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What happened to Alabama RB Desherrius Flowers? He's still playing football

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https://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/05/whatever_happened_to_alabama_r.html#incart_river_index

The NCAA ruled Flowers ineligible in June 2015 - after spring drills - amid questions about his ACT score. That sent him to Jones County (Miss.) Community College, a particularly disappointing move after he suffered a shoulder injury at Alabama.
Flowers initially planned to play at Jones County for a year and re-sign with Alabama but didn't realize NCAA rules required him to graduate from junior college to play at the Football Bowl Subdivision level.
That's how he ended up at Grambling State, where he ran 49 times for 129 yards last season. He said he couldn't bench-press for a year after shoulder surgery and only now feels completely healthy.
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He admits he felt bitterness after leaving Alabama before playing a snap, but that's subsided.
"I look at it as something to make me fight even harder," he said.
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I didn't know he left because of grade issues... and why would he be bitter toward Alabama? Should he be bitter toward his school? Can someone fill me in?
 
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JustNeedMe81 said:
https://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/05/whatever_happened_to_alabama_r.html#incart_river_index






I didn't know he left because of grade issues... and why would he be bitter toward Alabama? Should he be bitter toward his school? Can someone fill me in?
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I read the article that he's bitter, but not really at Alabama. Likely more bitter at the NCAA for how they let him enroll in spring, take classes then and in summer, go through a bunch of practices and then decide he's not eligible. NCAA did that to an OLB of ours a few years ago also. It really screws these kids over.
 
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gtgilbert said:
I read the article that he's bitter, but not really at Alabama. Likely more bitter at the NCAA for how they let him enroll in spring, take classes then and in summer, go through a bunch of practices and then decide he's not eligible. NCAA did that to an OLB of ours a few years ago also. It really screws these kids over.
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That was the kid that wound up at East Carolina. That was awful - the way that unfolded.


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Flowers is the kid from Blount HS, right? From what I understood there were issues with credits and whether or not he had enough to graduate? My advice to the young man is to enjoy every breath he takes as a college athlete, and then get his degree. Take advantage of his blessings.

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bamamick said:
Flowers is the kid from Blount HS, right? From what I understood there were issues with credits and whether or not he had enough to graduate? My advice to the young man is to enjoy every breath he takes as a college athlete, and then get his degree. Take advantage of his blessings.

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Hard to tell that to a 20 year old. Believe me I know.
 
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