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Eli Ricks, talented Alabama cornerback, announces plans for 2023 season
Eli Ricks had an up-and-down 2022 season at Alabama after transferring to the Crimson Tide from LSU.
There were some games where Ricks didn’t play at all. In others, he looked like a superstar and a lockdown cornerback.
Now, Ricks will ply his trade at the next level. On Tuesday, Ricks revealed on Twitter that he was forgoing the rest of his college eligibility to enter the 2023 NFL Draft:
— Eli (@eliasricks) January 3, 2023
Ricks was getting plenty of Round 1 buzz earlier this year, but it seems his stock has fallen a bit recently after his up-and-down 2022 season. We’ll see if he can perform well at the NFL Combine and Alabama’s Pro Day to get back in the first-round discussion.
I have decided to pursue my dreams and am also declaring for the NFL draft. I just turned 61 but I figure my experience will make up for the few steps I’ve lost over the years. Besides, my family, friends, and various hangers-on need the money.
Your wisdom should help on the wonderlic test and offset that 40 time.
This is funny ^
LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE BAMA…..
So yea, Alabama is starting over, and Alabama lost the equivalent of a top 5 recruiting class to the portal!!! Now the NFL is taking their slice of the pie!!! Leaving Alabama with……BASICALLY AN ALL FRESHMEN TEAM. LED BY A FEW OLDER GUYS ” MAYBE, ” LIKE JALEN MILROE!!!!!
So they are young and depleted, so what??? They were the #1 recruiting class!!! It’s got to count for something!!!!
YEA, WHAT ELSE IS NEW?? RIGHT!!! ITS ALWAYS THEM OR GEORGIA, WITH AN OCCASIONAL A&M!!!!
Some people are just so negative!!! Saban gonna whoop dat Nothern Illinois women’s school for cookings arse!!! Da Goat done got his cage rattled 2 years in a row!!!
DA GOAT IS PLANNING A REVENGE TOUR. JUST AS SOON AS THE CONFUSION LIFTS!!! HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHO TO BE MAD AT!!!! GEORGIA BROKE HIM BUT THEN TENNESSEE AND LSU BEAT HIM!!!!
To make it worse he has to get to the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, just to get a shot at Georgia! And he has to go threw Tennessee, LSU and many more to do so!!!! ” NOT FUN! ” That is assuming Georgia gets to the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND DOESN’T SIT IT OUT FOR SPITE AND STILL GET VOTED IN!!!!!!!!!!!
NAAAAH GEORGIA WOULDN’T DO THAT!!!!!!! LOL
PS. It’s hard times in TUSCALOOSA, but coach Saban assures us that he’s not cracking! Coach Saban sends the following message to ALL ALABAMA SUPPORTERS……….” ROLL WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!! ”
(LOL)
Negan
With the stats that he has had the last 2 years, he screams FA.
I highly doubt he falls past the second round. It’s still way more about NFL potential than college stats.
Another of the one and done NIL and a sure thing Natty bus riders, along with Burton and Gibbs, best of luck at the next level. Saban says to park the Mercedes on the left side of the lot before you leave…
Even if they hit on the portal how is this team not going to be worse next year? You can’t depend on a ton of true freshmen elevating to the level of all these guys leaving. The only person of note staying is Burton. Who’s throwing him the ball? Doesn’t seem like him becoming a better WR is going to make whoever is at QB get it to him better than Young. QB worse, RB worse (can’t replace Gibbs), WR same at best, OL who knows, DL worse, LB worse, DB worse.
Thanks for your concern surrounding 2023 Bama, but Saban and Co. will be fine, if not better. I think the biggest upgrade will be whoever the new OC is and whatever new position coaches Saban hires.
Remember, before 2022, a lot of people thought this was one of Saban’s most talented, experienced teams he had ever had. The 2022 team didn’t live up to those expectations. 2023 will be different in that Bama won’t have that label or target on their back and I think there will be a lot of pleasant surprises, maybe even upgrades, at a lot of positions.
Bama will have to deal with another incredibly hard schedule (something UGA won’t experience), so it will be a daunting task to win the West, for sure.
Of course they certainly will have that label, they have far and away more 5/4* talent than anyone else, they will be “expected” to win it all again as prohibitive favorites…
He will test out at the combine great. There is no question about his physical ability. This is about “want to” and he don’t.
LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE….
So yea, Alabama is starting over, and Alabama lost the equivalent of a top 5 recruiting class to the portal!!! Now the NFL is taking their slice of the pie!!! Leaving Alabama with……BASICALLY AN ALL FRESHMEN TEAM. LED BY A FEW OLDER GUYS ” MAYBE, ” LIKE JALEN MILROE!!!!!
So they are young and depleted, so what??? They were the #1 recruiting class!!! It’s got to count for something!!!!
YEA, WHAT ELSE IS NEW?? RIGHT!!! ITS ALWAYS THEM OR GEORGIA, WITH AN OCCASIONAL A&M!!!!
Some people are just so negative!!! Saban gonna whoop dat Nothern Illinois women’s school for cookings arse!!! Da Goat done got his cage rattled 2 years in a row!!!
DA GOAT IS PLANNING A REVENGE TOUR. JUST AS SOON AS THE CONFUSION LIFTS!!! HE NEEDS TO KNOW WHO TO BE MAD AT!!!! GEORGIA BROKE HIM BUT THEN TENNESSEE AND LSU BEAT HIM!!!!
To make it worse he has to get to the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, just to get a shot at Georgia! And he has to go threw Tennessee, LSU and many more to do so!!!! ” NOT FUN! ” That is assuming Georgia gets to the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND DOESN’T SIT IT OUT FOR SPITE AND STILL GET VOTED IN!!!!!!!!!!!
NAAAAH GEORGIA WOULDN’T DO THAT!!!!!!! LOL
PS. It’s hard times in TUSCALOOSA, but coach Saban assures us that he’s not cracking! Coach Saban sends the following message to ALL ALABAMA SUPPORTERS……….” ROLL WAR EAGLE!!!! ”
(LOL)
Negan