Was Shaun Alexander the best ever to play for Bama? (Video)

TUSCALOOSAHONOR · Dec 30, 2017

Bama_N_Va said:
I hope someone is looking at that video and saying "man, those draw plays are really something!!!".

Yeah can someone forward this video to Daboll?!!!

Alanbama27 · Dec 30, 2017

B1GTide said:
Sorry, I don't think so. Henry was the best RB to play at Alabama - maybe the best to ever play the position in all of college football. But Shaun was pretty special.

As great as Henry was, he wasn’t in the same league as Bo Jackson and Herschel Walker when discussing “the best ever”. Both of them were as big as he is but much faster. Bo ran a 3.25-40 and Henry is a 4.4 guy. Herschel also was a 4.3 or better guy as both he and Bo were world class track athletes.

As for best Bama back, we’ve had some amazing backs and I would put Henry against any of them.

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ROTYDE · Dec 30, 2017

Just look at the holes the offensive line opened up for him.

B1GTide · Dec 30, 2017

Alanbama27 said:
As great as Henry was, he wasn’t in the same league as Bo Jackson and Herschel Walker when discussing “the best ever”. Both of them were as big as he is but much faster. Bo ran a 3.25-40 and Henry is a 4.4 guy. Herschel also was a 4.3 or better guy as both he and Bo were world class track athletes.

Yet Henry broke their single season records. He is right there with those guys - and far ahead of SA.

Isaiah 63:1 · Dec 30, 2017

I think we can all agree Shaun had the biggest shoulder pads of any Alabama RB ever, if only to allow enough room for every letter in “Su Alexander”...

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Mystical · Dec 30, 2017

The thing about Shaun it seemed he was our only play-maker at the time. Derrick did have Cooper and Drake not to mention the imagination of Kiffen. I can't imagine how many games we would have won with out Shaun when he was at Bama.

CajunCrimson · Dec 30, 2017

Alanbama27 said:
As great as Henry was, he wasn’t in the same league as Bo Jackson and Herschel Walker when discussing “the best ever”. Both of them were as big as he is but much faster. Bo ran a 3.25-40 and Henry is a 4.4 guy. Herschel also was a 4.3 or better guy as both he and Bo were world class track athletes.

As for best Bama back, we’ve had some amazing backs and I would put Henry against any of them.

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3.25 40?

Typo or Superman Worship, not sure which

Mystical · Dec 30, 2017

CajunCrimson said:
3.25 40?

Typo or Superman Worship, not sure which

Yea Bo only ran a 4.13 that guy was slow.

KillVols · Dec 30, 2017

All those other guys haven't achieved Shawn Alexanders greatness. There is no comparison IMO. Once Ingram, Henry or Drake win super bowls and become MVP of the NFL then a comparison can be made. Just my opinion, I could be wrong. From the time SA touched a football he has been scoring TDs as easy as anyone ever.....all the way to the very top. That LSU game he came into as a true fresh after staying up all night playing madden and scored like 4 TDS and 300 yards....we all saw he was special.

B1GTide · Dec 30, 2017

KillVols said:
All those other guys haven't achieved Shawn Alexanders greatness. There is no comparison IMO. Once Ingram, Henry or Drake win super bowls and become MVP of the NFL then a comparison can be made. Just my opinion, I could be wrong. From the time SA touched a football he has been scoring TDs as easy as anyone ever.....all the way to the very top. That LSU game he came into as a true fresh after staying up all night playing madden and scored like 4 TDS and 300 yards....we all saw he was special.

Here is a pretty good article listing players from the state of Alabama and their NFL careers:

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/07/alabamas_greatest_100_football_3.html

Cadakeen · Dec 30, 2017

In my opinion he is best RB In the last ever at Bama. He had an amazing skill set. Under Saban he would have won a Heisman. NFL most valuable player in 2005, pro bowls, led the league in rushing and twice in touchdowns. And on top of all that a good person.

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B1GTide · Dec 30, 2017

Cadakeen said:
In my opinion he is best RB In the last ever at Bama. He had an amazing skill set. Under Saban he would have won a Heisman. NFL most valuable player in 2005, pro bowls, led the league in rushing and twice in touchdowns. And on top of all that a good person.

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Playing for Saban he would have been splitting carries. You would remember him very differently.

Alabama22 · Dec 30, 2017

Shaun was great. Henry was better than Shaun at RB.

CoastGhost · Dec 30, 2017

ROTYDE said:
Just look at the holes the offensive line opened up for him.

That is what I saw - look at the blocking!

TUSCALOOSAHONOR · Dec 30, 2017

CoastGhost said:
That is what I saw - look at the blocking!

Lot of horse collar tackling back in the day too

mlh · Dec 30, 2017

B1GTide said:
Playing for Saban he would have been splitting carries. You would remember him very differently.

I was about to post the same thing. But IIRC, the week after that miraculous game against LSU, SA didn't even play. Everyone was like, WTH? Where's Alexander?

I don't know if he's the best RB to play at Bama, but he's certainly one of the best. He won the Iron Bowl one year through sheer willpower. It was an amazing performance.

Bamagradandmom · Dec 30, 2017

RT27 said:
He was most definitely the smoothest runner, he just glided across the field like he was on ice skates. Loved his style of running.

That is what I loved about his running style, a hot knife thru butter. He was so smooth and made it look for effortless, some media morons questioned his game in the NFL at first, they quickly learned!

He was an awesome ambassador for the University of Alabama.

pluckngrit · Dec 30, 2017

He definitely would have to learn how to get up from the pile a lot quicker if he ever wanted to play for coach saban!

pluckngrit · Dec 30, 2017

And in particular these fast paced offenses. Ha

danb · Dec 30, 2017

pluckngrit said:
He definitely would have to learn how to get up from the pile a lot quicker if he ever wanted to play for coach saban!

I remember an old interview SA had and he mentioned why he got up so slow after every play. He said he did that, so the opposing team wouldn’t know if the hit he sustained on the play hurt him or was getting to him. He basically said he got up slowly so they never really knew if the hits were taking their toll on him.

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