TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- If it was a real game, then maybe we would have seen Bo Scarbrough and Damien Harris in full uniform at Bryant-Denny Stadium earlier this month.
Maybe B.J. Emmons would have been far enough along in his recovery to see action, too.
But seeing as it was A-Day, there was no need to rush back three of Alabama’s top four running backs from last season. Instead, the Crimson Tide’s spring game became a showcase for the one big addition to the already crowded backfield.
Najee Harris, the 6-foot-2, 227-pound early enrollee from Southern California, started for the second-team offense and lived up to his five-star billing.