🏈 Who had the most penalties for Alabama?

[Bamabww]

CHRISTOPHER WALSH

January 5, 2015 @ 2:18pm

One of the more encouraging signs for the University of Alabama football team was the lack of penalties down the stretch and in the postseason.

Over its final three games it averaged just three flags per game, and after the loss to Ole Miss on Oct. 4 it had no more than seven (vs. Mississippi State).

For the season the Crimson Tide had 69 flags for 562 yards, which was second to Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference and was tied for 25th nationally.

While that’s not as good as Alabama’s 2011 and 2012 national championship teams, it’s the same number of penalties and 30 fewer yards than the undefeated 2009 Crimson Tide.

Penalties during the Saban era
Year, Number-yards, Average
2007: 59-453; 5.4-41.2
2008: 57-520; 4.1-37.1
2009: 69-598; 4.9-42.7
2010: 66-490; 5.1-37.7
2011: 49-409; 3.8-31.5
2012: 54-467; 3.9-33.5
2013: 63-520; 4.8-40.0
2014: 69-562; 4.9-40.1

So who made the most penalties during the 2014 season? Crimson Tide should have no trouble guessing correctly.

The following is a compiled list of Alabama’s penalty leaders from this past season, of when the instigator’s name was announced or when it was obvious whom the culprit was. Not included were 10 penalties when it was either not clear or the infraction was more team-related (for example, substitution infractions), offsetting or those declined:

Name, Penalties-Yards
Leon Brown 8-70
Cyrus Jones 5-49
Arie Kouandjio 4-30
Amari Cooper 3-25
Ryan Kelly 3-20
Cam Robinson 3-20
Blake Sims 3-15
Six players had two penalties each

 

[alabama mike]

The OL will always have more penalties on them, everybody holds now.

 

[BamaFan334]

I just scrolled down before looking and guessing Leon Brown. OJ Howard is my next guess.

 

[BamaFan334]

Probably why Cooper didn't win the Heisman right there. Just joking.

 

[Rolltide24]

I would have said Leon and Cyrus, thought the number was higher though. OJ would have had to make contact with someone to get a penalty... Lol

I thought Cyrus got away with a few faceguards that didn't get called through the season.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Arie jumped so much last year I thought he might be up there again. 4 for 30 means he probably had two holds and two false starts. That's a big improvement over the previous year.

 

[psychojoe]

It seemed like Leon had more than eight false starts alone.

 

[UAgrad93]

It seemed like Leon had 8 in like the first 5 games!! I guess these were accepted penalties on guilty parties!

 

[TerryP]

It seemed like Leon had more than eight false starts alone.

It seemed like Leon had 8 in like the first 5 games!! I guess these were accepted penalties on guilty parties!

It's funny, and understandable, how these things stick out because they always seem to come at inopportune times. One here, then another there, and you start thinking it's happened a half of a dozen times in one game.

 

[Eabama]

Was wondering where Eddie Jackson was, then realized he had to be in the play to actually draw a penalty.