The Deuce: One of Alabama's Best

You can't look back at Palmer's statistics to measure his impact. Alabama didn't start to throw the football until his junior year, in which he had 61 receptions and 1,000 yards receiving (an Alabama record at the time), and a school record 217-yard receiving day against Vanderbilt. There's no telling how many yards he would have had if 'Bama threw the ball earlier in his career.

That year, due to Jay Barker's injury, Palmer also played a few games at quarterback and went 15-for-30 for the season with two touchdowns and three interceptions. His longest pass play went for 54 yards against Ole Miss. He also threw for a career-high 116 yards in a loss against LSU, while completing six of 10 passes. 

Ask anyone who had a chance to see him play in person and they will tell you that he was worth the price of admission. Hell, I would have been glad to see him play on pay-per-view.

Players like Freddie Milons, Tyrone Prothro, AC Carter, and Javier Arenas, are players that come to mind as "the next David Palmer."

If Reggie Bush was called a "human video game," then Palmer was a "cheat code."

There are so many plays he made at Alabama, that it is hard for me to remember all of them.

In his day, Palmer was a man among boys.

To this day, if you ask a Tennessee fan about the 1993 game between 'Bama and UT, they still don't want to talk about it.

 

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