I am a huge recruiting fan that has come out of hiding after being so disappointed in our past coaches. I have lost most of my very good connections on recruiting but am pretty good at reading between the lines with the information I can find.
I have been monitoring some names and have been pleasantly surprised to find many top prospects mentioning Bama. How about running backs?
An early with list could look like this. I think we could possibly go after and land two very good ones this year with our miss on Carnell last year.
1. Jason Allen from Muscle Shoals is already being talked about as a national recruit. He does not mention Bama as a favorite yet but says he has been offered. We must like him if this is true.
2. Justin Vincent...another national prospect from Louisiana who puts Bama in his early top 5.
3. Bernard Smith...from Florida and put up some huge numbers.
4. Gerald Riggs... a big back from TN ..does the name sound familiar? At the recent Nike camp he mentioned Miami, FSU, Tennesse and Bama as being his top 4. He has also stated on a couple of occasions that he wants to stay close to home. That puts UT and Bama in front and Bama landed 3 big time RB's last year to our 0. Gerald ran a 4.53 in tennis shoes at the Nike camp.
5.Ken Darby...a Huntsville guy who is highly spoken of but I have not heard a lot about him as far as grades and favorites.
There are plenty of others as Alabama is going to be a good year for RB's. What do you guys think?
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Roll Tide!
Steve
[This message has been edited by TidelWave (edited April 11, 2001).]
I have been monitoring some names and have been pleasantly surprised to find many top prospects mentioning Bama. How about running backs?
An early with list could look like this. I think we could possibly go after and land two very good ones this year with our miss on Carnell last year.
1. Jason Allen from Muscle Shoals is already being talked about as a national recruit. He does not mention Bama as a favorite yet but says he has been offered. We must like him if this is true.
2. Justin Vincent...another national prospect from Louisiana who puts Bama in his early top 5.
3. Bernard Smith...from Florida and put up some huge numbers.
4. Gerald Riggs... a big back from TN ..does the name sound familiar? At the recent Nike camp he mentioned Miami, FSU, Tennesse and Bama as being his top 4. He has also stated on a couple of occasions that he wants to stay close to home. That puts UT and Bama in front and Bama landed 3 big time RB's last year to our 0. Gerald ran a 4.53 in tennis shoes at the Nike camp.
5.Ken Darby...a Huntsville guy who is highly spoken of but I have not heard a lot about him as far as grades and favorites.
There are plenty of others as Alabama is going to be a good year for RB's. What do you guys think?
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Roll Tide!
Steve
[This message has been edited by TidelWave (edited April 11, 2001).]