Just one day after Ohio State backup quarterback Cardale Jones torched Alabama's defense for 42 points and 243 yards through the air in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the Crimson Tide landed a commitment from five-star cornerback Kendall Sheffield. The idea was to team him up with fellow five-star pledge Minkah Fitzpatrick and make sure those results never happened again.
Except Sheffield never played a down at Alabama.
He was redshirted during his freshman season, which ended with a national championship, but was nowhere to be found on the two-deep entering fall camp. Rather than be forced to sit out a year had he opted to transfer to another Football Bowl Subdivison program, Sheffield instead enrolled a Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, where he recorded 31 tackles, 11 pass breakups, two interceptions and two forced fumbles for the Buccaneers last season.