When Jeoffrey Pagan first laid eyes on A'Shawn Robinson, he didn't see a new teammate.
"I thought," Pagan said, "we had a new coach."
He wasn't alone.
"I wondered where his whistle was because he looks like a coach," Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart said. "He's about a 28‑looking‑year‑old dude."
With a chin-strap beard and built with a ready-to-play 320 pounds, Robinson looked the part immediately upon his arrival at Alabama...
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"Yes, sir. He's a man."