Agreed 'Audio. I harbor no anger toward Barnett either. Just calling it as it is. He quit during the season so that makes him a quitter. Doesn't make him a bad person, doesn't mean he won't be a great father, husband etc. Just means in this particular situation he was a quitter. Hope he learned a valuable lesson from it.
Which means he's probably really between 6'1 and 6'0 and 200 lbs. He doesn't have the lateral agility to play RB. I would eat the shirt off my back if Jalen ever played TE in a NFL game. It just isn't going to happen. Most NFL TE's are physical specimens who are 6'4, 240 lbs and run incredibly well for their size. Yes, I'm sure there's a few TE's who are smaller but by and large that isn't the case. Also, Jalen would have to play special teams to make a 53 man roster in the NFL which he's never done before. No NFL team is going to carry a player who is a project at best and not ask them to cover punts / kickoffs.I'm not so sure. Jalen IS deceptively fast. We've seen him- maybe not run away from DB's the way D. Harris does, but at least match their speed at times, and he's not exactly "Doug Flutie" sized. Jalen is listed on our roster as 6'2 - 218. He'd be small by NFL TE Standards, but not tiny - there ARE current NFL starting TE's that are listed at 6'2 and 6'3.
And I'm not prepared to say out-of-hand that he couldn't develop as a TE, H-Back or even a RB if he committed to learning the position and spent at least a year in college (here or elsewhere) training for and playing the position.
That said, I think it would be in his best interest to pick a new position and spend the next two years at Alabama learning. But that's NOT what I expect to happen.
I expect to Tua to be Named as starter at the beginning of the Louisville game, and I expect Jalen to transfer - either in January, or perhaps in August or September, and to appear as the starting QB at another school in August 2019. Play one or two years, post great numbers, and go undrafted.
And that will be a shame. "IMO"
There is a new breed of TEs but he doesn't have the route running prowess to be that kind of guy. See Evan Engram and Jordan Reed
I'm pretty sure Jalen loves to work out in the gym. We've seen videos of him lifting weights.
There's not another position at Alabama he could switch to and have a decent chance to earn quality playing time. Too many 4 and 5 stars he'd have to compete against.That said, I think it would be in his best interest to pick a new position and spend the next two years at Alabama learning. But that's NOT what I expect to happen.
I expect to Tua to be Named as starter at the beginning of the Louisville game, and I expect Jalen to transfer - either in January, or perhaps in August or September, and to appear as the starting QB at another school in August 2019. Play one or two years, post great numbers, and go undrafted.
And that will be a shame. "IMO"
He can graduate in December apparently...according to the Saban media day press conference.
So true. I have always thought if major college programs would still be running the wishbone then Jalen could really thrive. Back in the 1980's a coach like Barry Switzer would be salivating over a guy like Jalen.
Oregon may be another possibility considering the ties to Cristobal from his time at Alabama. I'd say Auburn, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, and Oregon are his likely grad transfer landing spots. They will all likely be in the market for rental at QB given what we know about them now.
This is correct. And, if the answer is always QB keeps the ball, then, not only does the offense bog down, the QB is unlikely to finish the season. That's the standard defense to the wishbone - dictate that the QB keeps the ball and murder him. That's the reason wishbone teams try to keep three good QBs ready to go...
Psh, Jimbo Fisher would have no idea how to handle a humble, well-spoken QB like Jalen...
Murder him is the answer to all these offenses that make defenses account for the QB as a runner. Make him pay so that when it comes time for a pass he's not as accurate.
