When offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb thinks back to how Keelon Russell won the Alabama football starting quarterback job, he thought of moments like this one.
Alabama was in the red zone on third down during the team's second fall scrimmage, and the offense faced a zeroed-out look, an all-out blitz. The clock was ticking and Russell had less than 10 seconds to work with. The quarterback fell back on his training. He made checks on protection and made the throw he needed to.
"Everything that you think like, 'Oh, is a young quarterback going to be able to do that?'" Grubb said. "But we have a ton of confidence in him. He's playing confident. He's operating at an incredibly high level right now."
It was the showcase of an athletic ability that set Russell apart in the quarterback battle against Austin Mack. But it was also a showcase of why athleticism was not the only reason why Russell won the job in the first place.
"I told him if that's all they ever say about you, that would be an insult," Grubb said. "And you know he he takes that very seriously that he knows you know playing quarterback and understand process and how to get through reads quicker is what's going to make him a complete player. And, you know, I would never want that stereotype for him that he ends up just being a a runaround guy back there. And he's not."
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Alabama was in the red zone on third down during the team's second fall scrimmage, and the offense faced a zeroed-out look, an all-out blitz. The clock was ticking and Russell had less than 10 seconds to work with. The quarterback fell back on his training. He made checks on protection and made the throw he needed to.
"Everything that you think like, 'Oh, is a young quarterback going to be able to do that?'" Grubb said. "But we have a ton of confidence in him. He's playing confident. He's operating at an incredibly high level right now."
It was the showcase of an athletic ability that set Russell apart in the quarterback battle against Austin Mack. But it was also a showcase of why athleticism was not the only reason why Russell won the job in the first place.
"I told him if that's all they ever say about you, that would be an insult," Grubb said. "And you know he he takes that very seriously that he knows you know playing quarterback and understand process and how to get through reads quicker is what's going to make him a complete player. And, you know, I would never want that stereotype for him that he ends up just being a a runaround guy back there. And he's not."
#grubb #back #alabama
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