An NFL area scout this summer was thinking back to the first year he took over some of college football’s most fertile hunting grounds for talent — an exciting premise for a young evaluator but also a daunting one. That would be the Southeast region, which includes the SEC and, of course, one of the best programs in recent college football history.
“You arrive at Alabama the first time, it’s the mecca, really,” the scout said. “You get there, this great facility, all these rock-star coaches in the building — half of them are now head coaches at other schools.