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Alabama football’s AJ McCarron will not return
For the first time in a long time, Alabama football is consistently putting quarterbacks in the NFL. Three Tide quarterbacks have been drafted over the past two years. Before that, the last quarterback to be drafted was AJ McCarron. While the young players are working on being the faces of their franchises, AJ McCarron’s season has been cut short.
McCarron was the frontrunner to be the backup behind Matt Ryan on the Atlanta Falcons. He started for Atlanta in the second preseason game against Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins, but he went down with a knee injury after taking a tough hit.