He holds on to the ball, but not without a groan that can be heard from the sideline of the intramural field at Spring Hill College in Mobile, where the man who may be Alabama's next starting quarterback is throwing darts across the freshly cut lawn.
Jacob Coker comes here twice a week to work out with quarterback coach David Morris as he prepares to join the quarterback competition at Alabama, where he is transferring after spending the last three years at Florida State. The receivers with whom he works here say his throws are coming quicker and quicker every week.
"I can tell he has a little more urgency," says Chris Lewis, an incoming transfer receiver at South Alabama. "It's coming out more accurate. ... My hands are a little sore right now. You could tell, at the end, I started dropping a little." ...
Good article. Lots about his healing knee and other issues.