelve passes his senior year. Not bad.
I'm just glad he's getting some recognition.
By the way Kevin was pretty much headed for either USM or Ole Miss. Then one day Coach Saban called Coach Singleton and said that he was in the area and wanted to meet Kevin personally. Coach Singleton called Kevin to his office, Coach Saban walked in, shook hands, talked to Kevin for ten minutes, drove with him to meet his family and left with a commitment.
Quite the recruiter he is. sip