Jalen Milroe’s first coveted jersey growing up in Texas was Vince Young’s No. 10. Nowadays, he is apt to end his media interviews with an enthusiastic “Roll Tide.” Quinn Ewers lifted Longhorns fans’ hopes that they had found another star passer like Young or Colt McCoy with his dazzling start in last year’s Alabama game.
Ewers fended off off-season challenges from top recruits Arch Manning and Maalik Murphy to hold onto the starting job. He twice batted away questions about the injury and whether he owed Alabama any “payback.”Milroe is trying to do the same. He doesn’t bite much on the questions about whether facing Texas carries any added significance to him, or how his family will handle any competing allegiances.
Milroe was once a Texas commitment before flipping to Alabama, where Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian was one of his primary recruiters. Sarkisian was the Tide's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the time. Against Middle Tennessee State, he became the first Tide quarterback to pass for three touchdowns and run for two more in the same game, including a scoring run when he had to retrieve an errant snap before taking off. He also avoided turnovers after fumbling twice and throwing an interception against the Aggies last season.
“I think just the focus and work that he puts into it, knowing that he’s the guy and he knows how much weight is on the Quarterback 1 at the University of Alabama,” McLaughlin said. “I’ve seen him taking a lot of steps of just being the guy and focusing in on what he’s got to do and just the amount of work he puts in.”“For him to go out there and have a great performance as people have been doubting him, kinda been saying he can’t really play the position ...
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