Kalen DeBoer didn’t want to single out Alabama football freshman offensive lineman Michael Carroll.
Yes, DeBoer said, the 6-foot-6, 315-pound guard was “versatile” in his first spring with the Crimson Tide when Carroll spent many practices outside at tackle to assuage the lack of Kadyn Proctor, who was limited due to injury. But DeBoer said there is a learning curve for any freshman, especially those on the offensive line.
“Michael made steps you’d really hope a player would make throughout the spring, much like many of our guys did,” DeBoer said.
DeBoer didn’t want to heap further expectations on a player like Carroll, who arrived with a five-star title next to his name and has already generated ample buzz in his short time in Tuscaloosa.
Mike Moosbrugger is not DeBoer.
On April 24, within seconds of Alabama guard Tyler Booker becoming a first-round draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys, Moosbrugger, who coached Carroll at Central Bucks East High School in Pennsylvania and played offensive line at Wake Forest, sent the Crimson Tide freshman a text.
“‘Three years from now,’” Moosbrugger said, “‘that’s going to be you.’”
Moosbrugger said it took him all of 30 seconds for him to be sold on Carroll initially, looking at a raw, two-star recruit with a handful of offers looking to transfer to Central Bucks East and “salivating” about what he could do with a player like that. Carroll was a quick learner, one who would pick up high-level techniques instantly, who Moosbrugger said could have made “the practice squad on NFL teams” in high school.
Carroll was different, something Moosbrugger saw right away.
“I’m going to laugh when people ask, ‘Did you ever think?’” Moosbrugger told the Tuscaloosa News. “Yeah, I knew it from the day I met him.”
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