🏈 Rashaan Evans is What Alabama Wants and Needs

[BamaFan334]

Billed as a consensus five star throughout all publications, Evans was one of the top linebackers in the country. He did not come in and start right away, but his talents were always there and the fans looked forward to him breaking through. Just watching this I truly believe when he says "it was the best decision I ever made". The guy never wavered during his time as he waited to hit the field, and when he did he was great. Alabama needs to keep recruiting and snagging guys like this that put the team first, bide their time, learn, and when their chance under the lights comes, they produce. Evans and Hand were a major reason behind us holding off Clemson the first time, and he was a major reason we won it all last year. He may not have had the four years he had planned, but he damn sure got a lot out of it and seems to believe it was still what was best from him. Went against the grain, his upbringing/family ties, and now look at him, a potential first round guy.

You wonder why other recruits don't take what guys like Evans and Minkah say about Alabama and just step on each other to get here at times. Countless times we have heard how Alabama has transformed guys into more and how much they love what Alabama and Coach Saban did for them. I understand we can't get everyone, and different strokes for different folks, but when it comes to folks like Kirby and their negative recruiting against us, you wonder why guys don't take what they hear from the horses mouth. Rarely do I hear other players speak so glowingly of their experience at an institution and what it offered them and their future.




Rashaan Evans on sleeping in his uniform, choosing Alabama

 

[EasyTider]

Awesome piece/idea. Looking forward to part 2 as well as the other players featured

 

[bradenob]

Billed as a consensus five star throughout all publications, Evans was one of the top linebackers in the country. He did not come in and start right away, but his talents were always there and the fans looked forward to him breaking through. Just watching this I truly believe when he says "it was the best decision I ever made". The guy never wavered during his time as he waited to hit the field, and when he did he was great. Alabama needs to keep recruiting and snagging guys like this that put the team first, bide their time, learn, and when their chance under the lights comes, they produce. Evans and Hand were a major reason behind us holding off Clemson the first time, and he was a major reason we won it all last year. He may not have had the four years he had planned, but he damn sure got a lot out of it and seems to believe it was still what was best from him. Went against the grain, his upbringing/family ties, and now look at him, a potential first round guy.

You wonder why other recruits don't take what guys like Evans and Minkah say about Alabama and just step on each other to get here at times. Countless times we have heard how Alabama has transformed guys into more and how much they love what Alabama and Coach Saban did for them. I understand we can't get everyone, and different strokes for different folks, but when it comes to folks like Kirby and their negative recruiting against us, you wonder why guys don't take what they hear from the horses mouth. Rarely do I hear other players speak so glowingly of their experience at an institution and what it offered them and their future.




Rashaan Evans on sleeping in his uniform, choosing Alabama

Agreed. tOSU guys may say the same things. Clemson players feel this way - ask all the potential first round guys that stayed. But I certainly don't hear Auburn guys, FSU guys, Penn State guys, even LSU guys, saying they things our players say about being prepared, for life, AND football. It's pretty unique.

I hate to pick on him, but Malik Langham comes to mind in this years' class. In state kid, don't know who he grew up pulling for. But unlike others we lost out on, like Justin Fields ( Jalen and Tua, from GA), Petit -Frere (not from 'Bama, looking at J Willis and A Leatherwood), Justyn Ross (yeah, in state kid, but competing with D Smith, H Ruggs, J Jeudy, and Clemson doing well), Asa Martin (don't know if he was an Auburn fan, but we're stacked at RB), Kelvin Joseph (staying home), he WAS in-state, at a position of need. Not sure what happened, but people like him are a head scratcher. Tons of factors go into it, but more often than not the kids DO clue in that Saban is not as harsh, or as close to retirement, as Kirby would lead them to believe....