A. J. McCarron Shares Hilarious Tale About Nick Saban Sending A Staffer To Stake Out His House To Stop Lane Kiffin From Poaching Him

Lane Kiffin Tried Almost Everything To Steal AJ McCarron From Nick Saban, Even Sneaking Around Jeremy Pruitt

Sometimes it helps to make sure you are staking out the right house when on the recruiting trail, or trying to make sure another team doesn’t swoop in and steal your committed player. For AJ McCarron, the former Alabama quarterback had quite the tale from the months leading up to him signing with Nick Saban, thanks to Lane Kiffin and Jeremy Pruitt. If there's one thing about recruiting in college football, it's that you had better have your area…

A. J. McCarron Shares Hilarious Tale About Nick Saban Sending A Staffer To Stake Out His House To Stop Lane Kiffin From Poaching Him

A.J. McCarron and Nick Saban at Alabama Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin eventually joined forces at Alabama after the latter’s brief stint as the head coach at Tennessee, and they were trying to recruit some of the same players prior to that point. That includes A.J. McCarron, who has an amazing story about the lengths both skippers were willing to go to in order to attempt to get their man. A.J. McCarron was one of the most highly-touted high school…

AJ McCarron shares crazy story about Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin recruiting him

Aug 17, 2019; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Texans quarterback AJ McCarron (2) looks on during warm ups before a game against the Detroit Lions at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin competed against one another for years when the latter was not working under the former, and an incredible story that AJ McCarron shared recently shows just how deep the rivalry ran. In an episode of his new podcast “…

AJ McCarron tells hilarious story about Lane Kiffin sneaking past Jeremy Pruitt during QB's recruitment

AJ McCarron is a legend in Alabama. He won 3 national titles with the Crimson Tide and started at quarterback for 2 of them. But Tennessee, then coached by Lane Kiffin, gave McCarron its best recruiting pitch. And the story of how it happened is hilarious. During a recent episode of McCarron’s “The Dynasty” podcast, he shared a story about Nick Saban telling Jeremy Pruitt to watch McCarron’s house to make sure the Vols didn’t try to swoop in at …