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Alabama faces a familiar SEC quarterback in its season opener versus WKU

A familiar face returns to a Southeastern Conference venue to play the University of Alabama this week.

T.J. Finley, a Louisiana native, is on his fourth college football team.

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The 6-foot-7, 255-pound quarterback will start Saturday for Western Kentucky against the Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Finley faced the Tide once at Louisiana State University in 2020 and twice at Auburn University in 2021 and 2022.

He suffered a loss in all three meetings. Finley did not have success at LSU and Auburn, but he turned in marquee production at Texas State in 2023.