TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It was a Sunday afternoon and Jake Coker was running late. Without time to change he showed up in the University of Alabama locker room still wearing his camouflage hunting gear, boots and all.
For his teammates, seeing someone dressed like that was nothing new as every year there are Crimson Tide players who are known for spending some of their downtime either in a tree stand or at a nearby lake. It’s just been a while since anyone’s seen it with a quarterback.
“He’s quiet,” senior linebacker Reggie Ragland said about Coker. “He comes in, he jokes around every now and then, but for the most part he’s quiet and focused.