Lacy, Yeldon put the hurt on Notre Dame run defense
Led by Heisman Trophy runner-up Manti Te’o, Notre Dame came into Monday night’s BCS national championship game fourth in the nation in rushing defense, allowing only 92 yards per game. Alabama running backs Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon were not impressed. Running behind a dominant offensive line that Yeldon called “the best O-line in the country,” Lacy gouged the Fighting Irish for 140 yards and a touchdown while Yeldon added 108 yards and another score to spur the Crimson Tide’s 42-14 rout.
Alabama Running Back Eddie Lacy SEC Championship Highlights
Alabama running back Eddie Lacy had a career night in the SEC Championship against Georgia rushing for 181 yards in 20 carries and scoring 2 touchdowns.With Eddie Lacy and TJ Yeldon combining for more than 300 yards rushing, the Alabama ground game helped propel the Crimson Tide past the onslaught of a blistering Bulldogs offense as Bama held Georgia out of the end zone in the final seconds to win the SEC Championship and a shot at Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship in January.
As long as Alabama’s offense is productive, ‘it doesn’t matter who’s getting the yards,’ says Tide’s Eddie Lacy
Eddie Lacy has 164 carries, more than 1,000 yards and 14 touchdowns. These are big numbers, but they certainly could be bigger if Lacy wasn’t apart of a two-man tandem in the Alabama backfield. But would he still be as healthy as he currently is today? These are thoughts that are only presented to Lacy when he steps in front of a group of reporters. That’s because he’s been thrilled with how he and freshman T.J. Yeldon have divided the load and, more often than not, conquered opposing defenses.
Watch T.J. Yeldon running at Alabama’s Tuesday’s practice
T.J. Yeldon didn’t do much Monday at the Alabama football team’s first practice of Iron Bowl week. That changed Tuesday. The freshman running back is participating fully in drills with his unit. How does he look?
Just when all looked lost, The Drive saves Tide’s season
Just when it looked as if frenzied Tiger Stadium was where Alabama’s dream of a second consecutive national championship had come to die, AJ McCarron, Kevin Norwood and T.J. Yeldon breathed new life into the Crimson Tide’s season. Together they resuscitated Alabama, lifting the nation’s No. 1 team to a dramatic 21-17 victory over No. 5 LSU with a drive that could go down as one of the most memorable in marches in school history. The Drive, it will come to be known as. Seventy-two yards. Five plays. Only 43 seconds.
Freshman T.J. Yeldon now leads Alabama in rushing
Eight games into the 2012 season, freshman T.J. Yeldon now is Alabama’s leading rusher. He came into a Saturday night game against Mississippi State with 5 fewers yards rushing than Eddie Lacy. Lacy had 570 yards. Yeldon had 565.
Is Tide’s T.J. Yeldon special? ‘We know,’ guard Anthony Steen says. ‘We just look at each other’
T.J. Yeldon became the first Alabama freshman to rush for at least 100 yards in his debut when he ran 11 times for 111 yards. Right guard Anthony Steen was asked Tuesday if Yeldon reminds anyone of Mark Ingram or Trent Richardson. In 2009, Ingram became Alabama’s first Heisman Trophy winner. Last season, Richardson set a single-season school rushing record and was a Heisman finalist.
Tide freshman sensation T.J. Yeldon made a big first impression on Michael Williams
It didn’t take Michael Williams long to realize T.J. Yeldon was special. It was the 5-star running back’s first college football practice, in fact. The Alabama football team practiced once in the spring before going on spring break.
Watch Tide RBs T.J. Yeldon and Kenyan Drake at first preseason practice (video)
You’ve seen freshman running back T.J. Yeldon in action at Alabama before. As an early enrollee, he was a spring sensation. Now he is joined by another highly touted freshman running back, Kenyan Drake, who got his first real taste of college football Friday night when a group of Crimson Tide players, primarily newcomers, practiced under the lights.
Meet T.J. Yeldon, an Alabama signee from Daphne (video)
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – One of the members of Alabama’s heralded 2012 signing class is T.J. Yeldon. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound running back from Daphne is one of the stars of the class. He’s a five-star signee who was named Alabama’s Mr. Football last month. Yeldon also is one of eight early enrollees.
T.J. Yeldon’s flip puts Alabama at the top of one of the recruiting rankings
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – How big was Daphne running back T.J. Yeldon’s commitment to Alabama? The Crimson Tide has moved to the top spot in at least one ranking of recruiting classes. In the 247Sports.com rankings, Alabama moved from No. 2 to No. 1, ahead of Texas, when Yeldon switched his commitment from Auburn to Alabama on Sunday. Texas had been ranked No. 1 for nearly the entire recruiting cycle.
T.J. Yeldon’s flip puts Alabama at the top of one of the recruiting rankings
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – How big was Daphne running back T.J. Yeldon’s commitment to Alabama? The Crimson Tide has moved to the top spot in at least one ranking of recruiting classes. In the 247Sports.com rankings, Alabama moved from No. 2 to No. 1, ahead of Texas, when Yeldon switched his commitment from Auburn to Alabama on Sunday. Texas had been ranked No. 1 for nearly the entire recruiting cycle.
T.J. Yeldon’s flip from Tigers to Tide ‘sent shock waves’ through state and nation, recruiting analyst says
Rated a five-star prospect and ranked No. 16 in the nation by 247sports.com, he was ranked No. 2 on The Birmingham News’ preseason Super Seniors list of top college prospects in the state. Watts said the switch is big for several reasons. “The most obvious is the fact he is a tremendous talent at running back, and both Alabama and Auburn were searching for a guy of that caliber in this class,” Watts said.
T.J. Yeldon in AL-MS Classic
Yeldon ran for 116 yards and three touchdowns a week ago in Montgomery in leading Alabama to a 31-12 victory in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game. Yeldon will be joined at Alabama by Daphne teammate Ryan Anderson, a linebacker who committed in April.
TJ Yeldon flips his commitment to Alabama
“I want to make an announcement so I can put this behind me and get to work on the things I need to do to prepare for college both athletically and academically. I am going to enroll at the University of Alabama in January. “I have a lot of respect for Auburn, the coaches, and all of the people there, but at the end of the day I feel like the University of Alabama is the best situation and fit for me and my family. I am 100 percent confident with my final decision. I feel great about it and I’m excited to get started.”
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