I wish you could have gotten in the game.’ Every week … he would say the same thing, and I know he wasn’t just putting on.
“After the game, I went up to him and I said … ‘I really apologize. He worked as hard as anybody on the team. Then come game time, sometimes he didn’t even get in the game. When these guys were hurt at practice, Jalston would take just about every rep. “We had some guys ahead of Jalston that got all the publicity and most of the playing time. “From the day he walked in the building, he’s the most unselfish guy I’ve ever been around,” Burns said, sharing a story from Fowler’s freshman year in 2010. Just from Tide running back coach Burton Burns’ speech, you can tell there’s a lot of similarities between Fowler and Sims since they both just wanted to do whatever they could to help the team win. You can’t leave the family.’ … I’m so glad I had the opportunity to spend my five years in college with him.” There were times that I talked to my father on the phone and wanted to leave Alabama and Nudie said, ‘Man, we’re family, dog. A lot of people know that I’ve been through a lot of things in five years, but people don’t know the background of it. “I met Nudie in 2010,” Sims said, pausing with emotion. Sims gave a heart felt speech saying the Fowler helped him get through the five years at Alabama and times where Sims wanted to leave. Napoleon Bracy, Alabama running backs coach Burton Burns, and Alabama quarterback Blake Sims. Many speakers were present including high school coach Kerry Stevenson, Prichard Mayor Troy Ephraim, Mobile County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood, Alabama State Rep.
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