Chadarius Townsend was a touchdown scoring machine playing quarterback at Tanner High School. Alabama Football has plenty of position options with Chadarius. He could play on either side of the ball at Alabama. Townsend will remind Alabama fans of Ardarius Stewart.
Townsend visited Auburn prior to committing to Alabama in July 2015. Florida offered Townsend last summer, but Townsend never seriously considered any other schools.
He made numerous visits to Alabama before enrolling this month. Chadarius’ father, Dale Townsend never really plugged into the normal recruiting whirlwind. Josh Bean, Josh Bean | jbean@al.com wrote a funny Townsend recruiting story, “Chadarius laughs about a visit to Alabama in which his dad referred to Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin as “Coach Lashley” in a face-to-face conversation, mistaking him for Auburn offensive coordinator Rhett Lashley.