Whether one of his favorite wide receivers (Jaylen Waddle) plays or not, he has earned this moment and is ready to deliver Alabama a College Football Playoff National Championship.
Despite having Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa before him, Mac Jones could be the lone member of the trio to go the distance for the Crimson Tide as its starting quarterback and win a national title. Before the start of the 2020 season, the thought of Jones having an explosive year and positioning the Tide for this stage was not the idea of most people. Even with the doubters and a global pandemic — COVID-19 — the redshirt junior has proven he is more than capable of operating the offense at a high level.