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Alabama's defensive coordinator names son after two Crimson Tide players

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It's rare, but not unheard of, for fans to name their kids after an athlete. It's rarer, and probably bordering on uncharted territory, for a coach to name his newborn son after not one but two of his former players.

That's what Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt has done with the birth of Flynt Anderson-Foster Pruitt. Yes, Anderson-Foster stands for something. The newest member of the Pruitt family was named after former Alabama linebackers Ryan Anderson and Reuben Foster.