"Jacob Coker working way to Alabama"

[WALL-E]

Jacob Coker working way to Alabama

By Alex Scarborough
Published April 17, 2014, 10:45:31 AM

MOBILE, Ala. -- Idle is not a position Jacob Coker prefers. Yet here he is, amid the constant swish of windshield wipers, sitting impatiently in the passenger seat of a silver sedan as a thunderstorm continues to pummel this swampy patch of the Gulf Coast. It's a Friday morning in late March, and while many of Alabama's football players are laid out on sunlit beaches enjoying spring break, Coker has his mind set to working in his own slushy backyard. Read more...

[pmull]

Good read on Coker. He may not be at spring practice but he is putting in the work to be ready this summer. He plans to finish his 19 hours at FSU needed to graduate, skip graduation and head straight to Tuscaloosa to get started.

Put simply: He isn't transferring to Alabama to be a backup. He's always wanted to be The Guy. All he's needed was an opportunity. Everyone at Florida State knew he was special. Seminoles quarterbacks coach Frank Sanders said he was "probably the best I've seen in 25 years at throwing it." But Sanders and the staff couldn't ignore Famous Jameis. He had the nickname and the pedigree. Coker made the race close, but they sided with potential.

"Let's be honest," Coker says, "You don't go to school to sit on the bench and high-five everybody. I'm more than appreciative of the whole situation [at FSU]. But heck, if I wanted to do that again, if I wanted to sit the bench, I would have stayed there.

"I'm leaving for a reason."

[2Stater]

Good read on Coker. He may not be at spring practice but he is putting in the work to be ready this summer. He plans to finish his 19 hours at FSU needed to graduate, skip graduation and head straight to Tuscaloosa to get started.

Put simply: He isn't transferring to Alabama to be a backup. He's always wanted to be The Guy. All he's needed was an opportunity. Everyone at Florida State knew he was special. Seminoles quarterbacks coach Frank Sanders said he was "probably the best I've seen in 25 years at throwing it." But Sanders and the staff couldn't ignore Famous Jameis. He had the nickname and the pedigree. Coker made the race close, but they sided with potential.

"Let's be honest," Coker says, "You don't go to school to sit on the bench and high-five everybody. I'm more than appreciative of the whole situation [at FSU]. But heck, if I wanted to do that again, if I wanted to sit the bench, I would have stayed there.

"I'm leaving for a reason."

You've got to admire Coker's attitude. Sounds like he is really going all out for this. I can't wait to see the fall reports on him.

And with Sims looking much improved, we may have a serious battle for QB this year. 

[ricky023]

  Sounds like MR. Coker is working really hard. I'd love to see Amari and Coop, catching his passes. This is going to be a fancy job site when he gets here. I think Blake, Cooper, and Bateman will be a thing of beauty. What you think, he gets here and Coach Kiffin may think he died and went to Football Heaven. We may have a hurry up offense he might be playing 3 QB's.   ,  RTR!

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