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He came to Tuscaloosa with quite the reputation. He was an Elite 11 quarterback, ranked the third-best pro-style quarterback in the class of 2014 and rated just outside the Rivals top 100.
David Cornwell also came to Tuscaloosa with a knee injury that caused him to miss half of his senior season at Norman North (Okla.) High School.
Because of the injury, Cornwell didnāt get full reps as an early enrollee in the spring of 2014. Given that, it wasnāt a surprise when he threw just one pass in last yearās A-Day annual spring game.
A year later, with a full year in the system under his belt, Cornwell is positioned well for the 2015 quarterback competition, and hopes to throw a few more passes Saturday during the A-Day game.
The 6-foot-5, 221-pound redshirt freshman is engaged in the competition, having shown marked improvement from a season ago.
āHe has done probably as good a job as anybody this spring in terms of heās very bright, has a great understanding of the offense, does a great job from a leadership standpoint of helping other players play better when heās in there,ā UA coach Nick Saban said. āAnd he has played smart for the most part all spring.ā
Through two scrimmages, Saban is obviously pleased, but not satisfied, with Cornwellās growth in the system. Alabama hasnāt released passing statistics, but Cornwell is one of the main candidates to watch in the competition for starting quarterback that also includes Jake Coker, Cooper Bateman, Alec Morris and true freshman Blake Barnett.
āHeās doing a great job,ā junior running back Derrick Henry said. āYou can tell heās improved from last fall and last spring. Thatās all he can keep doing is going out there, competing and trying to get better.ā
The last time he played a full season was three years ago when as a junior in high school ā he passed for 2,742 yards and 27 touchdowns while rushing for 755 yards and six touchdowns. That was in 2012.
Saturday marks the first time Alabama fans get to see Cornwell in extended game-time action. Those moments might go a long way to determining his legitimacy in the quarterback competition.
āā¦we put him in situations (in the second scrimmage) where, even though he doesnāt have game experience, how he would handle those things, and in some cases he did a really good job,ā Saban said. āA couple of other times Iām sure heās going to learn from that experience and have a chance to do better. So weāre really encouraged by the progress heās made all spring.ā
David Cornwell also came to Tuscaloosa with a knee injury that caused him to miss half of his senior season at Norman North (Okla.) High School.
Because of the injury, Cornwell didnāt get full reps as an early enrollee in the spring of 2014. Given that, it wasnāt a surprise when he threw just one pass in last yearās A-Day annual spring game.
A year later, with a full year in the system under his belt, Cornwell is positioned well for the 2015 quarterback competition, and hopes to throw a few more passes Saturday during the A-Day game.
The 6-foot-5, 221-pound redshirt freshman is engaged in the competition, having shown marked improvement from a season ago.
āHe has done probably as good a job as anybody this spring in terms of heās very bright, has a great understanding of the offense, does a great job from a leadership standpoint of helping other players play better when heās in there,ā UA coach Nick Saban said. āAnd he has played smart for the most part all spring.ā
Through two scrimmages, Saban is obviously pleased, but not satisfied, with Cornwellās growth in the system. Alabama hasnāt released passing statistics, but Cornwell is one of the main candidates to watch in the competition for starting quarterback that also includes Jake Coker, Cooper Bateman, Alec Morris and true freshman Blake Barnett.
āHeās doing a great job,ā junior running back Derrick Henry said. āYou can tell heās improved from last fall and last spring. Thatās all he can keep doing is going out there, competing and trying to get better.ā
The last time he played a full season was three years ago when as a junior in high school ā he passed for 2,742 yards and 27 touchdowns while rushing for 755 yards and six touchdowns. That was in 2012.
Saturday marks the first time Alabama fans get to see Cornwell in extended game-time action. Those moments might go a long way to determining his legitimacy in the quarterback competition.
āā¦we put him in situations (in the second scrimmage) where, even though he doesnāt have game experience, how he would handle those things, and in some cases he did a really good job,ā Saban said. āA couple of other times Iām sure heās going to learn from that experience and have a chance to do better. So weāre really encouraged by the progress heās made all spring.ā
