296-pound QB Jeremy Liggins:
The junior college transfer is a former high school quarterback who has been quite effective in short-yardage situations. Typically loading up with a full-house backfield, Liggins has 10 carries for 29 yards. Seven of those 10 carries have gone for first downs including one touchdown.
Alabama linebacker Denzel Devall said he's never seen anything like it entering the 2:30 p.m. Saturday visit to No. 11 Ole Miss.
"There's a lot of big guys who come in, in the ground game," Devall said as he started to grin. "Get your chinstrap in and locked and loaded."
Liggins is not quite in the Jared Lorenzen range. The former Kentucky quarterback (2000-2003) weighed as much as 310 pounds in his college days, but was athletic in his role. Coming out of high school, Liggins was recruited by Alabama but signed with LSU ...
This guy's a whale, and he can
throw the ball. Expect the latter.