by Travis Normand

I just received these via email from the University of Alabama.  Despite the Tide’s loss to Texas A&M this past weekend, Alabama is still loaded with amazing talent and deserves all of the awards that these guys will be picking up this season.

QB AJ McCarron:

• Candidate for All-America and All-SEC Honors
• Candidate for the Heisman Trophy
• 21-2 as a starter at Alabama with a National Championship
• Finalist for the 2012 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
• One of 15 “Players to Watch” for the Walter Camp National Player of the Year Award
• Semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award and Maxwell Award
• Ranks seventh nationally & second in the SEC (168.18) in passing efficiency
• Has a 20-to-2 TD to INT ratio in 2012
• 20 passing touchdowns are tied for the most in school history
• Has multiple touchdown passes in six games this season
• Went 291 pass attempts over the 2011 and 2012 seasons without throwing an interception, the second-longest streak in SEC history
• See his candidate page HERE for more info

C Barrett Jones:

• Candidate for All-America and All-SEC Honors
• One of Lombardi Award’s Seven Blocks of Granite
• 2011 Outland Trophy winner & top candidate in 2012
• Leading candidate for the Rimington Award (nation’s top center)
• Makes all of the line calls, directing one of the nation’s best offensive fronts
• Has not allowed a sack in 238 pass attempts
• Graded out at an average of 89.2 percent in 10 games with seven games at 90 percent or higher
• Best outings were 95 percent grade at Tennessee and 93 at LSU
• Missed a team-low six assignments in 578 snaps (99.0%)
• Started 46 career games with 10 starts at center (2012), 11 at left tackle (2011) and 25 at right guard (2009-10)
• Anchors the middle of an offensive line that is blocking for 200 yards rushing and 225 yards passing
• Blocked for five 100-yard rushers this season and 30 in his career
• Committed only two penalties in 578 snaps this year
• Alabama Offensive Player of the Week (Missouri)
• See his candidate page HERE for more info

OL D.J. Fluker:

• Candidate for All-America and All-SEC Honors
• Quarterfinalist for the Lombardi Award
• Watch list for the Outland Trophy
• Has allowed just four sacks in 238 pass attempts at right tackle
• Graded out at an average of 89.0 percent in 10 games with six games at 90 percent or better
• Best outings were a 94 percent grade vs. Texas A&M, 93 percent against Mississippi State and 92 vs. FAU
• Missed only 10 assignments in 578 snaps (98.3%)
• Has 26 pancake blocks on the season with a season-best seven at Missouri
• Has committed just one penalty in 578 snaps
• Anchors the right side of an offensive line that is averaging 200 yards rushing and 225 yards passing
• Blocked for five 100-yard rushers this season and 20 in his career
• Has 34 career starts at right tackle
• Three-time Alabama Offensive Player of the Week (LSU, Ole Miss & FAU)
• See his candidate page HERE for more info

OL Chance Warmack:

• Candidate for All-America & Honors
• Lombardi Award Quaterfinalist
• A top candidate for 2012 Outland Trophy
• One of the top NFL prospects along the offensive line
• Has allowed just 2.5 sacks in 238 pass attempts
• Graded out at an average of 88.4 percent in 10 games with five games at 90 percent
• Best outings were 91 percent grade against Michigan and at Arkansas
• Missed a team-low six assignments in 579 snaps (99.0%)
• Has a team-best 32 pancake blocks and 22 lumberjack blocks
• Has committed just two penalties in 579 snaps this season
• Started 36 career games at left guard, including 10 in 2012
• Clears a path on the left side of the Tide’s offensive line that is blocking for 200 yards rushing and 225 yards passing
• Blocked for five 100-yard rushers this season and 20 in his career
• SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week (Arkansas & Mississippi St.)
• Alabama Offensive Player of the Week (Arkansas & Mississippi St.)
• See his candidate page HERE for more info