Alabama A Day Awards: Barrett Jones Wins Dwight Stephenson "Best Lineman" Award at Left Tackle
by Todd on Apr 16, 2011 7:05 PM CDT
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PrintThere really could be something to this whole "Barrett Jones to LT" thing; after only two practices at the position before playing there the whole game today, Barrett Jones was given the Dwight Stephenson Lineman of the A-Day Game Award for his performance:
Jones, who had two practices at left tackle this week, has played in 25 games, all at right guard. Instead, coaches had junior-college transfer Aaron Douglas with the second unit next to Alfred McCullough at left guard.
"It’s been a big challenge," Jones said. "I really felt like I had to get back to the basics."
Jones handled the move well today, holding his own against the likes of Courtney Upshaw, and the line performed pretty well with it's new configuration, so I wouldn't be shocked to see this one stick (at least for awhile) in the fall. The other awards recipients are as follows, with Saban's post game comments after the jump:
Dwight Stephenson Lineman of the A-Day Game Award - Barrett Jones
Dixie Howell Memorial Most Valuable Player Award - Trent Richardson
Lee Roy Jordan Headhunter Award – Josh Chapman, Dont’a Hightower
Jerry Duncan "I Like to Practice" Award – Brad Smelley, Damion Square, Brandon Gibson
Billy Neighbors Defensive Lineman Award – Ed Stinson
Paul Crane Offensive Lineman Award – William Vlachos
Bobby Johns Defensive Back Award – Dequan Menzie
Johnny Musso Offensive Back Award – Eddie Lacy
Ray Perkins Receiver Award – Darius Hanks, Marquise Maze
Woodrow Lowe Linebacker Award – CJ Mosley
Derrick Thomas Community Service Award – Nico Johnson, Tana Patrick
Bear Bryant Outstanding Non-Scholarship Award – Hardie Buck, Will Lowery
Ozzie Newsome Most Improved Freshman Award – Adrian Hubbard, Jarrick Williams, Deandrew White, Phillip Sims
Bart Starr Most Improved Player Award – AJ McCarron, Anthony Steen, Jerrell Harris, Dre Kirkpatrick
Mal Moore Leadership Award – Barrett Jones, Mark Barron
Sylvester Croom Commitment to Excellence Award – Trent Richardson, Courtney Upshaw
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Vinnie Sunseri should've gotten the Lee Roy Jordan Headhunter Award
He had two of the biggest hits of the game on back-to-back plays.
TWSS
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success." -Coach Bear Bryant
"I thInk everybody should take the attItude that we’re workIng to be a champIon, that we want to be a champIon In everythIng that we do. every choIce, every decIsIon, everythIng that we do every day, we want to be a champIon."
-- Nick SabaN
He played...
nothing spectacular like sacks or stuff like that, but he did fill the gaps and occupy two blockers on many occasions.
ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!
It was?
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success." -Coach Bear Bryant
"I thInk everybody should take the attItude that we’re workIng to be a champIon, that we want to be a champIon In everythIng that we do. every choIce, every decIsIon, everythIng that we do every day, we want to be a champIon."
-- Nick SabaN
On pass protection the O-line
looked pretty good today considering they have just been together 3 days (of course blitzs were limited.) I’d say Jones is our starting LT right now and only Cyrus can change that. Steen also looked pretty decent.
If Auburn was in New Mexico and we never played them I would still hate them and their dumb coach and their cheating players.
I agree with the Sunseri statement abone
he was deffinitely impressive and has a great future with Alabama and beyond.
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