He came to Tuscaloosa with quite the reputation. He was an Elite 11 quarterback, ranked the third-best pro-style quarterback in the class of 2014 and rated just outside the Rivals top 100.
David Cornwell also came to Tuscaloosa with a knee injury that caused him to miss half of his senior season at Norman North (Okla.) High School.
Because of the injury, Cornwell didn’t get full reps as an early enrollee in the spring of 2014. Given that, it wasn’t a surprise when he threw just one pass in last year’s A-Day annual spring game.
A year later, with a full year in the system under his belt, Cornwell is positioned well for the 2015 quarterback competition, and hopes to throw a few more passes Saturday during the A-Day game.