TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — As Alabama’s spring practice enters its last week before the long offseason ahead, there hasn’t been too much focus on the quarterback race so far. Especially not as much as there was last year, when AJ McCarron left after a decorated career.
The Crimson Tide have had plenty of other problems to worry about, like the other eight starters they’ll be replacing on offense, the three arrests and two subsequent dismissals, or the two long-term knee injuries to key players.
But as the battle under center has largely played out in the shadows so far, a dark-horse contender for the job is very much emerging on the inside.