It was only fitting for Alabama’s last hype video for the College Football Playoff National Championship featured a player from South Florida.
Names like Patrick Surtain II, Josh Jobe or Mac Jones would have worked, but the Crimson Tide chose Jordan Battle.
A sophomore from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Battle was a star at St. Thomas Aquinas High School prior to signing in the Tide’s 2019 recruiting class. The scene of the video had the former four-star on the beach as he observed the tide. As a young athlete, he would run, practice and probably played pick up on the beach.