Vols running back ready to play former team Taylor White Assistant Sports Editor
Alvin Kamara has spent numerous Saturdays on the sideline at Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium. This Saturday, however, will offer a different perspective. The running back signed with the Crimson Tide in 2013 as a promising high school prospect. Injuries hampered his freshman year, though, forcing him to redshirt. He also struggled off the field, eventually transferring from the program to Hutchinson Community College. The Norcross, Georgia, native then signed to play with the Vols after his one-year junior college stint and enrolled at Tennessee in January. Although it didn’t work out for him to stay at Alabama, Kamara said he holds no ill will toward the Crimson Tide. In fact, it’s just the opposite. “It will be fun this week, just being able to see those guys,” Kamara said at a press conference on Wednesday. “I’m still good friends with a lot of those guys. We want to win, though, so we might not still be friends after the game.” The redshirt sophomore is known as levelheaded guy on and off the field, and he’s taken that same approach to practice this week, despite the fact that he will face off against his former teammates and coaches. The coaching staff has echoed that sentiment. “He hasn’t said a word about it,” offensive coordinator Mike DeBord said. “He’s Alvin. He’s a leader for us. He works hard in practice, and he just hasn’t said a word about it.” See FOOTBALL on Page 8
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