🏈 ESPN.com: 10 Breakout players from the spring

[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

No. 1: Greg McElroy, Alabama, QB: The Tide have a bunch of big holes to address on offense, namely along the O-line and at quarterback, where John Parker Wilson was a solid, if unspectacular, leader. McElroy, who replaced Chase Daniel at Texas prep powerhouse Southlake Carroll High, really seized the opportunity this spring. And even though Nick Saban is not one to just throw out accolades, he touted the Texan as his QB after a very impressive spring, capped by a two-TD performance in the Tide's spring game. "He's far and away our best quarterback right now," Saban told reporters. "He knows somebody's gotta beat him out. You know that. I know that." McElroy won't have the seasoned, physical O-line that Wilson had, but he will have a more polished Julio Jones to work with. However, I still think the Tide is another year away from crashing the top 5, although McElroy at least flashed some reasons for even more optimism.

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blo...blog/index?entryID=4136671&name=feldman_bruce

 

[reger60]

gotta love that!

 

[psychojoe]

He didn't make ESPN's list, but it really looked like Robbie Green had a breakout spring.

 

[joeman546]

I was also looking for Donta Hightower's name, but...

Topping the list of breakout players is never a bad sign, I think intelligence is the most awesome weapon a QB can have, a QB that knows his limits as well as the opponents tranlates into success.

That and he can throw the long ball, which is never a bad thing.