RB Xavian Marks Signs With Crimson Tide Football
You read that headline right. Bama has 3-star running back Xavian Marks signed, sealed, and soon to be delivered. BamaOnline reports that Marks has signed his letter of intent and will attend the University of Alabama not only to play football but to also run track.
Marks has speed of which Olympic dreams are made. He runs a 10.39 in the 100 meters. He would be a great addition to the Crimson Tide backfield. Oh, and he will be in school this fall.
It should also be noted that Xavian's brother, Torin, will be coming to Bama football also as a preferred walk on. Torin is listed as a defensive back.
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Greatest Names In Bama Football History-Pat Trammell
Next on our list of the greatest players to ever wear the Crimson and white is Pat Trammell, who was born in Scottsboro, Alabama on July 11, 1940. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. E.L. Trammell.
Trammell attended Scottsboro High School, where he earned All-County, All-State, All-Southern, and All-American honors as quarterback for the Wildcats. Some of the highlights of his high school sports career include tossing five touchdown passes in a single game as well as being named during his senior year the state's most valuable high school basketball player.
He had initially planned to go to Georgia Tech to continue his football career, but enter Alabama football head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. Just prior to the public announcement that Bryant was coming to Alabama, he visited the Trammell home and was able to convince Pat not to go to Georgia Tech. Of course, as they say, the rest is history. Trammell committed to the University of Alabama. Or more correctly, to the Bear.
Trammell's first season at Bama was 1959, with a season record of 7-2-2. Bama went to the Liberty Bowl, which was played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania back then, and was beaten 7-0 by Penn State University.
Bama won the SEC during Trammell's second season in 1960, posting a record of 8-1-2. They then played in the Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, Texas where UA and the University of Texas played to a 3-3 tie.
His college career concluded in 1961 with a perfect 11-0 record, a 10-3 win over Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl, and a National Championship. Trammell was named All-American, SEC Player of the Year, and 1961 Collegiate Player of the Year by the Atlanta Touchdown Club.
While Trammell had an opportunity of playing professional football, Bear convinced him to go to medical school instead. He went on to a successful career in dermatology, until cancer struck. Trammell passed away on December 10, 1968 at the young age of 28, leaving a wife and two small children.
Trammell was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.
Pat
Trammell (1940-1968) was the quarterback for the University of Alabama
(UA) Crimson Tide football team from 1958 to 1961. A member of Coach
Paul "Bear" Bryant's first freshman class, Trammell earned All-American
honors and led Alabama to a National Championship in 1961. UA had a
26-3-4 record in his three years as a starting quarterback. Trammell
lost a battle with cancer only two years after earning his M.D. degree
from the Medical College of Alabama (now the University of Alabama
School of Medicine). - See more at:
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2029#sthash.DdGtJPVE.dpuf
Pat
Trammell (1940-1968) was the quarterback for the University of Alabama
(UA) Crimson Tide football team from 1958 to 1961. A member of Coach
Paul "Bear" Bryant's first freshman class, Trammell earned All-American
honors and led Alabama to a National Championship in 1961. UA had a
26-3-4 record in his three years as a starting quarterback. Trammell
lost a battle with cancer only two years after earning his M.D. degree
from the Medical College of Alabama (now the University of Alabama
School of Medicine). - See more at:
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2029#sthash.DdGtJPVE.dpuf
Pat
Trammell (1940-1968) was the quarterback for the University of Alabama
(UA) Crimson Tide football team from 1958 to 1961. A member of Coach
Paul "Bear" Bryant's first freshman class, Trammell earned All-American
honors and led Alabama to a National Championship in 1961. UA had a
26-3-4 record in his three years as a starting quarterback. Trammell
lost a battle with cancer only two years after earning his M.D. degree
from the Medical College of Alabama (now the University of Alabama
School of Medicine). - See more at:
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2029#sthash.DdGtJPVE.dpuf
