Nick Saban once looked back on the signing of Julio Jones and called it “probably one of the most important things that ever happened in the program.” That was not because Jones alone built the Alabama dynasty. No one player does that. But Jones represented something bigger than a five-star receiver from Foley, Alabama. He was proof of concept. Jones was a public declaration that elite players could buy into Alabama before the results fully ar…
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