Alabama’s Lawrence is one to watch

By Robert Rousseau  |   Tuesday, July 15, 2008  |  Comments( 0 )

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There are obviously a bevy of talented freshman coming to the Alabama Crimson Tide football team this season. After all, what happens when yours is the No. 1-rated recruiting class is that potentially excellent players join your program.

One of those players coming to Tuscaloosa in 2008 is Alonzo Lawrence, a 6-foot-1, 187-pound cornerback from George County High School in Lucedale, Miss., who runs the 40-yard dash in a speedy 4.43 seconds. Lawrence also possesses a 36-inch vertical leap, speaking to his sheer athleticism. In fact, Rivals says he is the best athlete of all the cornerbacks in the 2008 class and the second-best overall CB.

Perhaps the 54 tackles and one pick he put up as a junior in high school had something to do with the fanfare. If not, maybe the whopping 93 tackles, two interceptions, seven forced fumbles, and four sacks he posted as a senior put him over the top.

To top things off, Lawrence accumulated 772 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior.

"I have good speed and am tough. I can press and jump and am really athletic, but I need to improve on my technique and precision, especially with my hands,” Lawrence once said when referencing his recruiting status and what he needed to work on.

Well, the 35th-best prospect in his entire recruiting class will get to work on that and more with the Tide this season.

Don’t be surprised if he impresses right off the bat.


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Robert Rousseau is a sports writer that has been published in a variety of print and online venues. He’s been writing for RealFootball365.com for almost three years now. When Rousseau isn’t writing about college football he tends to be penning mixed martial arts pieces for MMAFighting.com or ...
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