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Nov 16, 2024; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe (4) kneels in prayer before the Crimson Tide’s game with Mercer at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News
Jalen Milroe has played his final game in an Alabama football uniform after announcing last week that he would forgo his senior season and declare for the 2025 NFL Draft.
Milroe leaves behind a somewhat complicated legacy. On the one hand, he took over the reins from Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young and guided Alabama to the College Football Playoff in 2023 — just over two months after he was benched and didn’t play in the Crimson Tide’s ugly 17-3 win at South Florida in Week 3.
Behind a resurgent Milroe, Alabama reeled off wins against Top 25 teams Ole Miss, Tennessee, LSU, and No. 1 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. He also made one of the most memorable plays in Crimson Tide history when he hit Isaiah Bond for a touchdown on 4th and 31 for a last-second win at Auburn (“The Gravedigger”).
Milroe’s critics will point to Alabama’s loss to Michigan in the Rose Bowl of the CFP semifinals, as well as regular-season losses to Texas in 2023, and to Tennessee, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt this past season. Losing to a much different Michigan team in his final college game didn’t exactly help win over any of those critics, either.
During his weekly appearance on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning on Birmingham’s WJOX-FM Monday, SEC Network’s Paul Finebaum was asked by co-host Greg McElroy about criticism of Milroe from Alabama fans and college football analysts alike.
Finebaum called criticism of Milroe “unfair.”
“I believe that’s unfair, Greg. Jalen Milroe did a lot of good things. He’s a quarterback. He’s the face of the program, but ultimately I tend to blame the coaches. If they don’t think he’s capable, then he…
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Author : Roll Tide Wire
Publish date : 2025-01-06 22:47:00
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