Walk-On WR Parker Barrineau Tweets He's Going on Scholarship

[RTR91]

For those that do not know, Parker is a walk-on WR from American Academy in Northport. He's entering his senior year.

 

[formersoldier71]

Congrats, Parker.

 

[CoolBreeze]

Great to see things like this at the Capstone. Don't you know this guy worked his tail off!

 

[TideMan09]

Awesome & Congrats..That means he's got a chance to earn PT if he's earned a full ride..I would love to see him make it into our depth & get PT next year..

 

[JustNeedMe81]

Hes pretty good... Might see hiim on field at times....

 

[seebell]

Way to go Parker!!

 

[TrampLineman]

American Christian has been very nice to us over the years.

 

[alabama mike1]

Nice job young man! Congratulations!

 

[Al A Bama]

With 26 or 27 commitments, do we have the numbers to play with to remain at 85? Oh well, I guess Coach knows what he's doing!

It is nice to see a walk-on receive a scholarship. I'm sure it is well deserved.

 

[Alasippi]

I can't imagine the feeling he must have. Sincere congratulations.

 

[jabcmb]

Outstanding. Congrats, Parker !

 

[gtowntide]

I love to hear about this kind of story! Congrats to Parker and thank you for all your hard work!

 

[twofbyc]

I remember when I first heard his name, think it was 2013 (Maybe A&M game?), and I wondered, "Who the heck is that?". I couldn't understand how, with all of Bama's talent at WR, somebody I had never even heard of (obviously not a recruit) was playing in a tight game. Now I know why.

 

[bamacon]

With 26 or 27 commitments, do we have the numbers to play with to remain at 85? Oh well, I guess Coach knows what he's doing!

It is nice to see a walk-on receive a scholarship. I'm sure it is well deserved.

We have a few Juniors going pro that free up the numbers.

 

[RTR91]

We have a few Juniors going pro that free up the numbers.

But we don't have that big of a senior class. Of course, the thing with Freitag opened up a scholarship, but some guys we think are on scholarship must be paying their own way.


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[teamplayer]

Great job, Parker! This is the kind of news that we can be proud to support.

 

[CB4]

Question: In all sincerity, how many schools would have turned this into a PR opportunity? I know I've seen it with UT and a couple of others where they video it and "seed it out" to social media. But this is "perfectly Saban". Picks up the phone, calls Parker and says "Congrats, kid your in. Let's go to work". No fanfare. No tug at the heart strings.

And this is why I love our Coach. Rewarding the young man with a scholarship was about "Parker and the program" not "look what I'm doing". Expectation: Work hard. Do the next right thing. Good things happen.

 

[CullmanTide]

With 26 or 27 commitments, do we have the numbers to play with to remain at 85? Oh well, I guess Coach knows what he's doing!

It is nice to see a walk-on receive a scholarship. I'm sure it is well deserved.

You can have a full class and still have room in the 85.

 

[CullmanTide]

But we don't have that big of a senior class. Of course, the thing with Freitag opened up a scholarship, but some guys we think are on scholarship must be paying their own way.


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This happens sometimes and we never know.

 

[BamaJama17]

Congrats Parker!!!