Kalen DeBoer is putting his spin on the new era of Alabama football by adding jersey patches to the jerseys of the Crimson Tide’s team captains.
Jalen Milroe, Tyler Booker, Malachi Moore and Deontae Lawson all sported the letter C on their jersey in DeBoer’s official debut on Saturday.
DeBoer met with media Monday and explained his reasoning behind this decision, and if he’s received any possible feedback from longtime, traditional Alabama boosters and fans.
“I haven’t because they probably hadn’t seen it or known about it until the game,” DeBoer said. “But that still hasn’t happened since. I think the tradition before, right, was more of the captains at the end of the year, so that was something that you weren’t gonna do during the season. Just kind of something that I’ve done wherever I’ve been. We have a unity group, a leadership group. I met with them real briefly here this morning and just kind of going over the whole week, the weekend, anything that they just wanted to add where they felt we were at with our mindset in particular. But then you have your captains, and I know I’ve mentioned before I thought the team did a great job. And I think it’s an honor to be a captain, and along with that, I’ve always like to have it understood through the C on the jersey, which I think is really cool for those guys to be able to wear.”
This is just another notable change that marks the beginning of the DeBoer era at Alabama.
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