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Bama_N_Va

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OK, we have had threads about your favorite player at Bama but I want to limit this thread discussion to those players that were walk-ons and maybe earned a scholly later.

My take: Without a doubt my Favorite walk-on player is Michael Nysewander. Dude just seemed to have a knack for the ball, great blocker, great teammate, just seemed to enjoy his role but more importantly, mastered it. Can't tell you the number of times in 2016 and 2017 I stated to my buddies, "we are really missing #46s play here"...

Guy could bring it...

Michael, if you read this, a hardy ROLL TIDE!!! to you. Your play is missed!
 
ccc2259

ccc2259

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Hard to pick a favorite for me.......probably a tie between Rashad Johnson and Levi Wallace.
Rashad because he started out as a running back, and later excelled at Safety
Levi because how well he stepped up, and the story about his father
 
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ccc2259 said:
Hard to pick a favorite for me.......probably a tie between Rashad Johnson and Levi Wallace.
Rashad because he started out as a running back, and later excelled at Safety
Levi because how well he stepped up, and the story about his father
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I had forgotten or didn't even remember about Rashad. He has made a little bit of money from walking on at Alabama.
 
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It's hard not to pick Levi. Part of that is probably recency bias but the part he played in our NC can't be overstated. He basically took over for Humphrey (who I thought wouldn't be replaceable) and arguably played even better than Humphrey did his last year. He took the one major weak point in our secondary and made it a clear strength.
 
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tidefan39817

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RollTide_HTTR said:
It's hard not to pick Levi. Part of that is probably recency bias but the part he played in our NC can't be overstated. He basically took over for Humphrey (who I thought wouldn't be replaceable) and arguably played even better than Humphrey did his last year. He took the one major weak point in our secondary and made it a clear strength.
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it seemed to me Hump had the NFL on his mind a little to much his last season.
 
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FThomas

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Yes, I have to go with Rashad Johnson too; He received no D1 offers. He switched positions his Sophomore year and ended up starting 4 games that season. Team captain by his junior year and a first team all-SEC selection; Senior season was first team all-SEC and All-American. Drafted in third round and even how he played through losing part of his finger in the NFL. He also graduated with his degree. He retired this year.
 
selmaborntidefan

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Yes, Dabo was a walk-on.

David Smith, 1988 QB, wasn’t too bad either. Won the starting job against a bunch of scholarship guys.
 
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