For NFL scouts, there is no better campus to visit than Alabama.
Tape is available starting at 8 a.m. every day. Practices are open from fall camp through the regular season. The entry on the NFL’s secure website says it all: “No restrictions.”
“We feed them lunch and everything,” Alabama coach Nick Saban told USA TODAY Sports recently. “We treat ‘em good.”
It’s an extension of what Saban sells in recruiting: This is a place you can not only get an education and win championships, but get help extending your career individually, too.
It stands to reason others would follow the lead of one of college football’s most successful coaches.