Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer wasn’t buying the idea that Alabama football would have lost all its skill players had quarterback Jalen Milroe decided to stay for another year.
Heading into the NFL Draft, an anonymous coordinator in the NFL told NFL Network “we heard out of Alabama all the skill [players] would’ve transferred if he came back.”
DeBoer said Monday he heard the quote, and he had a chance to offer his thoughts during a radio appearance with KJR in Seattle. The Seahawks ended up drafting Milroe in the third round this past week.
“The word ‘all’ was used,“ DeBoer said. ”Whenever absolutes are used like that, I kind of question it right there, the words ‘never’ and ‘always’ and ‘all.’ I think that’s a little far-fetched. I don’t think we would have lost all of our receivers for anything. I will also say that there were guys who left. We had six receivers transfer out, just on this last year’s team already. There’s reasons for that. Who you’re hearing that from and what’s happening, I don’t know. That’s really not a concern of mine. I know that Jalen is a guy that really works hard to unite people.“
Milroe spent two seasons as Alabama’s primary starting quarterback before leaving for the NFL. He had eligibility remaining if he wanted to use it but chose to forgo that eligibility to enter the NFL Draft.
“I think when you talk in absolutes like that, it’s a little far-fetched to say and not really a concern of mine right now,” DeBoer said.
