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Cam Sims' view of things as spring practice nears an end.
Cam Sims is one of those receivers who has been around the Alabama program for a while. It started with a promising freshman season in 2014, a major knee injury the following spring and a reserve role in 2016.
Now a senior, Sims is looking like the answer at the slot receiver position vacated by Gehrig Dieter's graduation. Coming off a season in which he caught 12 passes for 152 yards, the 6-foot-5 receiver has big plans for 2017.
The relatively soft-spoken player met with reporters this week to discuss some of what he's seeing in the Crimson Tide's spring practice. Here's a taste of the insight he had:
-- On former receiver Trevon Diggs moving to cornerback:
"He progressed every day. He really amazes me every day in practice. He works. He makes me better. I make him better. Just like Tony Brown."
-- On his 6-5 frame and if he just tells quarterback Jalen Hurts to throw it up:
"Yeah. I've been telling that since I was little."
And Hurts' response?
"Alright."
Alabama has become an incubator for elite wide receiver talent under Nick Saban from Julio Jones to Amari Cooper to Calvin Ridley making the transition from elite recruit to college football stardom in Tuscaloosa. Who will be the next star to emerge at wide receiver for the Crimson Tide? After spending most of last season recovering from injury, Cam Sims could...
-- On being described as a matchup nightmare by teammates:
"I see touchdowns. I don't see nothing else."
-- On his impressions of the freshmen running backs Najee Harris and Brian Robinson:
"Big backs that know how to run. That know how to move. It's something I've never seen before. It's like Derrick Henry."
-- On the photo of Najee Harris hurdling a defender in Saturday's scrimmage:
"Yeah, that was my first time seeing something like that in real life."
-- On his first impressions of the young receivers competing for time this spring:
"Shifty. There's nothing like it. I don't got what they got. So, I like seeing what they got."
-- On early enrollee Jerry Jeudy's comparison to friend and fellow South Floridian Calvin Ridley:
"Only thing different is probably Jerry Jeudy is a little bit taller than Calvin. That's it. They both nightmares for a DB."
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Cam Sims is one of those receivers who has been around the Alabama program for a while. It started with a promising freshman season in 2014, a major knee injury the following spring and a reserve role in 2016.
Now a senior, Sims is looking like the answer at the slot receiver position vacated by Gehrig Dieter's graduation. Coming off a season in which he caught 12 passes for 152 yards, the 6-foot-5 receiver has big plans for 2017.
The relatively soft-spoken player met with reporters this week to discuss some of what he's seeing in the Crimson Tide's spring practice. Here's a taste of the insight he had:
-- On former receiver Trevon Diggs moving to cornerback:
"He progressed every day. He really amazes me every day in practice. He works. He makes me better. I make him better. Just like Tony Brown."
-- On his 6-5 frame and if he just tells quarterback Jalen Hurts to throw it up:
"Yeah. I've been telling that since I was little."
And Hurts' response?
"Alright."
Alabama has become an incubator for elite wide receiver talent under Nick Saban from Julio Jones to Amari Cooper to Calvin Ridley making the transition from elite recruit to college football stardom in Tuscaloosa. Who will be the next star to emerge at wide receiver for the Crimson Tide? After spending most of last season recovering from injury, Cam Sims could...
-- On being described as a matchup nightmare by teammates:
"I see touchdowns. I don't see nothing else."
-- On his impressions of the freshmen running backs Najee Harris and Brian Robinson:
"Big backs that know how to run. That know how to move. It's something I've never seen before. It's like Derrick Henry."
-- On the photo of Najee Harris hurdling a defender in Saturday's scrimmage:
"Yeah, that was my first time seeing something like that in real life."
-- On his first impressions of the young receivers competing for time this spring:
"Shifty. There's nothing like it. I don't got what they got. So, I like seeing what they got."
-- On early enrollee Jerry Jeudy's comparison to friend and fellow South Floridian Calvin Ridley:
"Only thing different is probably Jerry Jeudy is a little bit taller than Calvin. That's it. They both nightmares for a DB."
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