Alabama Football: O-Lineman Kyron Samuels Comes to 'Bama Camp a Day Early

Kyron Samuels would seem to be a shoo-in for lots of top flight offers from the best SEC schools out there, but they aren't flooding in. He's won awards for his play and shows the same kind of promise as his famous uncle, Chris Samuels, who played offensive tackle for Alabama and then was a multi-year Pro Bowl player in the NFL.

So why isn't he being courted by the best?

People are waiting to see how he looks at a new position.

At Fairhope High School he was a great offensive tackle, but at only 6'1'' to 6'2'', depending on who you believe, he's too short to a be a good SEC tackle, so this year, he takes his short by today's standard frame and moves it to the center position where he would be effective given his height and amazing strength.

Last year he won the "Strongest Man in the 10th Grade" award and loves to bust his butt in the weight room.

And he's got a nasty streak that goes well with that strength. He believes he can whip anybody he lines up against.

Right now he only has offers from some of the minor players in football, like Southern Miss and Western Kentucky, Jacksonville State and nine others.

But he lists Alabama and Florida as his favorites, with Auburn, Mississippi State and Florida State thrown in too.

He showed up Saturday to Alabama, a day early for a summer camp session and hoped to talk to the coaches about his move to center.

Following the Alabama camp, he'll do one at Mississippi State next week. He also hopes do one in each of Florida's and South Alabama's summer camps as well.

Will Saban see something in him this weekend at his summer camp that could elicit a scholarship?

Maybe, but Alabama seems set at center and may need more help at tackle for the future and with the SEC commissioner cutting the number of players that any SEC can sign down to 25, and Alabama already taken 12 commitments, he would really have to shine to get an offer.

Saban's tactic of getting the very best and locking them early means that some recruits could simply be shut out of the school they really want.

Samuels is a big time talent, but given that he'll only have this one season to show that he can adapt to the new position, it could be he loses out on his favorites and some smaller program snatches up a real jewel.

Kyron wants to go somewhere where he feels that "family love" and he wants to be a member of that school for life, not just for four years and have someplace that maybe one day his own kids could go to.

He really wants an offer from Alabama, he's willing to work his tail off for it and he's certainly got his priorities in order and his heart in the right place.

But he might have to wait for a while to get the offers he wants.

He's got to prove in a few big games that he can not only play the center position, but master it.

If he does that, look for his offer list to grow exponentially.