LSU 5-star signee: I wanted to go to Alabama
Three months ago, Kristian Fulton went with his heart and selected LSU over Florida and Arkansas on National Signing Day, headlining a 2016 class that finished No. 3 nationally and No. 2 in the SEC.
Now May, although content with his decision, Fulton — a 5-star prospect and the No. 2 overall cornerback in his class — admits that the Tigers weren’t his first choice when his recruitment first began to take off. He grew up an Alabama football fan, and was hoping that the Crimson Tide would be one of the firsts to extend an offer.
“To be honest, I wanted to go there,” Fulton told SEC Country. “That was my team in school, way back in eighth grade. I took a visit there, and I figured that (I’d get an offer) because I had an offer from every other school in the country … I met with coach (Nick) Saban and he said he’d watch my film. I had gotten an offer from every other school, so I was disappointed because I felt like I was better than that.”
He waited. And waited. And waited. And eventually, he couldn’t wait any longer. By the time Alabama finally pulled the trigger, it was too late — Fulton had already moved on from the thought of playing college ball in Tuscaloosa.
“They offered me with like two weeks left in the recruiting process,” Fulton said. “I was in the mall and they called and offered me, but I felt like I should have gotten that offer a little bit earlier.”
Though Alabama wasn’t able to capitalize on Fulton, it did end up signing the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class, which included the likes of four corners — three of which held 4-star ratings.
You talk about entitlement attitude!!! Smh… Kid be happy you will be playing Big Time football…
You only say that because you haven’t put in the sweat equity to be in this kids position. He has worked his tail off to be the number one recruit out of Louisiana and number two corner. He can play big time football for anybody because he earned it. He earned the right to be upset that his childhood team didn’t offer him sooner. That was poor management on them recruiting him. Entitlement talk normally comes from narcisisits anyways.
^^This ^^
Every kid in there right mind wants to go to the best Football Program in America
My guess is you haven’t been to Tuscaloosa too much..
I’m a Bama fan and somehow we dropped the ball here, unless his skill set just didn’t match up with what we needed. Two weeks left was an insult. Good luck kid and RTR!
Yeah I was thinking that the whole time reading this article. Saban doesn’t drop the ball often though.
Maybe Saban thought he could have him anytime he wanted him…
Saban has proven time and time again that he doesn’t simply recruit a kid because some service thinks he is a five star player. Did anyone see what the walk-on receiver and former hs QB Renfroe did to the 5star Fitzpatrick in the title game? Saban has even said that part of his evaluation process includes the kid’s ability, potential, work ethic, and fit. How man 3 star kids has the man offered who have gone on to be solid contributors? The fact that this kid says he “felt” that he should have been offered earlier tells me all that I need to know. Now compare his story with the running back saban signed out of Oklahoma. Kid put up monster numbers and it was until late that the offers came in ( ironically Bama offered around the same time they offered this kid). The RB says his coach kept telling to work hard and people would notice and eventually they did.
How is he expecting to win over LSU fans or teammates with those comments? I understand his disappointment, but keep that to yourself. Many athletes in LA would kill for a spot on the LSU roster. Be happy where you are. I hope him the best career with the Tigers. I’m sure he’ll fall in love with it like anyone else who sees a night in Death Valley.
Because he now has a chip on his shoulder and wants nothing more than to beat Bama. Like Patrick Willis. Tennessee boy who wanted to play for Fulmer but never got the offer so he went to Ole Miss and the rest is history. I’d love for a TN signee to say that stuff about Florida or Georgia. Gives them that extra fire.
I know pulling blue-chippers out of LA doesn’t happen often, but Saban is no fool and he didn’t just overlook a 5-star DB. I’ve got to believe something else was at play.
Is anyone else sick of hearing the buzzword “entitlement”? If you ask me, the entitled folks are the 40 year olds who expect to be able to get drunk and watch athletes pour their bodies and minds into a 3 hr contest once a week after spending every waking minute of their lives breathing thinking eating sleeping football, without EVER having any personal opinion, individuality, or respect…. like they’re a wind up toy you let out only for football games or something…. strictly for your amusement. They’re people, and they can say and think whatever they want. They’ve earned more of a right to do so than most of you, and if you don’t want them put up on a pedestal, stop putting them on a pedestal! If you’re taking the time out of your life to log into an SEC website and talk football, then they’re obviously important enough to you that you should allow them an opinion. None of this is here without them. They’re “entitled” to whatever the market/public/culture decides….. and it’s a lot.
And the minute these kids get on campus and feel they do NOT need to be held accountable for their actions, ppl like you will be the first to throw them under the bus.
As someone said, Saban rarely drops the ball on recruits. Maybe he picked up on that attitude and knows his teams chemistry already.. Everyone that declares for the draft “Felt” they could play in the NFL..Reality is not all will..And just because Jr “felt” Alabama should have offered him, doesn’t mean they should have..
you’re d*mn right I’ll throw them under the bus if they don’t wanna be held accountable for their actions. That’s how it works sluva. You are free to have an opinion, you are free to speak your mind, you are free to be upset or happy or whatever else, you are free to play football, you are free to do something illegal or wrong or bad and you’re free to accept the punishment for it. what’s wrong with that? And who said he was entitled? He had a dream to play for Bama, he was told he was highly rated, he was surprised he didn’t get an offer earlier, and he signed with someone who did. and by the way, Saban DID eventually offer him.
@reasonabletgr
Again you’re spot on on this. I get so tired of the lame complaint about kids being “entitled “. Folks don’t want them to announce on Twitter were they’re going to school……….unless it’s their tm.
Folks don’t want them to have any say about their future as doing so is an entitlement they don’t deserve. The sad part is its us 40-something yr olds who think we’re “entitled ” to dictate to teens on their every move re football and heaven forbid they have opinions….
exactly! some fan that lives 200 miles from campus thinks they have a right to pass judgment on these 18 year old because they’re receiving an athletic scholarship that they EARNED, and which will never equate to the millions of dollars they’re making for the school and broadcasting companies, etc etc etc…. but that kid is the entitled one. Give me a break. On an entirely different note, it happens in the political arena too. I’m fairly conservative but get painted as an “entitled” millennial because I’m 20-something…. meanwhile our generation came of age in a broken economy and housing market, amidst rampant unemployment and the disappearance of manufacturing in the states, all enacted and carried out by the same generation calling US entitled…. oh yea, also, we’ve borrowed all of the Social Security money, so keep paying into this system that you’ll NEVER see so we can retire to a golf course in Florida and b*tch about how lazy you are. But WE’RE entitled? get outta here
but on a football note, so what, big deal? If my sole purpose was to make it to the NFL, I’d wanna play for Nick Saban too. It’s a little bewildering how many Alabama fans there are in Louisiana (even though they’ve only popped up in the last few years really)…. there are always going to be fair weather fans…. and fans who are so sick of the home team noise that they’ll root for the big rival just to get under folks skin. I grew up in Louisiana and I used to hate LSU. Fans in Northwest LA didn’t have anything to do with the program and were really obnoxious…. so I hated them. I always rooted against LSU. Went to BR for school and became a tiger. I’m sure Fulton will come on campus, make friends, meet LSU students who are normal people and not backwoods rabid fans, and fall in love with the place like I did. This is a non-story.
I was going to say, ‘WOW’, under 10,000 dumba$$ words in one paragraph, LOL
I stand corrected, corndogs, smh.
does anyone speak the language this guy uses? Is it a Mississippi thing? Did he just attempt to comment on my writing style or grammar? so many questions….. what in the actual f*ck is it trying to say?
Corndogs, LOL
Almost along as Faulkner, but as ghetto as your french mixed greax language, LSu corndog speaks.
…. ^^^ ….
Ah yes, leave it to ole miss fans to steal the corndog thing from OK fans. It was used by Ok fans in reference to Nebraska Cornhuskers. As they say, Ole Miss fans wouldn’t be Ole Miss fans if they werent being unoriginal……
Usually self-centered people use the word “I” quite a bit..”When I, Because I, I think, I would, I did,”.. When YOU can successfully step out of your skin and examine behavior, then YOU will be able to pick up on things in their infant stages. Usually people with a low IQ on football recruiting cannot fathom the thought of possibly signing a 3-star player at a position over a 5star. The Tide is loaded at the DB position already..
sluva, was this supposed to a reply to my comment? Or was that an accident?
if so, what does my ability to view thing objectively have to do with anything that was said? and who can’t fathom the thought of signing a 3-star over a 5? Fulton? or me? basically, what are you talking about? ….. I was merely explaining to LSU fans who don’t like what he said that it’s okay if he didn’t like LSU in highschool and wanted to play for bama. I illustrated this by telling about how I used to hate LSU until I attended school there. What does any of that have to do with what you said? Surely this was supposed to be a general comment and not a reply…
I met with Nick Saban and …. told him I wanted to play at Bama? There’s something being left out. What other Cornerbacks was Bama looking to sign? Where was he in the pecking order of how they ranked him? Good for him playing at LSU, but seriously not everything works the way you want, and honestly if Bama really was “his team”, then LSU would NEVER have been on the radar.
I guess you summed it up..It’s called life… And yes there probably is more to it….