In an early signing period coup, Kalen DeBoer and Alabama flipped 4-star OL Bryson Cooley away from Lane Kiffin and LSU.
Cooley has long been a target of the Crimson Tide's staff, but committed to the Tigers in July and had proven to be a tough flip. But with the coaching staff turnover, the Mississippi native rebuffed Kiffin's overtures for a second time.
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