For nearly a decade now, the diatribe has been that all Alabama players bust when they reach the pros. Fueled mostly by the early injuries and setbacks (like being a running back for a team that preferred passing with the NFL’s best QB of all time) from Heisman winner Mark Ingram and the utter failures of Trent Richardson, Rolando McClain, Terrance Cody, Chance Warmack, and Dee Milliner, the talking point became a trope repeated on every online message board on multiple levels of the sport.
Then Mark Ingram got good.