Speaking to Jacoby Stevens's Dad Part 2

I wasn't sure if the last post was previously known info or not, but it was well received, so I figured I'd share some more of the conversation.

Jacoby's dad said Nick Saban fell in love with Jacoby during a workout involving one of the nation's best junior college DBs. They did the traditional drill where the player backpedals and then when the ball is thrown, the player has to flip his hips and track down the ball to make a play on it. The junior college player went first, and he struggled a bit with taking the right angles, catching the ball, etc. So Jacoby comes up and performs the footwork and hip flipping aspects of the drill perfectly, plus, by the time the ball had gotten to him, he was already standing still and snagged it with one hand, showcasing his speed and catching ability. This obviously caught Saban's eye, so he repeated the drill a few times, and on the final time, they brought out the jugs machine and just launched one - basically putting Jacoby in a position to fail, yet he still performed perfectly and caught the ball. Saban turned to his coaches and Jacoby's dad and said, "I absolutely have to have this kid." In fact, Saban personally called the family every week. Alabama wanted him bad.

In the other post, I saw a few people questioning why Jacoby would move to WR when he knows his money's at safety, therefore he's just wasting a year of development. This isn't exactly true because Jacoby goes to offensive AND defensive meetings. He meets with Corey Raymond and the DBs and also attends all the meetings a normal WR would attend. He doesn't mind it either. He loves watching film and he just loves football. His dad said that after High School games, he'd come home on Hudl and watch film as soon as it was made available.

This may be less interesting, but there's just some extra info from our conversation!