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Former Alabama football running back Bo Scarbrough announced his retirement from football on Saturday.
“You can love this game all you want. But at the end of the day, the game can’t love you back because it’s not a person; it’s a ball,” Scarbrough said. “I have so much respect for the people still playing. And when it’s your time, you’ll know it’s your time.”
Scarbrough was a two-time national champion at Alabama (2015, 2017) and a two-time USFL champion with the Birmingham Stallions (2022, 2023). He spent most of the 2023 season on the Stallions’ injured reserve list and was reselected by the team in the UFL dispersal draft, the player reallocation process that took place after the USFL and XFL merger.
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“We’ve got this thing called the fourth quarter: discipline, effort, toughness, pride, and most importantly, commitment,” Scarbrough said at his retirement press conference, citing his former coach Nick Saban’s fourth quarter program. “You’ve got to be committed to play this game if you’re going to play. If you’re not committed, it’s not going to work for you, so for me, my heart, you know, it was my time.”
A native of Eutaw and a product of Tuscaloosa County High School, Scarbrough spent his first season with the Crimson Tide backing up eventual Heisman winner Derrick Henry. He enjoyed a breakout sophomore campaign in 2018, including an Alabama bowl game record 180 rushing yards in a Peach Bowl victory over Washington in the College Football Playoff semifinals.
Bo Scarbrough stretches in preparation for a spring…
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Author : The Tuscaloosa News
Publish date : 2024-03-09 16:58:48
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