🏈 Is Rolando staying or going?

['65 Cobra]

Has anyone heard if Rolando is opting out to go to the NFL? I would expect that he will be advised to go ahead and leave for the draft, but I hold out hope that he decides to stay for his senior year to shoot for two in a row alongside his buddy Dont'a Hightower.

 

[BAMA JAMMA]

I will miss him. He's going to the pro's, which would be a better choice for him career-wise.

 

[British Bama Collective]

He's got nothing left to prove.

 

[bigdaddy51200]

We will all miss him , but I hope goes and earn the money he deserves !!!

Roll Tide !!!!

 

[JoshB]

I think I read somewhere he's planning on making the announcement Monday. Kareem is supposed to next week too.

 

[4th-and-1]

i think rolondo might be my favorite player of all time.. i really got old enough to understand about football in the mid 80's.. derrek thomas will be hard to beat out, but rolondo is such a leader.. the story saban told about rolondo not letting the guys ice saban after the florida game was awesome.. he wouldn't let them do it until they finished.. crystal football in hand.. that is the best example of leadership i have ever heard..

 

[bamatommy]

He'll be a first-round pick in the NFL draft this year. Why risk injury like what happened to Donta Hightower? Also, Bobby Humphrey got injured when he came back for his senior year, and he went in the supplemental NFL draft instead of the regular one. That cost him a lot of money.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I like Ro a lot, but if he comes back I think he's making a mistake. Like what everybody else has said he has the chance to make a lot of money and from a business standpoint it'd be dumb for him to come back.. Kareem leaving early puzzles me, but I think maybe he sees writing on the wall kind of like Coffee last year. Todd McShay from ESPN thinks Kareem goes anywhere from late second round to somewhere in the fourth round, so from a business standpoint it makes no sense for Kareem to go early unless like I said he sees the writing on the wall that maybe next year he doesn't get as much playing time as he has been.

Cory

 

[JoshB]

I like Ro a lot, but if he comes back I think he's making a mistake. Like what everybody else has said he has the chance to make a lot of money and from a business standpoint it'd be dumb for him to come back.. Kareem leaving early puzzles me, but I think maybe he sees writing on the wall kind of like Coffee last year. Todd McShay from ESPN thinks Kareem goes anywhere from late second round to somewhere in the fourth round, so from a business standpoint it makes no sense for Kareem to go early unless like I said he sees the writing on the wall that maybe next year he doesn't get as much playing time as he has been.

Cory

I really couldn't see Kareem getting replaced next year no matter how good the incoming freshman are or the sophomores (for next year). Kareem was one of the better corners in the SEC this year along with Javy and Marquis.

 

[TidePride50]

I don't think KJ would lose any playing time next year, but I do think he could benefit from another season. I thought he was our weakest DB this season of the starters/regulars.

 

[JoshB]

I don't think KJ would lose any playing time next year, but I do think he could benefit from another season. I thought he was our weakest DB this season of the starters/regulars.

Another year in our defense would do nothing but make his draft status go up!

 

[Argo]

Another year in our defense would do nothing but make his draft status go up!

Also, if CKS leaves for UGA, having a cornerback who already knows the system will go a long way with the new DB coach. Especially considering both Barron and Green have a good understanding already.

 

['65 Cobra]

I don't think KJ would lose any playing time next year, but I do think he could benefit from another season. I thought he was our weakest DB this season of the starters/regulars.

He was definitely our weakest DB and I DO think he would have been replaced as starter next year.

 

[JoshB]

Also, if CKS leaves for UGA, having a cornerback who already knows the system will go a long way with the new DB coach. Especially considering both Barron and Green have a good understanding already.

You mean the new Assistant DB Coach? lol cause we all know Coach Saban is the real DB Coach as much time as he spends over there.

 

[Argo]

You mean the new Assistant DB Coach? lol cause we all know Coach Saban is the real DB Coach as much time as he spends over there.

And that's really my point. If Jackson comes back, along with Green and Barron at safety, it'll take a lot off of Saban while he teaches a new DB coach his system.

 

[JoshB]

And that's really my point. If Jackson comes back, along with Green and Barron at safety, it'll take a lot off of Saban while he teaches a new DB coach his system.

:word:

 

[ElephantStomp]

And that's really my point. If Jackson comes back, along with Green and Barron at safety, it'll take a lot off of Saban while he teaches a new DB coach his system.

I agree

 

[BamaUte]

I don't think KJ would lose any playing time next year, but I do think he could benefit from another season. I thought he was our weakest DB this season of the starters/regulars.

Disagree, I thought Wooddall was the worst of our DB's.