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Nick Saban says freshman DL Antonio Alfano “basically quit”

During his final press conference of the week, Alabama head coach Nick Saban was asked for an update on freshman defensive lineman Antonio Alfano after reports of him intending to transfer from the school. And Saban didn’t mince words when talking about the former five-star recruit.

“Well, I don’t really know much about that. I just know that the guy basically quit,” said Saban. “He quit going to class, he quit coming here. We tried to encourage him, we tried to help him. We had tried to set up counseling sessions with him to help him every way we could.