Arkansas defensive coordinator Barry Odom came out of the locker room in Tuscaloosa in November 2021 to get a peek at Bryce Young, Alabama's undersize wunderkind quarterback, in pregame warmups.
Young's stirring sophomore season put him atop the Heisman Trophy race and defied football conventions, and Odom couldn't help wanting to catch a field-level glimpse of the sport's breakout star. Alabama listed Young at 6-foot, 194 pounds, but everyone knew those numbers meant he was essentially stepping on a phone book and his weight was artificially padded by a few slabs of Tuscaloosa's famous Dreamland ribs.