AJC College Sports Recruiting Nick Saban on Georgia recruiting success: “Well, I still have a home in Georgia”
“We want to do a good job in a five-hour radius of Tuscaloosa. Atlanta is the great city with the great population, and has a lot of football players in it. There’s good high school football in this state and good academics, too. It has worked out well for us.”
How will Alabama having all those first-rounders in last month’s NFL draft affect its overall recruiting efforts? The Crimson Tide had four drafted in the first round – coming off a BCS championship season.
“I think the fact in ’09 we had 13 guys sign NFL contracts and this year we had 14 [helps],” Saban said. “I think the most important thing we do in our program is we help our players develop personally and academically. We had 38 guys make the SEC Honor Roll last fall, which is one of the highest ever in the conference. We have a high graduation rate, and we have a high level [of winning] on the field. I think our program’s success is about being able to do all three of those things well.”
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