MATTHEWS, N.C. -- Riley Ferguson realized he is a bit more like an Alabama quarterback than he thought he was.
Forget the clean-cut image of recent Crimson Tide signal callers, i.e. Greg McElroy or Jay Barker. Ferguson isn't like that. Neither is 'Bama starting quarterback A.J. McCarron.
“He's just like me,” the ESPN 150 prospect from Matthews (N.C.) Butler said Wednesday after visiting Tuscaloosa last weekend. “I hung out with him on Friday night when we were there. People say we're a lot alike. We wear the same number.
Forget the clean-cut image of recent Crimson Tide signal callers, i.e. Greg McElroy or Jay Barker. Ferguson isn't like that. Neither is 'Bama starting quarterback A.J. McCarron.
“He's just like me,” the ESPN 150 prospect from Matthews (N.C.) Butler said Wednesday after visiting Tuscaloosa last weekend. “I hung out with him on Friday night when we were there. People say we're a lot alike. We wear the same number.
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