Ken Rogers Alabama sports reporter
Saban sounded encouraged by what he saw from Jackson at safety last week and in the team’s second scrimmage last Saturday.
“ Having him and Geno (Smith) back there for us gave us two guys that have played some, have experience, understand the system a little bit,” Saban said after the scrimmage. “(But) what happens with Eddie is not just about Eddie, it’s how the other corners develop. …
“ The experiment was to see how he’d adapt to playing safety, and that’s going very well. So now we have the option of playing him at corner or safety.