Alabama's All-SEC left tackle Alex Leatherwood announces his plans for the 2020 season
Alabama is on a roll when it comes to underclassmen announcing their decisions to return in 2020 and that momentum continues on Thursday as starting left tackle Alex Leatherwood just announced he will return for his senior season in Tuscaloosa.
Following a season that finished with Leatherwood being voted as an All-SEC First-Team selection by the league’s coaches and being named Second-Team All-SEC by the Associated Press, it would be understandable if the junior decided it was time to leave school early for the 2020 NFL Draft but Tua Tagovailoa’s blindside protector is coming back for one final run at another national title.
The natural question for Alabama fans now is how, if at all, does this affect Tua Tagovailoa’s pending decision? Alabama’s starting quarterback recently announced he will declare his intentions regarding the 2020 season on Monday, Jan. 6.
Now Tagovailoa doesn’t have to worry about his blindside not being protected by arguably the SEC’s best left tackle.
Here is the statement Leatherwood made declaring his decision to return to Alabama.
Unfinished business to attend to!
Making sure our dynasty is over and dead is not a job that we wanted him to finish though.
Staying another year just to lose the SEC again, much less the national, is not a good life choice kid.
LMAO… What a clown.
A young decides to finish and get his degree and you think that makes him a clown? Probably says way more about you than it does Alex.
ROFL, man bamatime ain’t talking about Alex…
Bamacounsel… Your lack of ability to determine who a reply is to may says way something about you….
No Bamacounsel, I agree with Bamatime.
It’s a mistake.
Dominoes are falling.
Tua is left handed. His blindside protection is from the right tackle.
Great statement by a great player and great young man! Carolina fan here, but I do appreciate the excellence of any team or player. I might not appreciate them whipping my Gamecocks though!
I did not expect him to return but it will be great to have him back.. RTR!
Great! Now if Saban can get Smith to stay another year I can officially go on suicide watch! Hate to say it but Bama ain’t taking this Citrus banishment very well at all. Congrats Bama fans, Leatherhead is a BEAST!
I wonder if he will be moved to RT.
That’s stupid, the best tackles in the league are left tackles, screw up him his last year by converting him. Sounds like a Gump Fan plan, but Saint Nick isn’t that stupid.
If you have a left handed QB you need the RT to be the best…