A 26-year walk-on tight end who is a former active-duty United States Marine is among the new players listed on Alabama’s 2023 roster, which was updated on the school’s website Tuesday.
Coby McNeal, a transfer from Colorado State, will turn 27 on May 29. The redshirt sophomore is listed at 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds.
After high school, he spent six years in the Marines as an aviation electrician and crew chief on a V-22 Osprey, he told Colorado State’s“I don’t think I would have passed college if I had gone to college,” he told CSU’s website. “So, I went into the military and got myself in order. I got good order and discipline in my life. I went there and did six years in the military. It was awesome. I loved it.
McNeal told the Dothan Eagle he wanted to play football for the Rams, and waited near the entrance to Colorado State’s football stadium until he found a staff member who gave him the date for tryouts. The former high school tight end made the team as a walk-on defensive end.
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