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It's been a long journey for Alabama's Darren Lake

Darren Lake has never filled up a stat sheet during his four years at the University of Alabama. The big man who everyone just refers to as Lake doesn't even play in some games.

Those things are just byproducts of his position, a nose guard in a 3-4 defense living in a hurry-up, no-huddle world.

Big Lake is rumored to be the strongest player on the team, and at 6-foot-3, 315-pound, no one is bound to argue with him on the matter.

Saturday is his last game inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, and to fully appreciate how important it is that Lake will stand there with his family on Senior Day, the goal of a college education realized, you first need to understand from where he comes.