Alabama football’s Jalen Milroe goes from hero captain to competition on A-Day | Goodbread

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Here’s how much, and how fast, things can change if you’re Jalen Milroe these days.

1 p.m.: Be honored as a permanent team captain from last year’s SEC Championship team in front of several thousand Alabama football fans.

3 p.m.: Fight for the quarterback job all over again in front of 72,358.

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That was Milroe’s Saturday in a two-hour snapshot. Legendary coach Nick Saban buzzed over from The Masters in Augusta, Ga., to take in A-Day festivities, and in his first public appearance in Tuscaloosa since retiring in January, he extolled Milroe and two other 2023 team captains — Malachi Moore and Dallas Turner — for their importance in winning an SEC title. At the Walk of Fame ceremony near Denny Chimes, Milroe placed his throwing hand in wet cement to make his place in Alabama history permanent, was handed a towel to clean it off, then went straight to Bryant-Denny Stadium. That right hand, after all, had more important business.

That’s because Milroe’s not guaranteed anything in 2024. At least, that’s been his mental approach this spring.

“I’m starving (to learn). There are some things I can get better at from last year,” Milroe said. “Each and every day I’m trying to be my best me.”

Milroe said he’s welcomed learning a new offensive system, as it should make him a more well-rounded passer, and if his hand was still sticky from wet cement when A-Day got underway, you wouldn’t have known it from his first two drives. The Crimson Tide’s fourth-year junior first connected with transfer Germie Bernard for a deep completion to set up a five-play touchdown drive, then on his second possession, he found Bernard deep once again for 52 yards to set up a…

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Author : The Tuscaloosa News

Publish date : 2024-04-13 23:49:33

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