Blake Barnett

Nick Saban: Backup QB Blake Barnett has left program, school

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Alabama redshirt freshman quarterback Blake Barnett has left the program and withdrawn from school. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban announced Barnett’s departure in a statement Thursday. The former five-star recruit from Corona, California, started the opener against Southern California for No. 1 Alabama. Since then, freshman Jalen Hurts has claimed the starting job. Saban had said…

Saban unsure if Barnett still with team

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Alabama coach Nick Saban says he doesn’t know if backup quarterback Blake Barnett remains with the team. Saban says the redshirt freshman came to see him before Wednesday’s practice “with some concerns about his future.” He says he hasn’t received a final decision on Barnett’s plans. A report by Alabama Media Group cited unidentified sources saying…

Reports: Tide QB Blake Barnett to transfer out of Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AlabamaNews.Net) – Four games into the 2016 football season, the Alabama Crimson Tide is apparently preparing to lose one of it’s young quarterbacks. Multiple reports out of Tuscaloosa this afternoon have redshirt freshman Blake Barnett transferring out of the uinversity. Barnett, a former five-star quarterback recruit, was not seen during either of the two media viewing sessions of the…