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"With new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, all of the quarterback candidates have a clean slate."
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Luke Del Rio, QB, Alabama
Stuart McNair, Scout.com
Not only is Del Rio a redshirt freshman, he is a walk-on redshirt freshman. So why suggest that Del Rio might be the one?
First of all, Alabama coach Nick Saban said in the middle of last season that Del Rio was the Tide's third quarterback, behind A.J. McCarron and upcoming senior Blake Sims. He has also said that Sims is not, by virtue of being the backup for the past two years, the leader to replace McCarron. Saban's comment that Del Rio was third was reminiscent of a similarly surprising revelation by Saban late in the 2009 season, when McCarron was a true freshman in a redshirt situation.
Saban announced that if Greg McElroy went down, McCarron would be the man to step up. With new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, all of the quarterback candidates have a clean slate. One has to believe, though, that Kiffin will make the Del Rio connection and that will be a plus for Luke.
Read More Here...
Luke Del Rio, QB, Alabama
Stuart McNair, Scout.com
Not only is Del Rio a redshirt freshman, he is a walk-on redshirt freshman. So why suggest that Del Rio might be the one?
First of all, Alabama coach Nick Saban said in the middle of last season that Del Rio was the Tide's third quarterback, behind A.J. McCarron and upcoming senior Blake Sims. He has also said that Sims is not, by virtue of being the backup for the past two years, the leader to replace McCarron. Saban's comment that Del Rio was third was reminiscent of a similarly surprising revelation by Saban late in the 2009 season, when McCarron was a true freshman in a redshirt situation.
Saban announced that if Greg McElroy went down, McCarron would be the man to step up. With new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin, all of the quarterback candidates have a clean slate. One has to believe, though, that Kiffin will make the Del Rio connection and that will be a plus for Luke.
